HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2009-49 - Closing Segment of Riverview Road - 08/18/2009 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 200949
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CLOSING A SEGMENT
OF RIVERVIEW ROAD TO PUBLIC USE
WHEREAS, the City of Eden Prairie maintains the westerly segment of Riverview Road,east of
Flying Cloud Drive as a gravel roadway for approximately 6000 feet in length; and
WHEREAS, a gate currently exists at the easterly end of said 6000 feet, beyond which the
Riverview Road right of way is currently closed to public access; and
WHEREAS, the Upgrala Hunt Club maintains buildings and grounds at the end of the existing
gravel road section; and
WHEREAS, the owners of the Upgrala Hunt Club have experienced vandalism to their
buildings and property and have requested that an additional length of the roadway be closed to
public access; and
WHEREAS,this segment of Riverview Road has been subject to illegal dumping activities; and
WHEREAS, there are no public facilities or uses along and adjacent to said roadway that are a
destination for residents of Eden Prairie or the traveling public in general; and
WHEREAS, it is proposed to move the existing gate or install a new gate at a location
approximately 1000 feet east of Flying Cloud Drive; and
WHEREAS, the gate can be locked in a way to provide current stakeholders and their invited
guests and contractors such as US Fish and Wildlife; City of Eden Prairie; the State of Minnesota
and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, their contractors and agents, and Allied Waste
Services (for "Closed Landfill' activities); Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; and
Upgrala Hunt Club access.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie that
said segment of Riverview Road from approximately 1000 feet east of Flying Cloud Drive to
approximately 6000 feet east of Flying Cloud Drive be closed to public access, subject to the
following conditions, facts and criteria:
1. Nothing in this action constitutes in any way a vacation or abandonment of the right of
way of Riverview Road, nor the uses and activities that the City in its sole discretion may
determine to implement within the right of way in the future.
2. The road right of way shall be managed by the City as a closed right of way with a
private driveway.
3. That Upgrala Hunt Club and behalf of itself and its assigns agrees in writing to be
responsible at its sole cost to maintain the right of way, except that the City may choose
to perform minor maintenance to allow for certain City sponsored maintenance activities
to be performed.
4. That Upgrala Hunt Club acknowledge in writing that that the proposed gate location and
the condition to which it maintains the right of way beyond the gate may negatively
impact emergency response time.
ADOPTED by the Eden Prairie City Council on August 18, 2009.
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