HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2023 (25)
Resolution No. 25 (2023)
RESOLUTION GRANTING EASEMENT TO ADJOINING PROPERTY
OWNERS OF THE WILDWOOD TRAIL
COVER MEMO
TO: County Board of Supervisors
FROM: Ken Witt, County Administrator
Heather Amos, Corporation Counsel, Office of Corporation Counsel
DATE: August 1, 2023
AGENDA ITEM: Resolution Granting Easement to Adjoining Property Owners of the
Wildwood Trail
______________________________________________________________________________
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
For several months, St. Croix County has been engaging in conversations with a few of the
adjoining property owners of the Wildwood Trail to discuss their use of the trail. St. Croix
County desires to grant an easement to the adjoining property owners to allow for the following
uses:
1. To cause livestock to cross the Wildwood Trail including roundups and emergency
retrieval.
2. To cross for all other agricultural, forestry/timber, and land management, and
reasonable recreational use at an existing or future mutually agreeable upon location.
3. To use motorized vehicles, including recreational vehicles and agricultural motorized
equipment on the Wildwood Trail for the purpose of traveling to property owned
along the Wildwood Trail by the adjoining property owners
4. All other uses of the Wildwood Trail are subject to the requirements set forth in
Chapter 30 of the St. Croix County Code of Ordinances.
This Resolution would allow St. Croix County to grant an easement to the adjoining property
owners of the Wildwood Trail for the above uses.
Resolution No. 25 (2023)
RESOLUTION GRANTING EASEMENT TO ADJOINING PROPERTY
OWNERS OF THE WILDWOOD TRAIL
1 WHEREAS, St. Croix County owns an approximately seven (7) mile long strip of
2 property between 66 feet to 99 feet wide located within the Town of Eau Galle and part of the
3 Village of Woodville, which was a former railroad right-of-way, known as the “Wildwood
4 Trail,” that is utilized by citizens for off-road hiking, biking, and snowmobiling; and
5
6 WHEREAS, St. Croix County desires to grant to the adjoining property owners of the
7 Wildwood Trail a non-exclusive easement providing for the County’s continued operation and
8 maintenance of a public trail while allowing for the adjoining property owners to utilize the trail
9 for specific purposes, such as for crossing livestock, crossing for other agricultural,
10 forestry/timber, and land management reasons, reasonable recreational uses, and utilizing
11 motorized vehicles, such as recreational vehicles and agricultural motorized equipment to cross
12 the trail to access their property on the other side of the trail; and
13
14 WHEREAS, St. Croix County will continue to maintain the Wildwood Trail, including
15 cutting, trimming, and controlling trees, shrubs, and other vegetation; controlling insects,
16 rodents, and pests; and maintaining and repairing the trail as necessary to ensure access to
17 citizens.
18
19 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the St. Croix County Board of
20 Supervisors that the County Board Chair and the County Clerk shall execute an easement
21 allowing the adjoining property owners to cross the Wildwood Trail for specific purposes.
Legal – Fiscal – Administrative Approvals:
Legal Note:
Fiscal Impact: None
06/15/23 Community Development Committee APPROVED AS AMENDED
RESULT: APPROVED AS AMENDED \[UNANIMOUS\]
MOVER: Scott Counter, Ryan Sherley
SECONDER: Jerry VanSomeren, Supervisor
AYES: Scott Counter, Daniel Hansen, Ryan Sherley, Jerry VanSomeren
ABSENT: Shawn Anderson, Dick Hesselink
Vote Confirmation.
St. Croix County Board of Supervisors Action:
Roll Call - Vote Requirement – Majority of Supervisors Present
RESULT: ADOPTED \[UNANIMOUS\]
MOVER: Daniel Hansen, Supervisor
SECONDER: Jerry VanSomeren, Supervisor
AYES: Lind, Anderson, Long, Leaf, Adams, Berning, Ottino, Feidler, Ostness, Counter,
Hansen, Sherley, Tellijohn, Carlson, Barcalow, Swanepoel, VanSomeren, Ramberg
EXCUSED: Carah Koch
This Resolution was Adopted by the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors on August 1, 2023
Christine Hines, County Clerk