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Green Sheet # 3032156
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RESOLUTION
CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
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2 WfIEREAS, pursuant to 1943 Minnesota I.aws, Chap. 500, Sec. 9, Subd.2, the Metropolitan
3 Airports Commission was directed to take over the use, management, operation, regulation,
4 policing and controi of certain lands within the City of Saint Paul known as Holman Field; and
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WHEREAS, 1943 Minnesota Laws, Chap. 500, Sec. 9, Subd.2, specifically states that the fee
title to the lands laiown as Holman Field remains with the City of Saint Paul; and
WHEREAS, on November 28, 1940, the City of Saint Paul deeded a tract of land also within the
area known as Holman Field to the state of Minnesota for military puzposes only and when such
use is discontinued, the said land shall revert to the City; and
WHEREAS, in the event that the land known as Holman Field is no longer used by the
Metropolitan Aixport Commission or the state of Minnesota for aiiport or military purposes, the
use and management of the said land will return to the City; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Saint Paul desires, when these lands are no longer
necessary for airport or military purposes and are returned to the City's fuil control, that the City
implement a plan to return the lands to a natural state in keeping with their location within the
floodplain of the Mississippi River and that the land is specifically managed to facilitate the
reestablishment of a natural floodplain ecosystem; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE TT RESOLVED, that it is the intent of the Council of the City of Saint Paul, that lands within
the area lmown as Holman Field and held in fee or reversionary interest by the City, shall, upon
their return to the City, be managed by the City in a manner that will cause the land to return to a
natural state in keeping with its location within the floodplain of the Mississippi River and that
the said land is specifically managed to facilitate the reestablishment of a natural floodplain
ecosystem; AND, BE TT
F[JRTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul commends to a future City
Council the desire that it shall prepare and implement a management plan for the land that will
conserve, enhance, preserve, and protect the land as a natural floodplain ecosystem for the
benefit of the public.
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Action Reques0ed:
Authorizing that lands within the area of Holman Field by held in fee or reversionary interest and be managed by the City in a manna
for land to retum to a naMal state and to facilitate the reestablishment of a nat�ual flood plain ecosystem.
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Ciwl Service Commission 2. Has this pasor✓firm e�er been a city employee?
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3. Does this person/firtn possess a skill not nartnally possessed by any
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