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This information sheet is prepared by the Park Board for Council <br />`.- information and update: <br />Land Donation <br />The City and Cass County have been approached regarding a land <br />donation that would encompass approximately 64 acres of land on the <br />east and west sides of the south end of Mayo Lake. The Pequot Lakes <br />Park Board has reviewed the donation and feels it would be an excellent <br />opportunity for a rustic park that would allow hiking during the year <br />and cross-country skiing and snowshoeing in the winter. Below are <br />some informational points you might find helpful for supporting the <br />Park Board's plan. <br />1. The land to be donated is part of a Conservation Easement that <br />severely restricts what can take place. It does not allow for residential <br />development, agricultural use, industrial/commercial activity or mining. <br />2. Cass County stated they would accept the land, attach a 12 acre <br />parcel they already own at the south portion of the donation, and then <br />sell the entire portion as it does not fit their land development plan. <br />`' 3. The Easement allows for unpaved paths/foot trails but does not <br />allow motorized recreational uses. On the Cass County side, the trail is <br />`.. <br />already established. <br />4. No alteration of the shoreline is allowed which means no boat <br />landing would be added or allowed. <br />5. This rustic park would be similar to the Uppgaard Wildlife <br />Management Center in Ideal Township. John Ehlert, overseer of that <br />park, states there are an average of two cars per day during the summer <br />and far fewer during the winter. <br />6. This donation would allow the Park Board to further their goal of <br />"obtaining prime park locations and high quality natural resource <br />lands." (p. 8 Proposed Master Park Plan) <br />7. Paul Sandelin has researched the donation and we are able to accept <br />land in Cass County. <br />