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Board signs DNR recreational-trail easement requiring at least 25-year public trail use
Summary
The board approved an easement required by the Indiana trails program and DNR grant terms that obligates the city to keep a newly developed trail available for recreational use for no less than 25 years.
The Board approved a recreational-trail easement required under the Indiana trails program to secure reimbursement from a Department of Natural Resources trail grant. The easement binds the property to recreational trail use for at least 25 years.
City staff explained that the easement wording — required by the state grant program — obligates the city to maintain the trail for no less than 25 years from recording. The easement text recites the Indiana Trails program purpose and the requirement that property developed under the program be used solely for recreational trail purposes for a term of no less than 25 years.
Parks and engineering staff signaled no objection to the 25-year term and the board approved the item by voice vote. The city indicated the easement will be recorded on deed records so the property will remain subject to the grant's permanence requirement while the city receives reimbursement for the trail project.
