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Friends of the Gorge Land Trust offers easement for Mosier Plateau Trail; city attorney to review
Summary
Nick Kramer of the Friends of the Gorge Land Trust asked the Mosier City Council to accept a permanent easement covering an 80-foot section of the Mosier Plateau Trail; councilors were told the easement (not a transfer of ownership) will be reviewed by the city attorney and listed on the deed.
Nick Kramer representing the Friends of the Gorge Land Trust told the council on April 16 that the group is seeking a permanent easement for an 80-foot segment of the Mosier Plateau Trail that crosses private property. Kramer said the easement is intended to secure long-term public access and protection for the trail section and that survey work and legal review are underway.
City Manager Andrea Rogers and councilors sought clarification about whether the trust should accept fee ownership first and then transfer the parcel to the city. Kramer and staff explained the parcel sits outside the urban growth boundary and that transferring fee ownership to the trust before conveying it to the city would introduce complications; the plan presented was to acquire a perpetual easement to be recorded on the property deed.
City Attorney Laura Westmeyer has been asked to review the easement document and the deed language; staff said the easement would be listed on the deed that follows sale of the property. No formal council vote or final acceptance of the easement occurred at the meeting; the matter remains in legal review.
