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NAMEM Immus lkvn LIS KV I it III I W101 • mcm KM a I a w ta rm zM N &-To 10 1 To, ER1711T RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: WHEREAS, The Tartan Park Facility lies within the City of Lake Elmo. It is comprised of approximately 483 acres and as such is one of the largest privately owned contiguous parcels of land within the City; and, WHEREAS, Tartan Park has been in 3M Corporation • for over 50 years, and, WHEREAS, Tartan Park was first used as a corporate retreat center and more recently as a publicly accessible but still privately -owned and operated corporate, recreational and park facility; and, WHEREAS, the Tart� Park facility is comprised of, among other things, an active private commercial golf course of 27 holes, a clubhouse, including a golf pro shop, • halls, and eight (8) conference rooms, open space, five (5) picnic pavilions, three (3) • twelve (12) tennis courts, six (6) softball fields, an archery range, six (6) sand volleyball courts, six (6) horseshoe pits, and a heated and cooled maintenance facility; and, enhance its status as an ongoing and functioning resource to the City, which contributes to the tax base of the City, and, WHEREAS1 recently the City, as well as Washington County, have beeti notified that 3M, the Owner of The Tartan Park Facility, has begun consideration and pursuit of alternative uses and ownership for it and that 3M • to close the facility. Uses which have • discussed include, but are not limited to, preservation of open space areas, continuation of business uses like the golf course, and possible continuation of recreational and other uses. N*W THEAEF*RE, XE MAESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY 0-'- LAIKE ELMO, COUNTY OF WASHINGTON, MINNESOTA, that the 04 directs and orders as follows: I 1. That the City Council of The City of Lake Elmo, united in its desire to cooperatively explore both continuation, expansion and preservation of existing uses as well as potentially new uses upon the Tartan Park Facility, states as follows: