I received a letter from the MN Attorney General today which mentions that the Minnesota courts have NOT yet interpreted the meaning of "authorized by any other law" in the Minnesota 84C03 Statute and that my letter will be reviewed with regard to the charitable trust issues I mentioned. The other items mentioned were to check if there was language saying it could only be terminated by a court order or if it gives the city the right to rescind it (there is no language regarding termination or rescission) or if it specifically gives any other third party a right of enforcement (it does not). So bottom line is that they are not committing to intervene but they left the door open that they are continuing to review this.
This appears again to be a problem of "standing" - can I as a public citizen be considered "authorized by any other law" to intervene in the conservation easement? That has not been defined yet by Minnesota. Even the Minnesota Association of County Administrators mentions the Minneosta Environmental Rights Act http://www.maca-mn.org/mncountyhandbook/AMC-Chapter16.pdf (Page 4) but would that be sufficient to be considered "authorized by any other law".
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