Town of Culver, Culver Academies Trail Agreement Still Not Ready

An agreement between the Town of Culver and the Culver Academies concerning the third phase of the Lake Max Trail will undergo more work before it is presented to both entities for signature. 

Culver Town Attorney Jim Clevenger said he and Town Manager Ginny Bess Munroe are planning to discuss more details within the agreement before it is presented to the Town Council and to the Culver Academies for formal approval.

The agreement will explain the terms of the construction of the third phase of the Lake Max Trail that is anticipated to be constructed along the old railroad corridor, crossing over State Road 10 to Sycamore, east to 16C and then south to State Road 10.  If the agreement is signed by both the council and school officials, it would then go to the Marshall County Commissioners for consideration of right-of-way access on Sycamore and 16C Roads. 

School officials previously agreed to grant easements and pay for a portion of the engineering and survey work into the amended route of the trail on the school’s property, but the commissioners would like to have that agreement in writing before right-of-way is approved.

Clevenger said the document should be ready by the next Culver Town Council meeting on May 25 and to the Marshall County Commissioners on June 7.