DEPARTMENT: Parks, Facilities, and Fleet Management
FILE TYPE: Regular Action
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Authorization To Accept Grant Funds From Rebuilding American Infrastructure With Sustainability And Equity Program Grant And Infrastructure And Investment Jobs Act Matching Funds Grant For Completing Mississippi River Greenway Projects And Amend 2024 Capital Improvement Program Budgets
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize the acceptance of Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program grant funds and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) state matching funds required for the local cost share of the federal discretionary RAISE grant associated with completing the Mississippi River Greenway Projects. Amend the 2024 Capital Improvement Program Budgets.
SUMMARY
To provide a safe and efficient greenway system, Dakota County is proceeding with completing the Mississippi River Greenway (MRG) projects which include the following (Attachment: Project Location):
* Regional Trail Gap (P00109): complete 2.4-mile trail gap to complete the last remaining segment of the MRG.
* Wayfinding, Signage, and Interpretation (2000232): provide consistent orientation and user support signage for the full 27-mile corridor, including interpretation.
* Trail Support and Safety (County Project 56-14): Add ten rest areas/overlooks and improve the safety of 23 road crossings along the 27-mile corridor.
* Unity Trail Gap/County State Aid Highway 28 (County Project 28-69): complete one-mile gap from school area to Mississippi River Greenway as part of a larger interpretive loop trail system.
* Natural Resource Restoration and Plantings (2000232): restore 60 acres along the corridor and add natural resource signature plantings along seven miles of the corridor.
By Resolution No. 23-066 (February 7, 2023), the County Board approved to submit a RAISE grant application with the U.S. Department of Transportation, and was awarded $8,800,000 in June of 2023 (At...
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