DEPARTMENT: Parks, Facilities, and Fleet Management
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Ratification Of Submittal For Funding Grant Request To Legislative-Citizen Commission On Minnesota Resources And Authorization to Execute Grant Agreement With Minnesota Department Of Natural Resources And Amend 2024 Park Capital Improvement Program Budget If Funding Approved
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Ratify submission of four Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund (ENRTF) grant applications to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) requesting $200,000 to acquire fee title on ~130 acres of the Wicklund property in Waterford Township as a new County Park Conservation Area (CPCA); $104,000 to acquire fee title of the 4.9-acre Dakota County Community Development Agency (CDA) property in Hastings for a new CPCA, including a segment of the Vermillion River Greenway; $182,000 to acquire a 32-acre natural area conservation easement (Easement) on the Benjamin property in Nininger Township adjacent to the Mississippi River Greenway; and $104,000 to acquire 0.5-acre Easement on the Haskell Street Conservation LLC property in West Paul; and authorize execution of a grant agreement with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and amend the 2024 Park Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budget if ENRTF funding is approved.
SUMMARY
The LCCMR established an Emerging Issues Account (EIA) to be used for projects that would address unexpected and urgent environmental resource needs in an expedited manner, such as:
1. Addressing environmental or disease issues where delay will threaten the viability of segments of the State's natural resources or human health.
2. Implementing a natural resource corrective action where delay will be detrimental to the State's natural resources.
3. An opportunity to enhance natural resource management in a timely manner.
4. An opportunity to acquire critical land in a timely manner.
The County was notified on Jan...
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