DEPARTMENT: Transportation
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Approval Of Right Of Way Acquisition And Authorization To Initiate Quick-Take Condemnation For Multiuse Trail On County Road 4 Between Trunk Highway 3 And Trunk Highway 52, In City Of West St. Paul And Authorization To Amend 2024 Transportation Capital Improvement Program County Project 04-017[CJ1]
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED[CJ2]
Approve acquisition and authorize quick-take condemnation of right of way and amend 2024 Transportation Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Adopted Budget for County Project (CP) 04-017 in West St. Paul.
SUMMARY[CJ3]
To provide a safe and efficient transportation system, Dakota County is proceeding with CP 04-017 (see Attachment: Location Map)[CJ4][MJ5], which consists of multiuse trail on County Road 4 (Butler Avenue), curb reconstruction, mill and overlay of street pavement, intersection safety improvements at the intersection with Sperl Street, and other improvements needed for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The existing trail gap is noted in the 2018 Dakota County Pedestrian and Bicycle Study as a high priority for future improvements.
Through an executed joint powers agreement with West St. Paul, design and construction of CP 04-017 is led by the City, with Dakota County leading right of way acquisition. Acquisition of right of way from 51 private parcels (Attachment: Acquisition Map[CJ6][MJ7]) is recommended to proceed with CP 04-017. Valbridge Property Advisers has completed appraisals with a total appraised value of $111,000. Appraisal data has been provided to the County Board in a separate, confidential spreadsheet, as the appraisals are confidential, non-public data pursuant to Minn. Stat. ? 13.44, subd. 3.
If timely acquisition by direct negotiation of all required parcels does not appear possible, staff recommends that the County Board authorize the County Attorney's Office to initiate quick-take condemnation of the remaining parcel...
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