DEPARTMENT: Parks, Facilities, and Fleet Management
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Accept Donation Of Easements From Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC For Mississippi River Greenway Rosemount East In City Of Rosemount, County Project P00109
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize the acceptance of the donation of necessary temporary easements for County Project (P00109) Mississippi River Greenway Rosemount East in the City of Rosemount.
SUMMARY
To provide a safe and efficient greenway system, Dakota County is proceeding with the Mississippi River Greenway (MRG) Rosemount East, which is the construction of 2.4 miles of shared-use trail to complete the last remaining segment of the national MRG within Dakota County. The final design includes a 10' shared-use trail, grade-separated underpass, barrier-separated trail adjacent to Pine Bend Trail road, two at-grade railroad crossings, and roadway improvements from Trunk Highway (TH) 55 to the eastern trail entrance of Spring Lake Park. County Project P00109 is scheduled to start construction in April 2024.
Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC (FHR) owns property adjacent to Pine Bend Trail roadway in which the greenway alignment is located. Through the design and right of way process, staff coordinated with FHR staff to ensure the design and placement of the greenway facility was suitable for the operations of FHR, including their use of vessel transport from the Mississippi River. Staff worked with Flint Hills to obtain the necessary permanent easements and temporary easements for the purposes of the trail project. Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC agreed to formally donate the required right of way to the County for the MRG Rosemount East project; and with Resolution No. 23-063 (February 7, 2022), the County Board authorized the acceptance of the donation. Since that time, the project was delayed to further work on necessary agreements with stakeholders and Union Pacific Railroad and th...
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