DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreements With Independent School District 199, And Inver Hills Community College For Interpretive And Wayfinding Installations And Programming Implementation Along the Unity Trail
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
* Authorize the execution of a joint powers agreement (JPA) with Inver Hills Community College for the installation and maintenance of interpretive and wayfinding elements for a portion of the Unity Trail.
* Authorize the execution of a JPA with Inver Hills Community College for programming to take place at Inver Hills Community College. This programming will raise awareness of the Unity Trail and its themes and activate the Trail.
* Authorize the execution of a JPA with Independent School District (ISD) 199 for programming to take place at ISD 199. This programming will raise awareness of the Unity Trail and its themes and activate the Trail.
SUMMARY
On April 19, 2022, the Dakota County Board accepted the 2021 Metropolitan Council Equity Grant through Resolution No. 22-170 for a project with the goal of reducing barriers and improving access to the Mississippi River Greenway through a collaborative, community-driven approach focused in Inver Grove Heights that will create new connections between the greenway and important community centers.
In the past two years since the project's approval, it has progressed to approximately 60 percent completion. This included a robust public engagement phase that focused on engaging with students and youth as well as the broader community. This was followed by a project planning phase, which was conducted in close collaboration with the four project partners: Inver Hills Community College, ISD 199, Dakota County Library, and the City of Inver Grove Heights. The project has now reached the implementation phase, during which the interpretive and wayfinding installations will be designed, installed, and activated with ...
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