DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Release And Transfer Environmental Legacy Funds From Veterans Memorial Greenway Project P00147 To Other Eligible Capital Improvement Projects
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, the Veterans Memorial Greenway Project (P00147) will provide a link between Lebanon Hills Regional Park and the Mississippi River in central Dakota County and through the cities of Inver Grove Heights and Eagan; and
WHEREAS, the Veterans Memorial Greenway will include memorials along the trail, giving users the opportunity to learn about the sacrifices veterans have made over the years as they travel the trail; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 20-430 (September 1, 2020), the County executed a contract with Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Incorporated, for preliminary and final design engineering consulting services; and
WHEREAS, the 2026 Parks Capital Improvement Program Budget includes sufficient funding for the Veterans Memorial Greenway and with active and proposed external funding agreements may have excess Environmental Legacy Fund (ELF) funding; and
WHEREAS, County staff recognizes and recommends that additional ELF funding may be able to be released from this project to fund other ELF-eligible projects in the Capital Improvement Program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the County Manager, or delegate, to authorize a budget amendment to transfer ELF budget from Veterans Memorial Greenway in an amount not to exceed $2,350,000, to other ELF eligible projects in the CIP.
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