DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Acquire Real Estate Interests From Dakota County Community Development Agency For Rosemount Greenway
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize the expenditure of up to $21,650 to acquire 0.46 acres and a 5,344-square-foot permanent regional greenway trail easement (Easement) from the Dakota County Community Development Agency (CDA) to construct a portion of the Rosemount Regional Greenway (Greenway) in the City of Rosemount (City) and to authorize the Board Chair to sign the Easement.
SUMMARY
By Resolution No.12-359 (July 31, 2012), the Rosemount Greenway Master Plan (Master Plan) was adopted by the Dakota County Board of Commissioners (County Board). The Master Plan established a preferred alignment for the 13-mile-long Greenway between Lebanon Hills Regional Park (LHRP) and Spring Lake Park Reserve via downtown Rosemount and the Mississippi River Greenway. The City, in coordination with a private developer, secured the majority of the necessary trail right of way, as well as initial grading for the trail in the 3,200-foot-long Dunmore segment of the Greenway between Connemara Trail and Bonaire Path West (Attachment: Dunmore Segment of Rosemount Greenway). The City has completed the 90 percent design for the Dunmore segment with the intention to bid the project in the Fall of 2025. By Resolution No. 25-156 (March 25, 2025), the County Board approved a joint powers agreement (JPA) with the City that included the roles and responsibilities and associated costs to complete the Dunmore segment of the Greenway. The total cost of the project at the time was $510,000, including an estimated $450,000 County cost for construction. Since the approval to enter into the JPA with the City, there are higher estimated costs for retaining walls, and execution of the JPA has been delayed.
The unsecured portion of the Dunmore segment of the Greenway involves property owned by the CDA through the Dakota County CDA Workforce Housing II LLC. The CDA ownership includes a 4.28-acre parcel (Property Identification Number 34-64596-01-010) in the City. The southern portion of the parcel is developed with a number of townhomes, and the northern portion of the parcel includes a 100-foot-wide pipeline easement and a 0.28-acre area of undevelopable land where a 5,344-square-foot Easement is proposed. The CDA also owns an adjacent 0.46-acre parcel (Property Identification Number 34-64596-00-020) that is fully restricted by a pipeline easement and a drainage and utility easement. Since this parcel is undevelopable, the CDA is willing to sell the entire parcel. See Attachment: Legal Descriptions of Proposed Real Estate Interests on CDA Property and Attachment: General Depiction of Proposed Real Estate Interests on CDA Property.
An appraisal was completed by an independent appraiser. The appraised value of fee title of the entire parcel is $10,100, and the appraised value of the Easement is $11,500. The total acquisition cost, including an estimated $50 for closing costs, is $21,650.
The CDA plans to hold a public hearing on the intended sale of the real estate interests for Greenway purposes in October, and the CDA Board would also have to approve authorization to sell fee title and the Easement to the County.
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends authorizing the expenditure to acquire the necessary real estate interests to construct a portion of the Dunmore segment of the Rosemount Greenway and to authorize the Board Chair to sign the Easement.
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EXPLANATION OF FISCAL/FTE IMPACTS
County Project 2000516 is a City-led design and construction project, with Dakota County facilitating the real estate parcel and easement acquisitions. Sufficient funding has been authorized for construction and real estate acquisition in the 2025 Parks Capital Improvement Program within the Greenway Collaborative Set-Aside.
☐ None ☒ Current budget ☐ Other
☐ Amendment Requested ☐ New FTE(s) requested
RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, by Resolution No.12-359 (July 31, 2012), the Rosemount Greenway Master Plan (Master Plan) was adopted by the Dakota County Board of Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, the Master Plan established a preferred alignment for the 13-mile-long Greenway between Lebanon Hills Regional Park (LHRP) and Spring Lake Park Reserve via downtown Rosemount and the Mississippi River Greenway; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rosemount (City), in coordination with a private developer, secured the majority of the necessary trail right of way, as well as initial grading for the trail in the 3,200-foot-long Dunmore segment of the Greenway between Connemara Trail and Bonaire Path West; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 25-156 (March 25, 2025), the County Board approved a joint powers agreement with the City that included the roles and responsibilities and associated costs to complete the Dunmore segment between April 1, 2025, and December 31, 2026; and
WHEREAS, the unsecured portion of the Dunmore segment of the Greenway involves property owned by the Dakota County Community Development Agency (CDA) through the Dakota County CDA Workforce Housing II LLC; and
WHEREAS, CDA ownership includes a 4.28-acre parcel (Property Identification Number 34-64596-01-010) and an adjacent 0.46-acre parcel (Property Identification Number 34-64596-00-020) in the City; and
WHEREAS, the southern portion of the 4.28-acre parcel is developed with a number of townhomes, and the northern portion of the parcel includes a 100-foot-wide pipeline easement and 0.28 acres of undevelopable land where a 5,344-square-foot Easement for the Greenway trail is proposed; and
WHEREAS, the adjacent 0.46-acre parcel is undevelopable due to a pipeline easement and a drainage and utility easement, and the CDA is willing to sell the entire parcel; and
WHEREAS, an independent appraiser completed an appraisal and the appraised value for fee title of the 0.46-acre parcel is $10,100, and the appraised value for the Easement is $11,500; and
WHEREAS, the total acquisition cost, including an estimated $50 for closing, is $21,650.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the expenditure of up to $21,650 to acquire fee title of a 0.46-acre parcel and to acquire a 5,344-square-foot regional greenway trail easement for the Dunmore segment of the Rosemount Regional Greenway from the Dakota County Community Development Agency, subject to approval by the County Attorney’s Office as to form; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the Physical Development Director to sign the Purchase Agreement, subject to approval by the County Attorney’s Office as to form; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the Board Chair to sign the Easement, subject to approval by the County Attorney’s Office as to form.
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PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION
12-359;7/31/12
25-156;3/25/25
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment: Dunmore Segment of the Rosemount Greenway
Attachment: Legal Descriptions of the Real Estate Interests on the CDA Property
Attachment: General Depiction of the Real Estate Interests on the CDA Property
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CONTACT
Department Head: Niki Geisler
Author: Mike Adams