DEPARTMENT: Transportation
FILE TYPE: Consent Information
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Update On Dakota County Plat Needs Map
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Receive an update on Dakota County Plat Needs Map.
SUMMARY
The Plat Needs Map is a tool used to plan for right-of-way designation and access spacing requirements on the County highway system. The County Plat Commission uses the Plat Needs Map at its meetings to require subdividers to dedicate public right of way along County Roads and comply with the County’s access spacing guidelines. The County Plat Commission has updated the map in response to the 2040 Transportation Plan, changes in traffic volumes, updated traffic forecasts, proposed/approved County Road alignments, and operation issues on County highways. According to the County’s adopted Contiguous Plat Ordinance No.108 (2005), the Plat Needs Map is reviewed annually and updated as necessary by the Dakota County Board. The Plat Needs Map was last updated on April 16, 2013.
Plat Needs Map Updates
The 2040 County’s Transportation Plan outlines the strategy for updating the Plat Needs Map:
Develop and maintain in coordination with cities and townships a county-wide plat needs map that establishes right of way for plat dedication and information associated with access spacing guidelines. Dakota County will consider the following factors in the development of the Plat Needs Map:
• 20-year traffic projections
• Function of the highway
• Corridor preservation
• Consistency with policy objectives
• Environmental considerations
• Transit and transitway needs
• Intermodal potential
• Coordination with adjacent land use
• Corridor Study Recommendations
• Future Interchange Locations
• Continuity along corridors
The Plat Commission will review any plat adjacent to a county highway or a highway shown on the Plat Needs Map as identified in the Contiguous Plat Ordinance No. 108. The review of a proposed plat and final approval of that plat is specifically limited to the following factors of county-wide significance:
1. Ingress and egress to and from county roads.
2. Approach grade intersection with county roads.
3. Drainage.
4. Safety standards.
5. Right-of-way requirements of county roads.
6. Local road system integration with the county road system.
7. Land use impact on development of county road system.
Based on the direction from the County’s Transportation Plan, the Plat Commission has made updates/revisions to the Plat Needs Map (Attachments: 2022 Plat Needs Map Proposed Changes and 2022 Plat Needs Map Revision Summary). Cities and townships were asked to review the proposed changes and provide comments, which did not include any comments on the proposed updates/revisions. The updated Plat Needs map is attached (Attachment: 2022 Plat Needs Map).
RECOMMENDATION
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None.
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EXPLANATION OF FISCAL/FTE IMPACTS
The Plat Needs Map reduces land acquisition costs and preserves the future County highway right of way for improvements.
☐ None ☐ Current budget ☒ Other
☐ Amendment Requested ☐ New FTE(s) requested
RESOLUTION
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Information only; No action requested.
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PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION
None.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment: 2022 Plat Needs Map Proposed Changes
Attachment: 2022 Plat Needs Map Revision Summary
Attachment: 2022 Plat Needs Map
BOARD GOALS
☒ A Great Place to Live ☐ A Healthy Environment
☐ A Successful Place for Business and Jobs ☐ Excellence in Public Service
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT LEVEL
☐ Inform and Listen ☐ Discuss ☐ Involve ☒ N/A
CONTACT
Department Head: Erin Laberee
Author: Todd Tollefson