DEPARTMENT: Parks, Facilities, and Fleet Management
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
TITLE
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Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreement With City Of Eagan And City Of Inver Grove Heights For Final Engineering And Construction Of Mendota-Lebanon Hills Greenway, County Project 2000404
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize executing a joint powers agreement (JPA) with the City of Eagan and the City of Inver Grove Heights for a Greenway Collaborative project that will include final design and construction of a portion of the Mendota-Lebanon Hills Greenway and the reconstruction of Argenta Trail along the border of the cities of Eagan and Inver Grove Heights, County Project (CP) 2000404.
SUMMARY
To promote a safe and efficient greenway system, Dakota County is partnering with the City of Eagan and the City of Inver Grove Heights on CP 2000404. Dakota County completed a feasibility analysis for the Mendota-Lebanon Hills Greenway in 2023 that analyzed alignments that paralleled Argenta Trail and urbanized the existing rural cross-section of Argenta Trail that exists today. It is mutually desirable by the cities to reconstruct Argenta Trail along the municipal boundary from approximately 500 feet north of the intersection of Argenta Trail and Trunk Highway 149 to the north side of the intersection of Opperman Drive and to include the construction of a multi-use regional trail to be part of the future alignment of the Mendota-Lebanon Hills Greenway (Attachment: Location Map). All improvements would be completed in one project, and the County and cities will share project responsibilities and project costs. County staff recommend using the Greenway Collaborative set-aside for the County’s costs.
A JPA with the Cities is necessary to define County and City design, construction, and cost participation for CP 2000404. The City of Eagan is the lead interagency project and will be administering the contract with the consulting engineer (Attachment: Engineering Estimate). The project will consist of surface and stormwater improvements, watermain improvements, sanitary sewer improvements, roadway improvements, and greenway improvements. Dakota County will only be responsible for those costs directly associated with the Greenway improvements and will follow the 85 percent County, 15 percent City Greenway Collaborate Cost Participation Practice (Attachment: Construction Estimate). A subsequent Supplemental Maintenance Agreement will follow upon construction completion.
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends executing a JPA with the City of Eagan and City of Inver Grove Heights to define design, construction, and cost-share responsibilities for CP 2000404, which includes project layout, administration and engineering costs, and construction administration roles and responsibilities.
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EXPLANATION OF FISCAL/FTE IMPACTS
County Project 2000404 is a City-led design and construction project. Budget for construction and design is included within the 2024 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, to promote a safe and efficient greenway system, Dakota County is proceeding with County Project (CP) 2000404; and
WHEREAS, Argenta Trail is owned and maintained by the Cities of Eagan and Inver Grove Heights; and
WHEREAS, the existing roadway is aging and requires reconstruction; and
WHEREAS, a 2023 Dakota County preliminary design and alignment study for the Mendota-Lebanon Hills Greenway regional trail identified an alignment adjacent to Argenta Trail; and
WHEREAS, it is considered mutually desirable to complete final engineering and construction to reconstruct Argenta Trail along the border of the cities of Eagan and Inver Grove Heights and include the construction of the future alignment of the Mendota-Lebanon Hills Greenway regional trail (CP 2000404); and
WHEREAS, the City of Eagan is the lead agency for CP 2000404 to administer the contract with the consulting engineering firm; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County is partnering with the City of Eagan and the City of Inver Grove Heights for CP 2000404; and
WHEREAS, a joint powers agreement with the City of Eagan and the City of Inver Grove Heights is necessary to define County and City design, construction, and cost participation for CP 2000404; and
WHEREAS, County and City engineering and construction costs for CP 2000404 will be in accordance with Greenway Collaborative Program Cost Share Practice, with the County’s cost-share 85 percent and City’s cost share 15 percent of Greenway project related items; and
WHEREAS, CP 2000404 funding is included in the 2024 Parks Capital Improvement Program in the Greenway Collaborative Set-Aside.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the Physical Development Director to execute a joint powers agreement with the City of Eagan and City of Inver Grove Heights to proceed with County Project 2000404 for design and construction of the Mendota-Lebanon Hills Greenway adjacent to Argenta Trail from approximately 500 feet north of the intersection of Argenta Trail and Trunk Highway 149 to the north side of the intersection of Opperman Drive, subject to approval by the County Attorney’s Office as to form.
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PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION
22-140; 3/22/22
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment: Project Location
Attachment: Construction Estimate
Attachment: Engineering Estimate
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CONTACT
Department Head: Niki Geisler
Author: Tony Wotzka