DEPARTMENT: Parks, Facilities, and Fleet Management
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Accept Donation Of Regional Greenway Trail Easement From The Smead Manufacturing Company, LLC In City Of Hastings
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Smead Manufacturing Company, LLC, (Smead) quit-claimed and conveyed a permanent pedestrian and bicycle path easement for public use to the City of Hastings (City) on a portion of their property (Property Identification Numbers 19-31900-02-150 and 19-31900-01-17) which was recorded as Document No.1569596 on January 20, 1999; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 19-767 (October 29, 2019), the Dakota County Board of Commissioners approved the Vermillion River Hastings Greenway (Greenway) Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Greenway Master Plan identified the existing City pedestrian and bicycle path easement on the Smead property in the City as the preferred regional greenway trail (Trail) location; and
WHEREAS, the existing City trail is in poor condition, and the width and curve radii do not meet County greenway trail standards, requiring slight modifications and reconstruction; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 23-406 (September 12, 2023), the Dakota County Board of Commissioners authorized the reconstruction and improvement of 4.25 miles of the Greenway from the connection with the Mississippi River Greenway in Levee Park to Pleasant Drive and to enter into a Joint Powers Agreement with the City so that the County and the City may share the actual construction costs for trail improvements and trail reconstruction; and
WHEREAS, the 2024 Parks Capital Improvement Program has adequate fund balance to construct a new section of the Greenway Trail on the Smead property; and
WHEREAS, the City has to vacate its permanent pedestrian and bicycle path easement prior to the County acquiring a new Easement in nearly the same location as the existing City’s permanent pedestrian and bicycle path easement; and
WHEREAS, the City is willing to vacate its existing pedestrian and bicycle path easement on the Smead property; and
WHEREAS, Smead is supportive of granting an easement to the County and for the County to construct a new Regional Greenway Trail on its property; and
WHEREAS, the City held a public hearing on the proposed pedestrian and bicycle path easement vacation on May 6, 2024, and the City Council approved vacating its pedestrian and bicycle path easement on the Smead property on May 6, 2024.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That upon approval of the City of Hastings vacating its existing pedestrian and bicycle path easement on The Smead Manufacturing Company, LLC, property, the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes acceptance of a 0.75-acre Regional Greenway Trail Easement from The Smead Manufacturing Company, LLC, on their property in the City of Hastings for a section of the Vermillion River - Hastings Greenway Trail, approved as to form by the County Attorney’s Office.
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