DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Three-Way Public Highway At-Grade Crossing Agreement With Union Pacific Railroad Company And Inver Grove Heights For Veterans Memorial Greenway Phase III In City Of Inver Grove Heights, County Project P00147
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WHEREAS, the Veterans Memorial Greenway is a planned regional trail connection between Lebanon Hills Regional Park and the Mississippi River Greenway; and
WHEREAS, to ensure the safe crossing of greenway users, Dakota County will reconstruct and widen the 105th Street atgrade Union Pacific (UP) railroad crossing, obtain additional right of way from UP, and coordinate with UP to install new gradecrossing protection devices; and
WHEREAS, to facilitate this project, Dakota County has coordinated with UP and the City of Inver Grove Heights to secure the necessary at-grade crossing agreement and its execution, not to exceed a shared cost of $5,000; and
WHEREAS, the County will cover all costs related to work performed by UP with installing new at-grade crossing protection devices and highway traffic control signals, not to exceed $403,276, paid to UP Railroad’s Material and Force Account; and
WHEREAS, the City of Inver Grove Heights will cover the annual payments for the maintenance of the Signal System, not to exceed $28,660 per year; and
WHEREAS, the City of Inver Grove Heights and Dakota County will prorate the railroad’s annual surface maintenance payment for the pavement surface between track tie ends within the crossing area, not to exceed $2,114 per year; and
WHEREAS, the City of Inver Grove Heights and Dakota County will codify prorated payment amount and terms with the city-wide master maintenance agreement for all Greenway and associated trail segments within the City of Inver Grove Heights; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends executing agreement with UP and City of Inver Grove Heights for the at-grade crossings and installing warning devices as ...
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