DEPARTMENT: Parks, Facilities, and Fleet Management
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Accept Donation Of Easements From Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC For The Mississippi River Greenway Rosemount East In City Of Rosemount, County Project P00109
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorization to accept donation of necessary permanent and temporary easements for County Project (P00109) Mississippi River Greenway Rosemount East in the City of Rosemount.
SUMMARY
To provide a safe and efficient greenway system, Dakota County is proceeding with the Mississippi River Greenway (MRG): Rosemount East, which is the construction of 2.4 miles of shared-use trail to complete the last remaining segment of the national MRG within Dakota County. The final design includes a 10' shared-use trail, grade-separated underpass, barrier-separated trail adjacent to Pine Bend Trail road, two at-grade railroad crossings, and roadway improvements from Trunk Highway (TH) 55 to the eastern trail entrance of Spring Lake Park. County Project P00109 is currently scheduled for construction in summer 2023.
Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC (FHR) owns property adjacent to Pine Bend Trail roadway in which the greenway alignment is located. Through the design and right of way process, staff has coordinated with FHR staff to ensure the design and placement of the greenway facility was suitable for the operations of FHR, including their use of vessel transport from the Mississippi River. Appraisals were completed by Patchin Messner Valuation Counselors for all parcels, including the three parcels owned by FHR. The total appraised value of the three parcels, represented as Parcels 1, 2 and 2A in Right of Way Map 360B, is $49,100. Dakota County Board of Commissioners authorized the first offers for right of way with Resolution No. 21-370 (July 20, 2021), and a first offer was made to Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC in August 2021. Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC has agr...
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