DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Acquire Real Estate Interests From Dakota County Community Development Agency For Rosemount Greenway
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize the expenditure of up to $21,650 to acquire 0.46 acres and a 5,344-square-foot permanent regional greenway trail easement (Easement) from the Dakota County Community Development Agency (CDA) to construct a portion of the Rosemount Regional Greenway (Greenway) in the City of Rosemount (City) and to authorize the Board Chair to sign the Easement.
SUMMARY
By Resolution No.12-359 (July 31, 2012), the Rosemount Greenway Master Plan (Master Plan) was adopted by the Dakota County Board of Commissioners (County Board). The Master Plan established a preferred alignment for the 13-mile-long Greenway between Lebanon Hills Regional Park (LHRP) and Spring Lake Park Reserve via downtown Rosemount and the Mississippi River Greenway. The City, in coordination with a private developer, secured the majority of the necessary trail right of way, as well as initial grading for the trail in the 3,200-foot-long Dunmore segment of the Greenway between Connemara Trail and Bonaire Path West (Attachment: Dunmore Segment of Rosemount Greenway). The City has completed the 90 percent design for the Dunmore segment with the intention to bid the project in the Fall of 2025. By Resolution No. 25-156 (March 25, 2025), the County Board approved a joint powers agreement (JPA) with the City that included the roles and responsibilities and associated costs to complete the Dunmore segment of the Greenway. The total cost of the project at the time was $510,000, including an estimated $450,000 County cost for construction. Since the approval to enter into the JPA with the City, there are higher estimated costs for retaining walls, and execution of the JPA has been delayed.
The unsecured portion of the Dunmore segment of the Greenway involves property owned by the CDA through the Dakota Co...
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