DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreements With Independent School District 199, And Inver Hills Community College For Interpretive And Wayfinding Installations And Programming Implementation Along Unity Trail
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WHEREAS, the Dakota County Parks Visitor Services Plan directed staff to increase awareness of Dakota County Parks and its services across all communities, including current users, new users, and under-represented groups; and
WHEREAS, the Unity Trail project includes the construction of seven interpretive and wayfinding nodes along a five-mile loop to create connections between the Mississippi Regional Greenway and important Community Centers; and
WHEREAS, the Unity Trail project will provide outreach programming at different locations to raise awareness of the Unity Trail and its themes and activate the Trail; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County and Inver Hills Community College are governmental units as that term is defined in Minn. Stat. ? 471.59; and
WHEREAS, Minn. Stat. ? 471.59 authorizes State and local governmental units to jointly or cooperatively exercise any power common to the contracting parties; and
WHEREAS, Inver Hills Community College has requested the County include as part of the Community Project certain interpretive signage and public art benches to be located along trail extensions from the Greenway on College property; and
WHEREAS, a joint powers agreement (JPA) with Inver Hills Community College to design and install interpretive signage and public art benches to be located along trail extensions from the Greenway on College property would enhance the trail by providing the public additional spaces for outdoor experiences and increased connections to the Unity Trail and the Mississippi River Greenway; and
WHEREAS, the County will be responsible for the design, solicitation, and purchasing of the wayfinding and interpretive signage for the Community ...
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