DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreement With Dakota County Soil And Water Conservation District For Prescribed Burns And Native Overseeding Within Certain Easements Enrolled In Dakota County's Land Conservation Program And Amend 2026 Parks And Greenways Capital Improvement Program Budget
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WHEREAS, the Dakota County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is a governmental and political subdivision of the State of Minnesota, located wholly within the boundaries of Dakota County, with statutory authority to carry out erosion control and other water conservation programs within Dakota County, pursuant to Minn. Stat. Ch. 103C, and as otherwise provided by law; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 23-589 (December 19, 2023), the County and the SWCD executed a joint powers agreements (JPA) pursuant to Minn. Stat. ? 471.59 to mutually assist each other related to their common interest in soil and water conservation programming within Dakota County and for the purpose of performing on behalf of each other services or functions that the other is authorized to perform for itself; and
WHEREAS, both Dakota County and the SWCD have a common interest and statutory authority to encourage land occupiers in Dakota County to conserve soil and water resources; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 20-568 (November 17, 2020), the County Board adopted a Land Conservation Plan to guide future land protection efforts and to strengthen natural resource management on protected lands; and
WHEREAS, the County has three separate natural area easement sites over privately owned properties that have enrolled in the County's Land Conservation Program; and
WHEREAS, these three easements are:
1. The Wilmar Easement, located in Vermillion Township, consisting of 42.3 acres of restored mesic prairie, shrubland, and floodplain forest as well as a stretch of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources protected Ver...
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