DEPARTMENT: Transportation
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreement For 179th Street West (Future County State Aid Highway 9) Roadway Construction In City Of Lakeville, County Project 97-231
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 03-285 (May 20, 2003), the Dakota County Board of Commissioners adopted the Dakota County East-West Corridor Preservation Study; and
WHEREAS, the adopted preservation corridor Alignment B between Highview Avenue and Trunk Highway 3 follows the proposed transition between the 179th Street alignment and 175th Street alignment; and
WHEREAS, County Project (CP) 97-231 includes design, right of way dedication, and construction of two segments of 179th Street (future County Road 9) totalling approximately one-half mile of a future County road to meet County standards; and
WHEREAS, the first segment of CP 97-231 will be completed with the Pheasant Run of Lakeville Eighth Addition plat from approximately 400-feet east of Embers Avenue to the future 179th Street bridge over the North Creek (approximately 600-feet); and
WHEREAS, the second segment of CP 97-231 will be completed with the Brookshire 3rd Addition improvements from Eagleview Dr to 775-feet east of Draft Horse Blvd, approximately 2100-feet of future county road; and
WHEREAS, the Dakota County 2040 Transportation Plan (July 2021) Cost Share Policy includes Policy F.14 – Future County Road Segments that allows, at County discretion, to participate in the construction and engineering costs in accordance with F.1 for constructing local roadways that are identified as future County highway segments to County standards, over and above the costs that would have been incurred to construct the segment to city collector street standards; and
WHEREAS, designing and constructing 179th Street to County road standards will reduce future
costs to upgrade the road segment at the time of jurisdictional transfer and reduce impacts to the s...
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