DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Award And Execute Consultant Contract With KLJ Engineering LLC For Preliminary And Final Design Services And Amend 2025 Parks Capital Improvement Program Budget For Lebanon Hills Greenway In Eagan, County Project 2000454
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize execution of a contract with KLJ Engineering LLC (KLJ) for preliminary and final design services for a trail alignment to connect the Lebanon Hills Greenway to the Lebanon Hills Visitor Center and trail design upgrades to an existing trail to meet County Greenway standards along Dodd Road in Eagan (Attachment: Project Location).
SUMMARY
To provide a safe and efficient greenway system, Dakota County is proceeding with the Lebanon Hills Greenway Dodd Road segment, which will include the design and construction of about .25 miles of new trail connecting the Lebanon Hills Visitor Center to existing trails along Cliff Road (CSAH 26). The project will also include the final design and reconstruction of roughly two miles of an existing City of Eagan trail that parallels Dodd Road, which will be upgraded to Dakota County Greenway standards and become the new Lebanon Hills Greenway alignment.
By Resolution No. 21-497 (October 12, 2021), the County Board authorized the implementation of preliminary planning and design work for the continued development of the Dakota County Greenway System in the 2022 - 2026 Parks Capital Improvement Program by advancing design for the Lake Marion, River to River, Mendota-Lebanon Hills, now Lebanon Hills, and Vermillion River greenway corridors.
By Resolution No. 22-140 (March 22, 2022), the County Board authorized the execution of a preliminary design contract to develop trail alternatives and a 30 percent preliminary design for the Lebanon Hills Greenway from Cliff Road (CSAH 26) in Eagan to Trunk Highway 55 in Inver Grove Heights.
Scope of Work. The project will include preliminary and final design pha...
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