DEPARTMENT: Parks, Facilities, and Fleet Management
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Expend Funds To Acquire And Accept Deeds For Greenway Easements From City Of Burnsville And Amend 2023 Capital Improvement Program Budgets
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, by Resolution No.13- 441( August 20, 2013), the Dakota County Board of Commissioners (Board) approved the Lake Marion Greenway (Greenway) Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.19-036 (January 22, 2019), the Board approved a cost share Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) with the City of Burnsville (City) to complete the final design and acquire four Greenway trail easements (easements) for eventual conveyance to the County; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.19-872 (December 17, 2019), the Board approved an amendment to the JPA due to unanticipated project changes and higher-than-expected appraisal values; and
WHEREAS, the amendment included language that the County was responsible for total Greenway acquisition costs and that anticipated funding would be from the Metropolitan Council's (MC) Acquisition Opportunity Fund (AOF) and County AOF match; and
WHEREAS, the original December 31, 2021, JPA expiration date was not changed; and
WHEREAS, challenging landowner negotiations delayed the acquisitions; and
WHEREAS, the City did acquire the four Easements in 2021 and expended a total of $615,097.50 for the Easements and related consultant costs; and
WHEREAS, there were significant delays in submitting an Acquisition Opportunity Fund (AOF) grant request to the Metropolitan Council (MC) due to MC policy concerns associated with paying for easements or fee title when owned by a separate public entity, as well as the eligibility of contractor costs associated with the acquisition process; and
WHEREAS, eventually, MC policy concerns were resolved, but it required new appraisals since the one-year effective date had lapsed and the term of the original JPA had ended; and
WHEREAS, a new Greenway-...
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