DEPARTMENT: Transportation
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
TITLE
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Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreement And Amend 2025 Transportation Capital Improvement Program Budget For County State Aid Highway 70 Intersection Improvement In City Of Lakeville, County Project 70-27
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize the execution of a joint powers agreement (JPA) with the City of Lakeville to establish County cost participation for intersection improvement on County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 70 associated with required development improvements. Authorize a budget amendment to the 2025 Transportation Capital Improvement Program Adopted Budget to add sufficient funding for County Project 70-27 (Attachment: Location Map).
SUMMARY
To provide for the orderly development of property in Dakota County, new subdivisions adjoining County highways are reviewed under the Dakota County Contiguous Plat Ordinance No. 108. The Ordinance requires new subdivisions adjoining County highways to comply with the County's access spacing and right of way guidelines in order that existing and future highway corridors are preserved to accommodate existing and forecasted traffic volumes safely and efficiently. Development coordination through the Plat Commission requires timely coordination with city partners to ensure County and local road system needs are determined.
A parcel located adjacent to CSAH 70 in Lakeville is being developed with the Lakeville 35 Logistics Center North Addition that received County Board authorization for plat approval by Resolution No. 25-022 (January 7, 2025). The development requires the construction of a new full-access intersection to CSAH 70 with dedicated left- and right-turn lanes. County State Aid Highway 70 was reconstructed in 2021 to modernize the existing high-speed rural two-lane roadway to a high-speed, four-lane, divided county roadway with principal arterial classification. The existing t-intersection of CSAH 70 and 215th Street (local roa...
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