DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Accept Donation Of Regional Greenway Trail Easement From City Of Eagan For Veterans Memorial Greenway, County Project P00147
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize acceptance of a donated 37,855 square-foot regional greenway trail easement (Easement) from the City of Eagan (City) for a segment of the Veterans Memorial Greenway in the cities of Eagan and Inver Grove Heights.
SUMMARY
To provide a safe and efficient greenway transportation system, Dakota County is proceeding with the Veterans Memorial Greenway Project (Attachment: Project Location Map). By Resolution No. 17-493 (September 26, 2017), the Dakota County Board of Commissioners (County Board) approved the Rich Valley Regional Greenway Master Plan, now known as the Veterans Memorial Greenway Master Plan since the greenway's 2020 renaming. The Master Plan identified the land within the existing Lakeside Park in Eagan as the preferred alignment for a segment of the Greenway trail.
Veterans Memorial Greenway, Phase II, will entail the construction of about two miles of shared-use trail, including a bridge over State Trunk Highway 3 in Eagan and Inver Grove Heights. Construction is proposed in 2025. Phase II is being funded in part by Federal and State funding.
The County Easement is legally described in Attachment: Legal Description of Regional Trail Easement, and generally depicted in Attachment: General Depiction of Regional Trail Easement, on the Eagan Property. Eagan has been a very cooperative partner in this project, is willing to donate the Easement to the County, and supports the construction of a new regional greenway trail.
A Dakota County Donation Plan (Donation Plan) has been adopted in accordance with Policy 1570 Gift Acceptance by Resolution No. 24-101 (February 27, 2024). The donation that the City of Eagan is providing for the Veterans Memorial Greenway warrants a recognition and thank-you letter signed by the ...
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