DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization For Contract Amendment Four With Short-Elliot-Hendrickson, Inc. To Provide Additional Construction Administration And Observation For Veterans Memorial Greenway In Cities Of Inver Grove Heights And Eagan, County Project P00147
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Amend the contract with Short-Elliot-Hendrickson, Inc., (SEH) for additional construction observation and administrative consulting services for the Veterans Memorial Greenway, County Project P00147, in the cities of Inver Grove Heights and Eagan (Attachment: Project Location).
SUMMARY
To enrich lives by providing high-quality recreation and education opportunities in harmony with natural resource preservation and stewardship, Dakota County Parks is proceeding with the Veterans Memorial Greenway.
The Veterans Memorial Greenway is a proposed regional trail and open-space corridor that will provide a link between Lebanon Hills Regional Park and the Mississippi River in central Dakota County. The five-mile corridor stretches east and west through Eagan and Inver Grove Heights, following the adopted Veterans Memorial Greenway master plan corridor. The Veterans Memorial Greenway will provide neighborhood access points connecting single-family residential neighborhoods, local park connections, and rural and undeveloped open space (Attachment: Project Location). The memorials along the trail will be planned and constructed in partnership with veterans groups.
The Veterans Memorial Greenway will present unique and exciting user opportunities to traverse over and under highways and across water bodies and railroads, coupled with views of unique and picturesque natural resource elements. Users will also have the chance to learn along the way about the sacrifices veterans have made over the years.
The third amendment contract with SEH did not account for additional services required for the construction administration and observation services for...
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