DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
TITLE
title
Authorization To Accept Donation Of Regional Greenway Trail Easements From City Of Inver Grove Heights For Veterans Memorial Greenway, County Project P00147
end
PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize acceptance of a donated 3,453 square-foot regional greenway trail easement and 267,808 square-foot regional greenway corridor easement (Easements) from the City of Inver Grove Heights (City) for a segment of the Veterans Memorial Greenway in the City.
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 Southern Lakes Park and Rich Valley Park in Inver Grove Heights as the preferred alignment for various segments 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 Easements are legally described in Attachment: Legal Description of Regional Trail Easement, and generally depicted in Attachment: General Depiction of Regional Trail Easement, on the City Property. Inver Grove Heights has been a very cooperative partner in this project, is willing to donate the Easements to the County, and supports the construction of a new regional greenway trail.
A donation plan (Donation Plan) has been adopted by the County in accordance with Policy 1570 Gift Acceptance by Resolution No. 24-101 (February 27, 2024). The donation that the City is p...
Click here for full text