DEPARTMENT: Transportation
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Easement Agreement With Enterprise Terminals & Storage, LLC And Encroachment Agreement With Enterprise Products Operating, LLC For County Project 32-65 And Amend 2026 Transportation Capital Improvement Program Budget For Right Of Way
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
* Authorize execution of an Easement Agreement with Enterprise Terminals & Storage, LLC.
* Authorize execution of an Encroachment Agreement with Enterprise Products Operating LLC.
* Authorize amendment of the adopted 2026 Transportation Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budget for right of way.
SUMMARY
Dakota County and the City of Inver Grove Heights are proceeding with County Project (CP) 32-65, reconstruction of 117th Street East, which includes roadway, drainage, utility, and safety improvements. Enterprise Products Operating, LLC owns petroleum pipelines and facilities located within private easements that the project must cross. An Encroachment Agreement is required to define construction requirements and pipeline protection measures within the vicinity of the pipeline and facilities.
The County acquired permanent and temporary easements for County Project 32-65 through condemnation proceedings over a parcel owned by Enterprise Terminals & Storage, LLC (District Court File 19HACV242345). As part of the resulting just compensation settlement, the County and Enterprise Terminals & Storage, LLC negotiated specific conditions that must be documented in the Easement Agreement. These conditions include terms governing the use of the Permanent Road Easement, Drainage and Utility Easement, and Temporary Construction Easement; requirements to maintain access to Enterprise's parcel during construction; obligations for the County to restore all disturbed areas; indemnification provisions to the extent permitted by law and consistent with Minn. Stat. ? Ch. 466; and insurance requirements for the County's contractor c...
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