DEPARTMENT: Physical Development Administration
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
TITLE
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Authorization To Amend Agricultural Easement On Gerald E. Taylor Revocable Living Trust And Mary E. Taylor Revocable Living Trust Property In Sciota Township
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize a boundary amendment to the permanent agricultural conservation easement boundary on the Gerald E. Taylor Revocable Living Trust and Mary E. Taylor Revocable Living Trust property in Sciota Township.
SUMMARY
The Gerald E. Taylor Revocable Living Trust and Mary E. Taylor Revocable Living Trust (Taylor Trust) own 78.94 acres (Parcel Identification Number 35-02200-04-011) in Sciota Township. In 2009 the trustees of the Taylor Trust submitted an agricultural easement (Easement) application to Dakota County's 2010 Farmland and Natural Area Program. By Resolution No.10-130 (February 23, 2010), the Dakota County Board of Commissioners (County Board) authorized staff to submit a funding application, including the Taylor Trust property, to the 2010 federal Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP). Contingent offers were made to six highest ranked projects and the Farmland and Natural Areas Program Advisory Committee reviewed final easement projects at its May 19 and June 16, 2010, meetings and recommended that the County Board approve funding for six agricultural easements. The FRPP subsequently approved federal matching funds for the six easements, including the Taylor Trust property. By Resolution No. 11-319 (June 28, 2011), the County Board approved acquisition of a 53.8-acre Easement on the Taylor Trust property. The Easement was acquired on December 1, 2011, and recorded as Document No. 2837130 on December 16, 2011.
In April 2025, the Taylor Trust contacted County staff to request minor changes to the Easement boundary in preparation for a proposed future parcel subdivision. The requested change would add a portion of a spring-fed creek and approximately 0.4 acres of cultivated...
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