DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Award And Execute Consultant Contract With Kimley-Horn And Associates, Inc. For Alignment Analysis Services For Vermillion Highlands Greenway In Cities Of Rosemount And Empire, And Amend Budget To Move Funding For New Project, Project #2000642
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize execution of a consulting services contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. for a feasibility study to identify the preferred alignment and grade-separated crossing type for the Vermillion Highlands Greenway at County State Aid Highway 46, in coordination with County Project 99-013.
SUMMARY
The primary purpose of this project is to determine a preferred alignment and grade-separated crossing infrastructure type for the Vermillion Highlands Greenway at CSAH 46 in coordination with County Project 99-013, which is already underway. In partnership with the University of Minnesota and their UMORE property, this alignment will need to prioritize other important factors in the evaluation of a grade-separated crossing/trail alignment options that include:
Proposed Akron Ave alignment
This will need to work in coordination with the CSAH 46 preliminary design project and with University of Minnesota-owned parcels along the greenway corridor.
Environmental constraints
Additional analysis is needed regarding known soil contamination in the area, building upon environmental analysis in the area from previous projects.
University operations/research
UMore Rosemount Research and Outreach Center (RROC) research fields are essential to the University of Minnesota's mission and cannot be disrupted. Additional operational details and preliminary design files will be shared with the University during the alignment study. The University's long-term mining lease agreements in UMore Park, west of Akron Avenue and north and south of CSAH 46, will also influence the preferred alignment.
Long-range development impacts
In 2015...
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