DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
TITLE
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Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreement With City Of Eagan And City Of Inver Grove Heights For Design And Construction Of Lebanon Hills Greenway, County Project 2000513
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize executing a joint powers agreement (JPA) with the City of Eagan and the City of Inver Grove Heights for a Greenway Collaborative project that will include construction of a portion of the Lebanon Hills Greenway and the construction of intersection improvements at Wescott Road and Dodd Road, also known as Trunk Highway (TH) 149, along the city borders of Eagan and Inver Grove Heights, County Project (CP) 2000513.
SUMMARY
By Resolution No. 13-442 (August 27, 2013), the Dakota County Board of Commissioners adopted the Mendota-Lebanon Hills, now Lebanon Hills, Greenway Master Plan. The master plan established a preferred alignment for the Lebanon Hills Greenway between Mendota Heights and Lebanon Hills Regional Park.
To promote a safe and efficient greenway system, Dakota County is partnering with the City of Eagan and the City of Inver Grove Heights on CP 2000513. Dakota County completed a feasibility analysis for the Mendota-Lebanon Hills Greenway, now named the Lebanon Hills Greenway, in 2023 that analyzed alignments that paralleled Dodd Road and created a new section of trail along Wescott Road to the intersection of TH 149. The City of Eagan received local funding from MnDOT to implement intersection improvements at TH 149 and Wescott Road and Argenta Trail in 2024. Eagan staff inquired if the County would be interested in incorporating the improvements from the 2023 feasibility study with their work, knowing they are mutually complimentary, and construction work with Eagan and Inver Grove Heights is already occurring just north of here with the Argenta Trail reconstruction project. It is mutually desirable by the Cities and County to improve the intersection and construct roughly 575' of n...
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