DEPARTMENT: Office of the County Manager
FILE TYPE: Regular Action
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Closed Executive Session: Legal Strategy For Acquisition Of Property Interests From Felton Nora L. Felton/Felton Family Farms, LLLP In Randolph Township For County Project 88-24
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WHEREAS, to improve safety, operations, and capacity along the Project corridor, Dakota County proceeded with and completed County Project (CP) 88-24; and
WHEREAS, CP 88-24 reconstructed a segment County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 88 from State Trunk Highway (TH) 52 to TH 56 (Randolph Blvd.) to address pavement quality, safety, and operational issues by improving drainage, modifying access, improving sight angles, and adding turn lanes; and
WHEREAS, to construct CP 88-24, the County had to acquire certain property rights from Nora L. Felton/Felton Family Farms, LLLP, identified as Parcel 2, TE 2, Parcel 3, TE 3, Parcel 4, TE 4, DU 4, Parcel 5, TE 5, Parcel 6, TE 6, DU 6, Parcel 22, TE 22, DU 22, Parcel 23, TE 23 and DU 23 according to Dakota County Right-of-Way Map No. 495, as recorded in the Office of the Dakota County Recorder (collectively "Felton Parcels"); and
WHEREAS, the County commenced a condemnation proceeding in 2023 to acquire those property rights necessary to complete the CP 88-24, including highway easements, drainage and utility easements, and/or temporary construction easements upon, over and across the Felton Parcels (Dakota County Court File No. 19HA-CV-23-2169); and
WHEREAS, Dakota County District Court granted the County title and possession of the easement areas for purposes of completing CP 88-24 and appointed commissioners to ascertain and report to the Court the amount of damages sustained by the owner of said lands on account of said taking; and
WHEREAS, the Dakota County Board of Commissioners seeks legal advice from the County Attorney with respect to the strategy of accomplishing the acquisition of the property rights relating to the Felton Parcels for CP...
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