DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Approval Of Schematic Design For West Lake Byllesby Regional Park Master Plan Improvements
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, the 2018 Lake Byllesby Regional Park Master Plan identified project sites to be developed on the west side of the park; and
WHEREAS, the adopted 2025---2029 Parks Capital Improvement Program includes a project to develop three sites on the west side of Lake Byllesby Regional Park to formalize access and create basic trailhead amenities; and
WHEREAS, staff selected Aune Fernandez Landscape Architects (AFLA) through a Request for Proposals process to provide the design services for this project; and
WHEREAS, an internal Core Planning Group worked with AFLA to develop and refine the project schematic design; and
WHEREAS, access to the Byllesby Bluff site is still pending a decision from Union Pacific Railroad; and
WHEREAS, schematic design level construction cost estimates were prepared to confirm costs aligned with the available funding; and
WHEREAS, cost estimates for the proposed work at the 56 Turnaround site and the 83 Overlook site is within the available project budget, and can proceed according to the original project schedule; and
WHEREAS, staff recommend the work at the Byllesby Bluff site proceed on a different schedule, pending the outcome of the access decision from Union Pacific Railroad; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends that the County Board approve schematic design as presented and shown in Attachment: Schematic Design.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby approves the schematic design for the West Lake Byllesby Regional Park Master Plan Improvements project, subject to the placement of the proposed parking lot for the 83 Overlook site be constructed on the west side of County Road 83.
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