DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Award Bid And Execute Contract With Native Resource Preservation, LLC, For Restoration And Enhancement At Grannis and McCullough Conservation Easements
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, the Land Conservation Plan, approved by the Dakota County Board of Commissioners on November 17, 2020, identified 24 Preliminary Conservation Focus Areas and directed staff to pursue the acquisition and restoration of conservation easements with willing landowners within these Focus Areas; and
WHEREAS, the Dakota County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of conservation easements on the Gelhar-Emrick (now McCullough) property on July 22, 2008, and on the Grannis property on June 21, 2011, and June 21, 2016; and
WHEREAS, funding for restoration work at these properties is derived from the Board of Water and Soil Resources Habitat Enhancement Landscape Program grant, authorized by the Dakota County Board of Commissioners on June 25, 2024, and the Minnesota Legislature’s 2022 Outdoor Heritage Fund grant, authorized on August 23, 2022; and
WHEREAS, a request for quotes was prepared and released on November 7, 2024, to ten vendors; and
WHEREAS, the lowest responsive, responsible quote was from Native Resource Preservation, LLC, for $109,052.62; and
WHEREAS, Native Resource Preservation, LLC’s submission for Alternate 1 will be included in the contract scope for an additional $23,704.09.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the Parks Department Director to execute a contract with Native Resource Preservation, LLC, for restoration work on the Gelhar-Emrick/McCullough and Grannis properties, with a contract maximum of $132,756.71, subject to the approval of the County Attorney’s Office as to form.
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