DEPARTMENT: Environmental Resources
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute First Amendment To Joint Powers Agreement With Scott County For Design And Construction Of Regional Household Hazardous Waste Collection And Recycling Facility And Amend Project Budget
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 25-456 (September 23, 2025), the Dakota County Solid Waste Master Plan (Plan) was adopted; and
WHEREAS, the Plan supports the Dakota County Board of Commissioners' desire to remove household hazardous waste (HHW) from the solid waste stream because of health, safety, and environmental concerns; and
WHEREAS, Dakota and Scott Counties have partnered to build the Dakota-Scott Regional HHW and Recycling Facility, known as the Recycling Zone Plus, that will accept HHW and traditional and non-traditional recyclables and therefore increase proper management of solid waste and increase recycling in both counties and prolong the life of the two current facilities by stabilizing growth at those sites with the addition of a second facility; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 24-055 (January 23, 2024), the Dakota County Board approved the joint powers agreement (JPA) with Scott County for design and construction of the Dakota-Scott Regional HHW and Recycling Facility, which Dakota County and Scott County executed on February 1, 2024; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 21-419 (August 24, 2021), the Dakota County Board authorized submittal of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's (MPCA) Solid Waste Capital Assistance Program Application for a $2 million 2020 bonding award for Phase I (property acquisition); and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 25-388 (August 26, 2025), the Dakota County Board authorized submittal of the second MPCA Solid Waste Capital Assistance Program Application for another $6 million 2025 bonding award for Phase II (facility construction); and
WHEREAS, the State of Minnesota awarded $2 million in bond funds in 2020 for Phase I and...
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