DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
TITLE
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Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreement With City Of Farmington For Greenway And Trail Segment Maintenance
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize the execution of a city-wide maintenance agreement with the City of Farmington for the North Creek Greenway that require routine and deferred maintenance, or replacement of Greenway Regional trail infrastructure according to the County's existing maintenance service standards (Attachment: Draft Maintenance Agreement). Additional segments of the North Creek Greenway, Lake Marion Greenway, Vermillion River Greenway, Vermillion Highlands Greenway and Chub Creek Greenway will be added through contract amendments (Attachment: Open and Planned Map).
SUMMARY
By Resolution No. 11-517 (October 18, 2011), the North Creek Greenway Master Plan (Master Plan) was adopted by the Dakota County Board of Commissioners. The master plan established a preferred alignment of the North Creek Greenway from Lebanon Hills Regional Park to downtown Farmington. The proposed Draft Maintenance Agreement is a new template that creates a standard city-wide maintenance agreement for Greenway segments and infrastructure, rather than multiple individual agreements for segments or separate projects. A primary goal is to create efficiencies for both the County and City. The proposed agreement will define maintenance responsibilities for the 2024 - 2025 County-led project P00146 which constructed 2.2 miles of new and reconstructed trail, including two new trail bridges over the North Creek and adjacent tributaries and wetlands in the cities of Lakeville and Farmington (Attachment: Project Location Map). Subsequent amendments to the agreement will be completed by adding or revising exhibits when new infrastructure is added, like future segments of the North Creek Greenway, Lake Marion Greenway, Vermillion River Greenway, Vermillion Highlands Greenway and Chub Creek Greenway, or if maintenanc...
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