DEPARTMENT: Parks, Facilities, and Fleet Management
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Enter Into Purchase Agreement And Joint Powers Agreement With Dakota County Community Development Agency To Acquire And Manage Property In City Of Hastings
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 19-767 (October 29, 2019), the Dakota County Board of Commissioners approved the Vermillion River Hastings Greenway (Greenway) Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Greenway Master Plan includes a section of the Vermillion River between State Highway 61 and General Sieben Drive in the City of Hastings (City); and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 20-568 (November 17, 2022), the Dakota County Board of Commissioners approved the Land Conservation Plan for Dakota County (Plan); and
WHEREAS, the Plan includes the Vermillion River as one of 24 Conservation Focus Areas; and
WHEREAS, in 2021, the County Board approved the 2022-2026 Transportation Capital Improvement Program (CIP) budget, which included acquisition of right of way (ROW) and improvements at the intersection of Pleasant Avenue and County Highway 46 as County Project (CP) 46-50; and
WHEREAS, County staff identified a 9.97-acre property for sale located on the northwest quadrant of the intersection of Pleasant Avenue and County Highway 46 (Property) as having multiple County benefits, including a 5.02-acre Greenway Corridor that includes 600 feet of the Vermillion River, a segment of the future Greenway trail, facilitates a tunnel beneath Pleasant Avenue, and acquiring additional ROW for planned transportation improvements adjacent to Pleasant Avenue and County Highway 46 as CP 46-50 included in the approved 2024-28 Transportation Capital Improvement Program (CIP) budget; and
WHEREAS, the Dakota County Community Development Agency (CDA) is a public corporate and politic and political subdivision of the State having housing and redevelopment authority powers which allows it to acquire property for future...
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