DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreement With City Of Farmington For North Creek Greenway: Jim Bell Park And Preserve Segment
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize execution of a joint powers agreement (JPA) with the City of Farmington for the North Creek Greenway: Jim Bell Park and Preserve Segment.
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 14-mile preferred alignment from Downtown Farmington to the Lebanon Hills Regional Park in Eagan. The proposed JPA will fund design, and construction for the following elements:
* Jim Bell Park and Preserve trail improvements to meet greenway standards, about one mile
* New mid-block crossing of 195th Street W (County Road 64), including a new Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon (RRFB) traffic control device
The City of Farmington is facilitating the design, bidding, and construction management of the project with Dakota County staff providing design review and oversight. The total estimated costs for construction and consulting services are estimated at $830,000. The typical greenway cost share will be applied to the project with an estimated Dakota County contribution of $532,140 and a City of Farmington contribution of $296,804. The cost share by project element is below:
* 85% County, 15% City for main greenway items
* 50% County, 50% City towards local trail connections to greenway
* 100% County towards RRFB traffic control device
Upon completion, Dakota County will assume operations and maintenance of this roughly one-mile addition of regional greenway that connects with the recently completed two-mile North Creek Segment constructed with County Project 97-210 just north of this project. There is an existing citywide greenway maintenance agreement with Farmington, and it will be amended upon constructio...
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