DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
TITLE
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Approval Of Amendment Of Resolution No. 25-182 To Revise Budget, Tasks, And End Date For Authorized Joint Powers Agreement With City of Eagan And City Of Inver Grove Heights For Design And Construction Of Lebanon Hills Greenway And Signal Work, County Projects 2000513 And 28-72
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Approve amendments to resolution No. 25-182 authorizing a joint powers agreement (JPA) with the City of Eagan and City of Inver Grove Heights to:
* Remove requirement that JPA terminate by December 31, 2026
* Amend approved budget to account for the final engineering, construction and construction inspection and oversight cost shares between Eagan, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and Dakota County
* Adjust cost share for the new Greenway alignment to provide that the County will pay 100 percent of the Greenway construction costs and a proportionate share of the total engineering costs for this combined City-County project.
* Authorize transportation project CP 28-72 to be included in this JPA to account for Dakota County 25 percent cost share for signal system improvements at Minnesota Trunk Highway (TH) 13 and County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 28.
SUMMARY
By Resolution No. 25-182 (April 8, 2025), the Dakota County Board of Commissioners authorized the execution of a JPA with the cities of Eagan and Inver Grove Heights for design and construction of the Lebanon Hills Greenway (Attachment: Location Map). Delays in the engineering plans and agency coordination modified the construction year from 2025 to 2026, which requires a change in the now, therefore, be it resolved clause in the resolution that originally identified a term of April 8, 2025, through December 31, 2026. Staff recommends removing this term.
Since the original Resolution, County staff have also determined that it would be efficient to include County Transportation project CP 28-72 in this JPA. The Tr...
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