DEPARTMENT: Transportation
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Jurisdictional Transfer Agreement, County State Aid Highway 9 And Accept Quit Claim Deed For Right Of Way From City Of Lakeville
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Dakota County’s 2040 Transportation Plan identifies a portion of County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 9 (Dodd Boulevard) between Hayes Avenue and CSAH 31 (Pilot Knob Road) as a turnback to the City of Lakeville; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County’s 2040 Transportation Plan identifies 179th Street W between Hayes Avenue and CSAH 31 (Pilot Knob Road) as a future County Highway; and
WHEREAS, the County State Aid Screening Board awarded Dakota County an additional 39.6 miles of CSAHs to be added to Dakota County’s State Aid Highway System in the fall of 2012; and
WHEREAS, Minn. Stat. § 163.11 Subdivision 5 and 9 authorize the County Board to transfer jurisdiction and ownership of a County highway to another road authority upon agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Director/County Engineer recommends revoking County State Aid status from Dodd Boulevard between Hayes Avenue and CSAH 31 (Pilot Knob Road); and
WHEREAS, Dakota County will turnback operations and maintenance of this segment of Dodd Boulevard to the City of Lakeville in accordance with the terms of the turnback agreement; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County will construct Dodd Boulevard to Municipal State Aid standards as part of County Project (CP) 9-56 and CP 9-64; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County accepts the jurisdictional transfer of 179th Street W between Hayes Avenue and CSAH 31 (Pilot Knob Road) from the City of Lakeville in accordance with the terms of the turnback agreement; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County will construct 179th Street W between Hayes Avenue and CSAH 23 (Cedar Avenue) to County State Aid standards as part of CP 9-56; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lakeville constructed 179th Street W between CSAH 23 (Cedar Avenue) and CSAH 31 (Pilot Knob Road) to County State Aid standards as part of CP 97-203; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Director/County Engineer recommends designating County State Aid status for 179th Street W between Hayes Avenue and CSAH 31 (Pilot Knob Road) as CSAH 9.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the Physical Development Director to enter into an agreement with the City of Lakeville for the revocation and turnback of a portion of County State Aid Highway 9 (Dodd Boulevard) between Hayes Avenue and County State Aid Highway 31 (Pilot Knob Road) and accept the jurisdictional transfer of 179th Street W between Hayes Avenue and County State Aid Highway 31 (Pilot Knob Road); and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, By the County Board of the County of Dakota, that the road described as follows, to-wit:
Dodd Boulevard between Hayes Avenue and County State Aid Highway 31 (Pilot Knob Road)
be, and hereby is, revoked as a County State Aid Highway of said County, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Transportation of the State of Minnesota; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, By the County Board of the County of Dakota, that the road described as follows, to-wit:
179th Street W between Hayes Avenue and County State Aid Highway 31 (Pilot Knob Road)
be, and hereby is, established, located, and designated a County State Aid Highway of said County, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Transportation of the State of Minnesota; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the County Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to forward two certified copies of this resolution to the Commissioner of Transportation for consideration and that upon approval of the designation of said road or portion thereof, that same be constructed, improved, and maintained as a County State Aid Highway of the County of Dakota, to be numbered and known as a County State Aid Highway.
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