DEPARTMENT: Parks, Facilities, and Fleet Management
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
TITLE
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Authorization To Accept Donation Of Easement From Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC For Phase One Of Veterans Memorial Greenway In Cities Of Eagan And Inver Grove Heights
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize to accept donation of necessary right of way for phase one of the Veterans Memorial
Greenway (P00147) in the Cities of Inver Grove Heights and Eagan.
SUMMARY
To enrich lives by providing high-quality recreation and education opportunities in harmony with
natural resource preservation and stewardship, Dakota County Parks is proceeding with the Veterans
Memorial Greenway.
The Veterans Memorial Greenway (formerly Rich Valley Greenway) is a proposed regional trail and
open-space corridor that will provide a link between Lebanon Hills Regional Park and the Mississippi
River in central Dakota County. The five-mile corridor stretches east and west within Eagan and Inver
Grove Heights, which follows the adopted Rich Valley Greenway master plan corridor. The Veterans
Memorial Greenway will provide neighborhood access points connecting single-family residential
neighborhoods, local park connections, and rural and undeveloped open space see (Attachment:
Project Location). The memorials along the trail will be planned and constructed in partnership with
Veterans groups.
The Veterans Memorial Greenway will present unique and exciting user opportunities to traverse over
and under highways and across water bodies and railroads, coupled with views of unique and
picturesque natural resource elements. Users will also have the chance to learn along the way about
sacrifices veterans have made over the years.
A total of four parcels have been identified from which right of way will be acquired by the County.
Appraisals were completed by Patchin Messner Valuation Counselors for all parcels. The total
appraised value of these parcels is $282,000. A first offer was made to Flint Hil...
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