Agenda - Board of Commissioners

Dakota County

Board of Commissioners

Agenda

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

9:00 AM

Boardroom, Administration Center,

Hastings, MN

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Call to Order and Roll Call

Pledge of Allegiance

Audience

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Agenda

4.1

Approval of Agenda (Additions/Corrections/Deletions)

Public Hearing

5.1

5.2

Central Operations Administration - Public Hearing To Consider Giving Host

Approval To Issuance By City Of Lilydale Of Revenue Obligations For 360

Communities Project

Parks - Public Hearing To Receive Comments On And Adopt Amended Park

Ordinance 107

CONSENT AGENDA

County Administration - Approval of Minutes

6.1 Approval of Minutes of Meeting Held on July 7, 2026

Items Recommended by Board Committee*

7.1

Parks - Authorization To Execute Contract Amendment Five With

Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Incorporated To Provide Additional Engineering

Services For Greenway Trail And Memorial Nodes Design For Veterans

Memorial Greenway In Cities Of Inver Grove Heights And Eagan, County Project

P00147 (1000636)

7.2

Public Services and Revenue Administration - Authorization To Execute

Agreement With And Accept Grant Funds From Minnesota Historical Society

And Execute Subrecipient Agreement With Dakota County Historical Society For

Wayfinding And Interpretive Signage For Heroes And Heritage Interpretive Trail

Loop And Amend 2026 Public Services And Revenue Budget

Central Operations

8.1

8.2

Finance - Report On Invoices Paid In June 2026

Finance - Authorization To Amend Joint Powers Agreement With Dakota County

Community Development Agency For Local Affordable Housing Aid And Amend

Non-Departmental And Social Services Budget

8.3

8.4

Office Of Risk Management - Authorization To Execute Contract With Minnesota

Department Of Public Safety For 2025 Urban Area Security Initiative Homeland

Security Grant And Amend 2026 Office Of Risk And Emergency Management

Budget

Information Technology - Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreement

With State Of Minnesota For Fiber Optic Infrastructure And Network

Connectivity

8.5

8.6

Information Technology - Authorization To Execute Amended And Restated

Broadband Network Agreement With Dakota Electric Association

Information Technology - Authorization To Execute Fiber Optic Indefeasible

Right To Use Agreement Between Dakota County And City Of Rosemount

County Board/County Administration

9.1

County Board - Appointment To Lower Minnesota River Watershed District

Board Of Managers

9.2

Acceptance Of Resignation From Member Of Planning Commission

10.

Community Services

10.1 Social Services-Housing & Community Resources - Authorization To Apply For

U.S. Department Of Housing And Urban Development Grant Funds

10.2 Social Services-Housing & Community Resources - Authorization To Accept

Annual Local Homeless Prevention Aid Allocations, Amend 2026 Social

Services Budget To Reflect 2026 Allocation Amount, And Amend Future Social

Services Budgets

10.3 Social Services-Adult Services - Authorization To Accept Grant Funds From

Minnesota Department Of Public Safety Office Of Justice Programs For Crisis

Intervention, Execute Grant Agreement And Amend 2026 Social Services

Budget

11.

Physical Development

11.1 Parks - Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreement With Waterford

Township For Bridge Rehabilitation And Amend 2026 Parks Capital

Improvement Program Budget

11.2 Parks - Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreement With The State Of

Minnesota For Waterford Bridge Rehabilitation And Amend 2026 Parks Capital

Improvement Project Budget

11.3 Parks - Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreement With Dakota County

Soil And Water Conservation District For Prescribed Burns And Native

Overseeding Within Certain Easements Enrolled In Dakota County’s Land

Conservation Program And Amend 2026 Parks And Greenways Capital

Improvement Program Budget

11.4 Parks - Authorization To Amend 2026 Adopted Budget And Authorization To

Execute Second Contract Amendment With Damon Farber Associates, Inc. To

Provide Additional Construction Administration And Design Engineering For

Completing Mississippi River Greenway In South St. Paul, Inver Grove Heights,

Rosemount, Nininger Township And Hastings, County Project P2000232

11.5 Parks - Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreement With City Of Eagan

For Natural Resource Restoration And Enhancement Projects And Amend

Parks And Greenways Capital Improvement Program Budget

11.6 Parks - Authorization To Accept Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 3M PFAS

Settlement Priority 2 Grants, Execute Grant Agreements With Minnesota

Department Of Natural Resources For Spring Lake Park Reserve Restoration

Project And Mississippi River Water Access Improvements In South Saint Paul,

And Amend 2026 Parks Capital Improvement Program

11.7 Parks - Approval Of Right Of Way Acquisition Of Fee Title And Trail Easement

For Temporary Construction Easement For River To River Greenway In City Of

Mendota Heights, County Project 2000640

11.8 Parks - Authorization To Execute Use Agreement With Union Pacific Railroad

And Progressive Rail To Improve Existing Railroad Crossing At Byllesby Bluff As

Part Of Lake Byllesby Regional Park Master Plan Improvements

11.9 Transportation - Approval Of Final Plats Recommended By Plat Commission

11.10 Transportation - Authorization To Initiate Quick-Take Condemnation For Right

Of Way Acquisitions Along County State Aid Highway 42 For Intersection

Improvements From Business Parkway To Auburn Avenue In City Of

Rosemount, County Project 42-179

11.11 Transportation - Authorization To Submit State Aid Variance Request To

Minnesota Department Of Transportation For A Reduced Trail Radius Along

Lake Marion Greenway

11.12 Environmental Resources - Authorization To Execute Technical Assistance

Agreement With U.S. Geological Survey For Analysis Of Water, Soil, And

Sediment Samples

11.13 Facilities Management - Authorization To Execute And Deliver A Master

Equipment Lease/Purchase Agreement And Equipment Schedule No. 01

Thereto For The Acquisition, Financing And Leasing Of Certain Equipment For

The Public Benefit

REGULAR AGENDA

Presentations

12.

12.1 Recognition Of Association of Minnesota Counties Award

12.2 Recognition Of National Association of County and City Health Officials Award

12.3 Recognition Of 2026 National Association Of Counties (NACo) Achievement Award

13.

Interagency Reports/Commissioner Updates

Association of Minnesota Counties (AMC)

Metropolitan Emergency Services Board

Minnesota Inter-County Association (MICA)

Metropolitan Mosquito Control District Commission

National Association of Counties (NACo)

Transportation Advisory Board (TAB)

Vermillion River Watershed Joint Powers Board

Workforce Development Board

Others