Res 2020- 56 JPA with Dakota Co Acquisition and Restoration of Land for Public UseCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2020-56
JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT BETWEEN DAKOTA COUNTY AND THE CITY OF
MENDOTA HEIGHTS FOR ACQUISITION AND RESTORATION OF
LAND FOR PUBLIC USE
WHEREAS, Minn. Stat. 471.59 authorizes local governmental units to jointly or
cooperatively exercise any power common to the contracting parties; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County ("County") is a political subdivision of the state of
Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, the City of Mendota heights ("City") is a Minnesota municipal corporation
(collectively herein the County and the City are referred to as the "Parties"); and
WHEREAS, the County and the City are desirous of entering into an agreement so that
the County and City may share the actual costs for the acquisition and restoration of land with a
Property Identification Number of 27-57600-03-060 (hereinafter "Project") and adjacent Historic
Pilot Knob (hereinafter "HPK"), legally described in Exhibit A and generally depicted in
Exhibit A-1 of the Joint Powers Agreement (hereinafter "Agreement'), attached hereto, to the
public as an addition to HPK.
NOW THEREFORE HEREBY BE IT RESOLVED, by the Mendota Heights City
Council that in consideration of the mutual benefits the County and City shall derive from this
Agreement, the Parties hereby enter into this Agreement for the purpose of cooperation and
funding by the county to the City for actual costs of project and to define the responsibilities of
the county and City for cost contribution.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all funds by the County are to be used by the
City solely for this purpose, and that the City shall use funds pursuant to this Agreement
exclusively for the payment of actual costs as provided in this Agreement.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this first day of September, 2020
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
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Neil Garlock, Mayor
ATTEST
Lorri Smith, City Clerk
1/6/2021