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Inver Grove Heights commissioners hear wetland-replacement plan for Veterans Memorial Greenway; no formal recommendation made
Summary
City staff and Dakota County presented a wetland replacement plan tied to phase 2 of the Veterans Memorial Greenway through Southern Lakes Park. Commissioners generally expressed support but lacked a quorum to make a formal recommendation; staff said the item would be forwarded to city council.
City Engineer Paul Markowitz and Dakota County greenway manager Tony Watska presented a wetland-replacement plan June 26 for phase 2 of the Veterans Memorial Greenway, covering an area north and east of Southern Lakes Park in Inver Grove Heights.
The project, part of a three-phase regional greenway, would place a boardwalk across a small pond and adjust trail alignments to meet Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) slope requirements. Markowitz said the affected wetland area was delineated as part of the permit application and that Dakota County and state regulators had been engaged during design. Watska told the commission, "This meeting is our only chance. We can't postpone it any longer," and asked the commission to review the wetland application so staff could take a recommendation to the city council at the next…
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