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Facilities committee approves county land-use plan and CSM, amends TDS fiber easement to protect trail
Summary
The committee unanimously approved a county-owned land-use plan and a certified survey map to subdivide county campus land and accepted a TDS utility easement with an amendment increasing the described width to protect the pedestrian trail; staff will submit maps and return with final documents.
Dunn County facilities staff presented and the committee approved multiple land-management actions, including a county-owned land-use plan intended to satisfy an existing 1998 moratorium, a certified survey map (CSM) to subdivide campus property, and a negotiated utility easement with TDS with an amendment to its width.
Dan Dunbar (staff) said the land-use plan provides guidance for the county campus—identifying agricultural‑reserved areas, potential government‑growth zones and parcels that may be appropriate for commercial development—while noting airport overlay and zoning constraints. He also described the county’s intention to follow procurement and borrowing rules for larger capital projects.
County surveyor Tom Carlson walked the committee through a CSM that would create Lot 1 (county use), Lot 2 (~1.9 acres) and Lot 3 (commercial candidate) plus a small 0.06‑acre outlot created by a prior road realignment. Carlson described access and utility easements, stormwater requirements, the need for an easement over an existing pond to serve Lot 2 and potential city coordination for road dedication. He recommended using the current subdivision effort to also clean up a roadway dedication mismatch that affects roughly 0.06 acres.
The committee voted unanimously to approve the land-use plan and to submit the CSM to the city for review, with staff meeting the city’s submission deadlines.
On a separate agenda item, Assistant Corporation Counsel April Landy presented a proposed easement allowing TDS to bury fiber along the county pedestrian trail. Landy said the company proposed paying $1,000 for the easement. County surveyor Tom Carlson noted a drafting problem: describing a 5‑foot strip from the trail centerline would effectively grant TDS the north half of a roughly 10‑foot paved trail. The committee amended the easement description to 10 feet from the centerline to keep the company’s work off the trail pavement and approved the amended easement unanimously. Staff will finalize negotiations with TDS and return a resolution to the board if the company agrees to the final terms.
All three actions—the land-use plan, the CSM submission and the amended TDS easement—were approved by voice vote.
