Commissioner's Report
Dakota County Board Discusses Prioritizing Natural Area for Preservation
When funds dwindle, the county needs to decide which lands to protect for future generations.
Editor's Note: Dakota County Commissioner Tom Egan represents Mendota Heights, Lilydale, Mendota and a portion of Eagan. He was elected to office in 2004. Now in his second four-year term, Egan chairs the board. Egan will write regularly to Patch readers about county government. In this report, he describes how various funding streams are being used to preserve green space. Egan also updates readers on the county's budget, which will be voted on Dec. 14. The Dakota County Board participated in a land conservation workshop Wednesday, Dec. 1 to continue discussion about the future of land conservation in Dakota County once the Farmland and Natural Area Preservation (FNAP) program is expended. This highly successful Dakota County program…
