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Authorizing the City to enter into Agreement No.1050466 with the Minnesota Department of Transportation to accept federal aid in connection with the Eastbound Kellogg Bridge at RiverCentre Project.
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WHEREAS, the City is implementing a federal aid project to reconstruct the Eastbound Kellogg Bridge at RiverCentre; and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is the City’s agent to accept and disburse federal funds for construction, improvement, or enhancement of transportation financed in whole or in part by federal funds, as per the Delegate Contract Agency Agreement No.1030098, entered into with the City in 2018; and
WHEREAS, this Agreement contains an indemnification clause in favor of MnDOT, which the Council finds reasonable and appropriate; and
WHEREAS, this project is eligible for the expenditure of federal aid funds and is programmed in the approved federally approved State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) for the fiscal year 2024; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to proceed with the construction of the project in advance of the year its programmed for the federal funds; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to temporarily provide Local Government State Aid and/or other local funds in lieu of the federal funds so that the project may proceed prior to the fiscal year designated in the STIP; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Mayor and the proper City Officials are hereby authorized and directed for and on behalf of the City to enter into MnDOT Agreement No.1050466, a copy of which is before Council and is made a part hereof; and be in finally
RESOLVED, that the Mayor and the proper City Officials are authorized to execute the Agreement and any amendments to the Agreement.