Title
Authorizing Parks and Recreation Department to enter into a Joint Powers Agreement with Dakota County regarding the construction of the Robert Piram Regional Trail project.
Body
WHEREAS, under Minnesota Statutes 471.59, subdivision 1, two governmental units may enter into an Agreement to cooperatively exercise any power common to the contracting parties, and one of the participating governmental units may exercise one of its powers on behalf of the other governmental units; and
WHEREAS, the City and Dakota County have cooperatively undertaken the construction and construction engineering of 3.7 miles of off-road multi-use trail; and
WHEREAS, the joint powers agreement between the City and County defines the roles, responsibilities, and obligations for project, cost contribution, funding shares and obligations, federal cost splits, cost updates, construction management, amendments, change orders and supplemental agreements, project acceptance, and indemnifications regarding the construction of the Robert Piram Regional Trail from Harriet Island Regional Park in Saint Paul to the MRT at Kaposia Landing Park in South St. Paul; and
WHEREAS, the Project is eligible for the expenditure of federal aid funds and is programmed in the approved State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) for the fiscal years 2018 and 2022, and is identified in MnDOT records as State Project 164-090-014, and in Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) records as Minnesota Project NMTP-TA 6218(221); and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul and Dakota County desire to temporarily provide local funds in lieu of the federal funds so that the project may proceed prior to the fiscal year(s) designated in the STIP; and
WHEREAS, the Delegated Contracting Process (DCP) Advance Construction (AC) Agreement No. 1031220 between the City of Saint Paul Parks and Recreation Department and MnDOT defines the terms and conditions of the Federal Participation in Construction and AC; and
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