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Authorizing the City of Saint Paul to request funds from the FY 2013 MnDOT Metro Municipal Agreement Program for various projects, and commiting to provide the local share of funding if grants are awarded.
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Whereas, the City of Saint Paul wishes to reconstruct the traffic signal on Trunk Highway 5 (East Seventh Street) at the intersection of Minnehaha Avenue (Municipal State Aid Street 108) and Mendota Street; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul wishes to reconstruct the traffic signal on Trunk Highway 5 (West Seventh Street) at the intersection of Trunk Highway 149 (Smith Avenue); and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul wishes to implement traffic signal interconnect and traffic signal timing optimization improvements on portions of Trunk Highway 51(Snelling Avenue/Montreal Avenue) and Trunk Highway 5 (Seventh Street/Minnehaha Avenue) under the Saint Paul Arterial Roadway Traffic Flow Improvements project; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Arterial Roadway Traffic Flow Improvements project is partially funded with Federal funds; and
Whereas, the City of Saint Paul is requesting financial participation from the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) through the "FY 2013 Municipal Agreement Program" with respect the above referenced signal reconstruction projects and the traffic flow improvement project; and
WHERAS, the projects will be of mutual benefit to MnDOT and the City of Saint Paul; and
Whereas, the City of Saint Paul must commit to providing the local share of the costs if the projects referenced above are selected as part of the "FY 2013 Municipal Agreement Program".
Now Therefore Be It Resolved, by the City Council of the City Saint Paul, Minnesota, that the City is hereby requesting funding from MnDOT through its "FY 2013 Municipal Agreement Program" to reconstruct the traffic signal on Trunk Highway 5 (East Seventh Street) at the intersection of Minnehaha Avenue (Municipal State Aid Street 108) and Mendota Street; and
Be It further Resolve...
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