Title
Authorizing the City to acquire 10 temporary construction easements from properties along the Robert Street Corridor (between Kellogg Boulevard and 11th Street) for the purpose of 2025 construction staging and sidewalk placement.
Body
WHEREAS, in 2025 the City will be reconstructing Robert Street downtown between Kellogg Boulevard and 11th Street; and
WHEREAS, the City has taken ownership of the corridor from the Minnesota Department of Transportation; and
WHEREAS, this regionally significant project has received input from MnDOT, Metro Transit, and Ramsey County; and
WHEREAS, this project is funded with state turnback funds, federal funds, and city funds (including sewer, water, and Municipal State Aid funds); and
WHEREAS, the project requires the temporary use of 10 properties along the corridor for the purpose of construction staging and sidewalk placement, as summarized in Exhibit A attached hereto and established through executed temporary construction easements; and
WHEREAS, the project has made offers to the property owners based on independent appraisals and the property owners have accepted the offers and agreed to convey the requested easements to the City; and
WHEREAS, the properties must be acquired before the State of Minnesota will issue a right-of way certificate required for bid authorization; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that City Council hereby authorizes and directs the proper City officials to accept the temporary construction easements from the property owners and to compensate the owners from project funds.