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Authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with the State of Minnesota to accept up to $30,000 from the State Funded IIJA Technical Assistance Program.
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WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation has allocated $2 million in state general funds available for grants to local units of government to hire consultants to provide technical assistance in identifying and applying for transportation-related federal discretionary grants authorized by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA); and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Saint Paul approved Resolution 24-893 authorizing the City to apply for up to $30,000 from the state funded IIJA Technical Assistance Program; and
WHEREAS, the City has applied to the Commissioner of Transportation for a grant from the IIJA Technical Assistance Program; and
WHEREAS, the Commissioner of Transportation has given notice that funding for this project is available; and
WHEREAS, the amount of the grant has been determined to be $30,000 by reason of the lowest responsible bid; and
WHEREAS, that the City of Saint Paul does hereby agree to the terms and conditions of the grant consistent with Minnesota Laws 2023, Chapter 68, Article 1, Section 2, Subdivision 5(a), and will pay any additional amount by which the cost exceeds the estimate, and will return any amount appropriated for the project but not required; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor, pursuant to Section 10.07.1 of the Charter of the City of Saint Paul, does certify that there are available for appropriation total revenues in excess of those estimated in the budget, funds of $30,000 in the Public Works Grant Fund; now
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the proper City officials are authorized to execute a grant agreement and any amendments thereto with the Commissioner of Transportation concerning the above-referenced grant; now
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Saint Paul, upon recommendation of the Mayor that $30,000...
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