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Authorizing the appropriate personnel to enter into a MnDOT agreement for the I-35E Harrison Avenue Noise-Wall Community Landscape Partnership Phase 3.
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WHEREAS, Mn/DOT Project S.P. 6280-969B (T.H. 35E) provides for landscaping adjacent to the noise wall approximately 20 feet high adjacent to the south side of Interstate 35E between Goodrich Avenue and Garfield Street,
AND WHEREAS, MnDOT has been working closely with the Little Bohemia Neighborhood Association to have landscaping elements provided for aesthetic purposes adjacent to the noise wall,
AND WHEREAS, Council Resolution 19-677 authorizing the City to act as a sponsoring unit for the project identified as I-35E Harrison Avenue Noise-Wall Community Landscape Partnership Phase 3” on state trunk highway I-35E to be conducted during the period May 1, 2019 through April 1, 2020 was passed on April 24, 2019.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
That the City of Saint Paul enter into Mn/DOT Agreement No. 1034121 with the State of Minnesota, Department of Transportation for the following purposes:
To Provide for payment by the State to the City of the State’s share of the costs of the acquisition of said landscaping materials to be placed upon, along and adjacent to Trunk Highway No. 35E from Garfield Street & Forbes Avenue to Western Avenue within the corporate City limits under State Project No. 6280-969B (T.H. 35E).
Be it further resolved that the Mayor and the proper City officials are authorized to execute the Agreement and any attachments to the Agreement.