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Pertaining to a Master Funding Agreement with Metropolitan Council to provide for the transfer of funds between the parties for reimbursement of the Gold Line Bus Rapid Transit Project water facility work expenses.
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WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council intends to award a contract for the construction of its Gold Line Bus Rapid Transit Project, a new transit line connecting the east metropolitan area along a ten-mile route with service between Saint Paul and Woodbury; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Water Commissioners of the City of Saint Paul (the “Board”) owns and operates certain water facilities presently located within the limits of said project; and
WHEREAS, Metropolitan Council and Board staff negotiated and prepared a Master Funding Agreement to provide for reimbursement by Metropolitan Council to the Board for its costs to provide design, inspection, testing, temporary water service and valve operations, and reimbursement by the Board to Metropolitan Council for its costs to provide upgrades to the Board’s water system; and
WHEREAS, the assistant city attorney has reviewed and approved said Master Funding Agreement as to form; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Master Funding Agreement between the Board of Water Commissioners and the Metropolitan Council pertaining to the transfer of funds between the parties for reimbursement of water facility work expenses for the Metropolitan Council’s Gold Line Bus Rapid Transit Project within the cities of Saint Paul and Maplewood is hereby approved, and that the proper officers are hereby authorized and directed to execute said agreement on behalf of the Board.