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Authorizing the City to acquire a temporary construction easement from the Qwest Corporation for the Kellogg Capital City Bikeway Phase 2 Project, which includes a City indemnification provision.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul ("City") will be reconstructing a portion of Kellogg Boulevard downtown between Saint Peter Street and West 7th Street in 2025 and 2026 (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, the Project is funded with federal funds and city funds, including sewer, water, and Municipal State Aid funds; and
WHEREAS, the City needs a temporary construction easement ("Easement") from one of the properties within the Project, the Qwest Corporation ("Qwest"), for the purpose of construction staging and sidewalk placement, as provided in Exhibit A attached hereto; and
WHEREAS, the Easement must be acquired before the State of Minnesota will issue a right-of-way certificate required for bid authorization; and
WHEREAS, the Project has made an offer to Qwest in the amount of $14,000 based on an independent appraisal, and Qwest has accepted the offer and all terms and conditions of the Easement, and has agreed to convey the Easement to the City; and
WHEREAS, staff from the Department of Public Works recommend that the City accept the Easement, which includes a City indemnification provision, and that the City compensate Qwest for the Easement; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby authorizes and directs the proper City officials to accept the Easement from the Qwest, in a form and content substantially as set forth in Exhibit A, and to compensate Qwest from project funds.