Title
Authorizing the City to enter into Agreement No.1054003 with the Minnesota Department of Transportation for federal participation in a force account for the West Side Signal Project.
Body
WHEREAS, the City is implementing a federal aid project to improve traffic safety and operations on the City’s West Side; and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is the City’s agent to accept and disburse federal funds for construction, improvement, or enhancement of transportation finance in whole or in part by federal funds as per Delegated Contract Process Agency Agreement No.1052196 entered into between the City of Saint Paul and MnDOT in March of 2023; and
WHEREAS, a public interest finding has determined that assembling and furnishing traffic signal cabinets and performing related work can be completed more economically as a Force Account, meaning city forces will perform the work; and
WHEREAS, this Cooperative Agreement contains an indemnification clause in favor of MnDOT, which the Council finds reasonable and appropriate; and
WHEREAS, the Force Account is eligible for the expenditure of federal aid funds, and is identified in MnDOT records as State Projects 164-030-016/062-640-009 and in Federal Highway Administration records as Minnesota Project CMAQ 6223 (194); and
WHEREAS, the estimated cost of the Force Account is $105,500 and it is anticipated that 80% of the cost of the Force Account, up to a total of $84,400, is to be paid from federal funds and the remainder will be paid for by the City; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Mayor and the proper City Officials are hereby authorized and directed for and on behalf of the City to enter into MnDOT Agreement No.1054003, a copy of which is before Council and is made a part hereof; and be it finally
RESOLVED, that the Mayor and the proper City Officials are authorized to execute the Agreement and any amendments to the Agreement.