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Amending the financing and spending budgets in the Department of Public Works by pre-closing three projects and closing out two projects and transferring available balances from those projects into the appropriate contingency budgets and setting up Irvine Wall Emergency Repair Project.
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WHEREAS, the Department of Public Works has completed the reconstruction of the Hamline Bridge, Edgcumbe Bridge, Wheelock Bridge and the street reconstruction project of Payne Avenue from Whitall to Orange, and
WHEREAS, there are available CIB and MSA balances within these projects that are proposed for transfer into the appropriate contingency accounts, and
WHEREAS, moving these available funds into the appropriate contingency accounts will allow them to be used on other projects needing additional funds, and
WHEREAS, the Irvine Avenue sheet pile wall which separates Upper and Lower Irvine Avenues has experienced the failure of several critical earth anchors, and
WHEREAS, the wall is in need of immediate repair in order to prevent a potential collapse of both the wall itself and Upper Irvine Avenue, and
WHEREAS, a collapse of the wall and Upper Irvine Avenue would also impact some sewer infrastructure that is in place along this area, and
WHEREAS, there is sufficient budget available in CIB Contingency to cover the costs to repair the wall so it does not collapse, and
WHEREAS, there are lapsed assessment appropriation of $100,333, Bridge Bonds appropriation of $24,145 and Federal Grants that were replaced with Bridge Bonds of $3,130,299; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor, pursuant to Section 10.07.4 of the Charter of the City of Saint Paul, does certify that there are available for transfer, funds of $791,519 in the Capital improvement Budgets; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor, pursuant to Section 10.9 of the Charter of the City of Saint Paul, does certify that there are lapsed appropriations of $3,130,299; so
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Saint Paul, upon ...
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