Title
Authorizing the City to enter into Agreement No.1046415 with the Minnesota Department of Transportation for federal participation in a force account for the Arterial Corridor Management - Snelling & Lexington Project.
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WHEREAS, the City is implementing a federal aid project to improve traffic operations on the Snelling and Lexington Corridors; 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 the Delegate Contract Agency Agreement No. 1030098 entered into between the City of Saint Paul and MnDOT in February of 2018; and
WHEREAS, a public interest finding has determined that construction of portions of the traffic signal interconnect work and the acquisition and implementation of improvements to the City’s central traffic signal system can be completed more economically as a Force Account; and
WHEREAS, the Force Account is eligible for the expenditure of federal aid funds, and is identified in MnDOT records as State Projects 164-010-069, 062-635-009, 164-020-158, and 062-651-068, and in Federal Highway Administration records as Minnesota Project CMAQ 6221 (138); and
WHEREAS, the estimated cost of the Force Account is $296,925 and it is anticipated that 80% of the cost of the Force Account, up to a total of $237,540, 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. 1046415, 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.