HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2011-038 RESOLUTION 2011 -038
BEING A RESOLUTION REQUESTING Mn /DOT CONSIDERATION OF
FUNDING THROUGH THE METRO MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT PROGRAM FOR
THE
CONSTRUCTION OF RIGHT TURN LANE FROM FROM 49 AVENUE
EASTBOUND TO SOUTHBOUND TH 65 (CENTRAL AVENUE) AND FROM 50
AVENUE WESTBOUND ONTO NORTHBOUND TH 65 (CENTRAL AVENUE)
WHEREAS, the City of Columbia Heights proposes to construct a right turn lanes from 49
Avenue NE onto southbound TH 65 (Central Avenue) and from 50 Avenue NE onto
northbound TH 65 (Central Avenue); and
WHEREAS, the improvements will benefit both the City of Columbia Heights and the
Minnesota Department of Transportation.
WHEREAS, the City of Columbia Heights is committed to providing the local share of the costs
if the project is selected as part of the Metro Municipal Agreement Program.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights
that the City shall be responsible for the preliminary engineering, project design, and permitting
functions of said improvements; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the construction costs of the improvements be shared
between the Minnesota Department of Transportation and the City of Columbia Heights; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that following approval by the Minnesota Department of
Transportation of plans and specifications for said improvements, and before the contract letting
for the construction of said improvements, the Minnesota Department of Transportation shall
prepare an agreement to provide for the State to pay its share of the costs of the improvements in
accordance with the latest "Procedures for Cooperative Projects with Municipalities ".
Passed this 13 day of June 2011 CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
Offered by: Diehm
Seconded by: Williams
Roll Call: Ayes: Peterson, Williams, Nawrocki, Diehm, Schmitt
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Mayor f . ry L. Peterson
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Patricia Muscovitz, MC
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