HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 137-26 - Resolution - RAISE Grant Agreement - 6th Street Bridge
RESOLUTION
Authorizing Fiscal Year 2022 RAISE Grant Agreement with the United States
Department of Transportation and the Minnesota Department of
Transportation for the 6th Street Bridge, Roadway Safety, & Riverfront
Improvements Project J7919
WHEREAS, the City of Rochester applied for and was awarded a Fiscal Year 2022
Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Grant
to construct the 6th Street Bridge, Road Safety, and Riverfront Improvements
Project, Project J7919 ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, the grant agreement is between the United States Department of
Transportation ("USDOT") and the Minnesota Department of Transportation
("MnDOT") as the Recipient, with the City of Rochester acting as the Designated
Subrecipient; and
WHEREAS, the Fiscal Year 2022 RAISE Grant provides $19,900,000 in federal
funding to be used exclusively for the construction phase of the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council finds that it is reasonably prudent and in the
interest of the general welfare that the City accept and enter into the RAISE Grant
Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1, to secure the
funding for the Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of
Rochester, MN that:
1. The Fiscal Year 2022 RAISE Grant Agreement providing $19,900,000 in
federal funding for the Project is hereby approved.
2. The Mayor is authorized to execute and accept this RAISE Grant
Agreement upon its final review and return by USDOT with the same terms
and conditions therein or with only minor non-substantial changes made by
USDOT therein for the 6th Street Bridge, Road Safety, and Riverfront
Improvements Project.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS ____ DAY OF JULY, 2026.
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PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS ____ DAY OF JULY, 2026.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)