HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 139-26 - Resolution - Design Cost Allocation BFU
RESOLUTION
Resolution Authorizing Execution of Design Cost Allocation Agreement for Bold.
Forward. Unbound. in Rochester
WHEREAS, Mayo Clinic, a Minnesota nonprofit corporation (hereinafter referred to as
“Mayo”), is in the process of redeveloping certain property it owns within the City of
Rochester, Minnesota, as part of its Bold. Forward. Unbound. in Rochester initiative (the
“Project”); and
WHEREAS, as part of the Project, Mayo is obligated to complete and pay the costs of
certain public site design and infrastructure improvements (the “Mayo Improvements”);
and
WHEREAS, the City Council previously approved approximately $38 million in
Destination Medical Center (“DMC”) funding to support coordinated public infrastructure
improvements adjacent to Mayo’s downtown campus (the “City Improvements” and,
together with the Mayo Improvements, the “Improvements”); and
WHEREAS, to maximize the public benefit of these investments in the City Improvements
while minimizing disruption to businesses, residents, patients, visitors, and the traveling
public, the City and Mayo have committed to coordinating the planning, design, and
construction of Improvements occurring within the same geographic areas; and
WHEREAS, it is in the mutual interest of the City and Mayo to ensure a cohesive design
in downtown Rochester and to realize cost savings through collaboration; and
WHEREAS, the City and Mayo have drafted a Design Cost Allocation Agreement (the
“Agreement”) under which the City will retain certain design consultants to perform design
work for the Improvements, and Mayo will reimburse the City for the cost of designing the
Mayo Improvements; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement further provides for the City and Mayo to enter into individual
statements of work for certain portions of the Project (each, a “Project Segment”), each
of which will identify the project limits, design consultant, scope of work, schedule, cost
allocation methodology, and designated project representatives for that Project Segment;
and
WHEREAS, following execution of the Agreement, the City and Mayo will draft individual
statements of work for each Project Segment in the form attached to the Agreement,
subject to necessary revisions, and present such statements of work to the City Council
for approval; and
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Rochester
(the “Council”) as follows:
1. The Council hereby approves the Agreement in substantially the form presented
to the Council, together with any related documents necessary in connection
therewith; authorizes the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the same on behalf of
the City; and authorizes the Mayor and City Clerk to carry out, on behalf of the City,
the City’s obligations thereunder.
2. Individual statements of work for each Project Segment are subject to future City
Council approval.
3. The approval hereby given to the Agreement includes approval of such additional
details therein as may be necessary and appropriate, and such modifications
thereof, deletions therefrom, and additions thereto as may be necessary and
appropriate and approved by legal counsel to the City and by the officers
authorized herein to execute said documents prior to their execution. Said officers
are hereby authorized to approve such changes on behalf of the City. The
execution of any instrument by the appropriate officers of the City herein
authorized shall be conclusive evidence of the approval of such document in
accordance with the terms hereof.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS __________ DAY OF _______________, 2026.
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PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2026.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
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