HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 268-21 - Resolution - Project Solicitation for Safe Routes to School Funding - 65th Street NW Reconstruction Projects
RESOLUTION
Supporting the submittal of a MnDOT Safe Routes to School (SRTS) grant
application for the pedestrian underpass at Dakota Middle School to be
constructed with the 65th Street NW Reconstruction Project.
WHEREAS, $8 million in SRTS funding is available from the State of Minnesota, with a
minimum of $50,000 and cap of $500,000 for each project; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rochester has adopted subdivision regulations that require
sidewalks to be constructed along all public streets; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rochester and Rochester Public Schools have executed a
development agreement for the Dakota Middle School that addresses the installation of
the pedestrian underpass; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rochester has prepared construction plans that include the
construction of a pedestrian underpass below 65th Street NW that will connect the new
Dakota Middle School to the neighborhoods on the opposite side of the street; and
WHEREAS, the pedestrian underpass will benefit students and the general public that
are walking and biking to safely cross the roadway; and
WHEREAS, the estimated cost to install the underpass and connections to the multi-use
path on each side of the street is $1.2 million; and
WHEREAS, the construction of the underpass is planned for 2022; and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of Rochester
that the City of Rochester hereby agrees to construct and maintain the pedestrian
underpass.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Common Council of the City of Rochester
supports submittal of the SRTS application and will pay all costs associated with the
project beyond the grant award.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS __________ DAY OF _______________, 2021.
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PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2021.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)