HomeMy WebLinkAbout21-027 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2021/03/01Resolution No. 21-027
Resolution authorizing application for
Grant Agreement for State Transportation Fund
(Local Road Improvement Program)
Whereas, the City of St. Louis Park has applied to the Commissioner of Transportation for
a grant from the Minnesota State Transportation Fund for the Local Road Improvement
Program and
Whereas, the Commissioner of Transportation has given notice that funding for this
project is available; and
Whereas, the legislature has provided $75,000,000 in funding, with a cap of $1,250,000
for each project; and
Whereas, the 2023 project scope is the multi-modal improvement of Louisiana Avenue
from Wayzata Boulevard to the bridge over the railroad tracks and Cedar Lake Road from
Nevada Avenue to Kentucky Lane, with an estimated preliminary construction cost of
$5,777,765; and
Whereas, Louisiana Avenue is an existing two-lane arterial roadway with Average Traffic
Daily Traffic over 18,000 vehicles per day and about 44% of the traffic is non-local. It needs
improvements to meet current and future pedestrian, bicycle, transit, and traffic demands of
the corridor; and
Whereas, the City of St. Louis Park acknowledges that LRIP funds can be used on
reasonable elements associated with roadway construction and that other costs, including but
not limited to: consulting engineering and inspection, utility construction, as well as
construction costs above the LRIP award will need to have alternate funding sources; and
Now therefore be it resolved that the City of St. Louis Park does hereby support the
corridor improvement project and agrees to maintain such improvements, and supports
submittal of the LRIP application, and provides assurance that all costs associated with the
project will be paid beyond the LRIP grant award. The proper City officers are authorized to
execute a grant agreement and any amendments thereto with the Commissioner of
Transportation concerning the above-referenced grant.
Reviewed for administration: Adopted by the City Council March 1, 2021
Thomas K. Harmening, city manager Jake Spano, mayor
Attest:
Melissa Kennedy, city clerk
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