Res 2019- 43 JPA with Dakota Co Cost Contribution for Marie Av Ped UnderpassCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2019-43
JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT BETWEEN DAKOTA COUNTY AND THE CITY OF
MENDOTA HEIGHTS FOR COST CONTRIBUTION FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION AND
REPLACEMENT OF THE MARIE AVENUE PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS ALONG THE
RIVER TO RIVER GREENWAY
WHEREAS, Minn. Stat. 471.59 authorizes local governmental units to jointly or
cooperatively exercise any power common to the contracting parties; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County ("County") is a political subdivision of the State of Minnesota;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Mendota Heights ("City") is a Minnesota municipal corporation
(collectively herein the County and the City are referred to as the "Parties"); and
WHEREAS, the County and City are desirous of entering into this Agreement so that the
County and the City may share the actual costs for the reconstruction and replacement of the Marie
Avenue pedestrian underpass along the River to River Greenway, as more fully described in Exhibit
1 ("Project") of the Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, by the Mendota Heights City Council
that in consideration of the mutual benefits the County and the City shall derive from this Joint
Powers Agreement ("Agreement"), the Parties hereby enter into this Agreement for the purpose of
cooperation and funding by the County to the City for actual reconstruction and replacement costs of
the Project and to define the responsibilities and obligations of the County and the City for cost
contribution. All funds provided by the County are to be used by the City solely for this purpose.
The City shall use funds pursuant to this Agreement exclusively for the payment of actual
reconstruction and replacement costs as provided in this Agreement.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this second day of July, 2019.
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
Neil Garlock, Mayor
ATTEST
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Lorri Smith, City Clerk