DEPARTMENT: Transportation
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
TITLE
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Authorization To Execute Cooperative Construction Agreement With Minnesota Department Of Transportation For Trunk Highway 52 Intersection Improvements At County State Aid Highway 32, County Project 32-65
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize execution of Cooperative Construction Agreement No. 1057369 with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) for Trunk Highway (TH) 52 intersection improvements at County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 32 (117th Street), County Project (CP) 32-65 in Inver Grove Heights.
SUMMARY
To provide a safe and efficient transportation system, the City of Inver Grove Heights, in cooperation with Dakota County, is proceeding with CP 32-65. The project will reconstruct 117th Street East from CSAH 71 (Rich Valley Boulevard) to the Trunk Highway (TH) 52/117th Street Interchange. The project is a part of the larger CSAH 32 network in Dakota County, which connects Interstate 35W in Burnsville to TH 52 in Inver Grove Heights. The corridor serves a high volume of freight traffic. The purpose of the project is to meet 10-ton design standards, enhance transportation system efficiency and mobility, provide pedestrian and bicycle facilities, reduce access points, improve pavement conditions, and facilitate the phased development of an essential east-west transportation corridor within the region.
The terms of the agreement includes the survival of the terms, plans, incorporation of exhibits, and the effective date. This agreement will be effective when the State obtains all signatures required by Minnesota Statutes § 16C.05. This Agreement will expire when all obligations have been satisfactorily fulfilled. Survival of terms: all clauses that impose obligations continuing in their nature and must survive to give effect to their meaning will survive the expiration or termination of this agreement. The terms and conditions outlined in signal systems and Emergency Vehicle Preemption (EVP) systems, as well as operation and maintenance, will survive the expiration of this agreement but may be terminated by another agreement between the parties.
Executing MnDOT Cooperative Construction Agreement No. 1057369 will establish cost-sharing and update the maintenance, operation, and power responsibilities for two of the three traffic signals. This agreement will replace and terminate the operation and maintenance terms outlined in the Cooperative Construction Agreement between the State and the City of Inver Grove Heights for these signals.
The traffic control signals are located at the following intersections: TH 52 west ramps at 117th Street, TH 52 east ramps at 117th Street /Frontage Roads, and Clark Road at 117th Street. The signal system at Clark Road and 117th Street is not included in this agreement, as it is now under the jurisdiction of Dakota County and the City of Inver Grove Heights. A separate Joint Powers Agreement will outline the duties and responsibilities between the County and the City, ensuring a clear division of responsibilities.
The Agreement will allow the construction of grading, bituminous surfacing, Americans with Disabilities Act improvements and signal construction on the State's TH 52 right of way. The State will grant the County (and its contractors and consultants) the right to occupy the TH right of way as necessary to perform the work described in the Project Plans. The Agreement will also define maintenance operation and responsibilities for traffic control signal systems and Emergency Vehicle Preemption (EVP) systems operation.
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends executing Cooperative Construction Agreement No. 1057369 with MnDOT for construction, maintenance, and operations of traffic signals for CP 32-65.
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EXPLANATION OF FISCAL/FTE IMPACTS
The 2024 Transportation Capital Improvement Program includes a total budget of $23,460,000 for CP 32-65. Sufficient funds are available for the agreement with MnDOT. Maintenance and operation costs will be accounted for in the 2025 signal operating budget.
☐ None ☒ Current budget ☐ Other
☐ Amendment Requested ☐ New FTE(s) requested
RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, to provide a safe and efficient transportation system, Dakota County and the City of Inver Grove Heights are proceeding with County Project 32-65; and
WHEREAS, the project will reconstruct 117th Street East from County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 71 (Rich Valley Boulevard) to the Trunk Highway (TH) 52/117th Street Interchange; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the project is to meet 10-ton design standards, enhance transportation system efficiency and mobility, reduce access points, improve pavement conditions, and facilitate the phased development of an essential east-west transportation corridor within the region; and
WHEREAS, the 117th Street corridor is a part of the more extensive CSAH 32 network in Dakota County, which connects Interstate 35W in Burnsville to TH 52 in Inver Grove Heights; and
WHEREAS, the 117th Street and CSAH 71 corridors are considered Tier 1 regional truck corridors; and
WHEREAS, the design includes a two-lane, median-divided roadway for a one-mile segment of 117th Street between Rich Valley Boulevard and the Flint Hills Resources Refinery access, just west of the TH 52/117th Street Interchange; and
WHEREAS, County Project 32-65 addressed current and future traffic volumes and safety improvements for the corridor; and
WHEREAS, the County is the lead agency for the construction of the project; and
WHEREAS, execution of Cooperative Construction Agreement No. 1057369 will define right of way use, contract award and construction, and maintenance responsibilities for County Project 32-65; and
WHEREAS, the County will perform grading, bituminous surfacing, concrete surfacing, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) improvements, erosion control, milling, curb and gutter, retaining wall, bituminous trail, stormwater Best Management Practices, turf establishment, signing and striping, signal construction, and other associated construction upon, along, and adjacent to 117th Street from Rich Valley Boulevard to Courthouse Boulevard and on Rich Valley Boulevard from 911 feet south of 117th Street to 1162 feet north of 117th Street according to County-prepared plans, specifications, and special provisions designated by the County as County Project 32-65 (ST00006) and as State Aid Projects 019-632-051, 019-671-007, and 178-020-032, and by the State as State Project 1907-127 (TH 52=053) ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, the County requests the State allow the construction of grading, bituminous surfacing, ADA improvements, and signal construction on the State's TH 52 right of way, and the State is willing to allow said construction; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends Dakota County execute Cooperative Construction Agreement No.1057369 with the State of Minnesota, Department of Transportation to provide for routine maintenance by the County upon, along, and adjacent to Trunk Highway 52, the limits of which are defined in said Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the Physical Development Director to execute Cooperative Construction Agreement No. 1057369 with the Minnesota Department of Transportation to define right of way use, contract award, construction, and maintenance responsibilities at l-35W Northwest Ramp and County State Aid Highway 32, subject to approval by the County Attorney's Office as to form.
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CONTACT
Department Head: Erin Laberee
Author: John Sass