DEPARTMENT: Transportation
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
TITLE
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Authorization To Approve Letter Of Support For Trunk Highway 13 Planning Study In Mendota Heights For 2024-2025 Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation Discretionary Grant Program
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize the approval of a letter of support to the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) for pursuit of grant funding through the 2024-2025 Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Discretionary Grant Program for the Trunk Highway 13 Slope Stability Planning Study in Mendota Heights.
SUMMARY
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is planning a Highway 13 Slope Stability Planning Project in Mendota Heights to investigate slope failures within the corridor and to formulate long-term strategies to enhance system resilience. By bolstering resilience, the project seeks to mitigate slope failures and ensure continued access for residents, educational institutions, businesses, cyclists, and pedestrians utilizing the Big Rivers Regional Trail. Enhancing resilience is expected to decrease the occurrence and consequences of landslides, resulting in substantial cost savings for MnDOT and a reduction in impact on the traveling public.
To assist in the costs of the study, MnDOT is pursuing funding through the FY 2024-2025 PROTECT Discretionary Grant Program and seeks a letter of support from Dakota County for the application. The County does not have a cost-participation in MnDOT’s Highway 13 Slope Stability Planning Project.
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends the approval of a letter of support for MnDOT’s pursuit of 2024-2025 PROTECT Discretionary Grant Program funds to assist in their Highway 13 Planning Study in Mendota Heights.
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EXPLANATION OF FISCAL/FTE IMPACTS
☒ None ☐ Current budget ☐ Other
☐ Amendment Requested ☐ New FTE(s) requested
RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is applying for financial assistance from the Federal Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Discretionary Grant Program to advance a Highway 13 Planning Study in the City of Mendota Heights and Dakota County; and
WHEREAS, federal funding of projects reduces the burden on local taxpayers for regional improvements; and
WHEREAS, letters of support from the local agencies have been requested by MnDOT for their application for federal funds from the PROTECT Discretionary Grant Program; and
WHEREAS, the Highway 13 Slope Stability Planning Project in Mendota Heights will investigate slope failures within the corridor and formulate long-term strategies to enhance system resilience; and
WHEREAS, the project seeks to mitigate slope failures and ensure continued access for residents, educational institutions, businesses, cyclists, and pedestrians utilizing the Big Rivers Regional Trail; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County does not have cost participation in the MnDOT planning study.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the County Board Chair to submit a letter of support to the Minnesota Department of Transportation for the Highway 13 Slope Stability Planning Project in Mendota Heights for their 2024-2025 Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation Discretionary Grant Program application.
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PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION
None.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment: Location Map
Attachment: Letter of Support
BOARD GOALS
☐ A Great Place to Live ☐ A Healthy Environment
☒ A Successful Place for Business and Jobs ☐ Excellence in Public Service
CONTACT
Department Head: Erin Laberee
Author: Jake Chapek