Agenda - Council Work Session - 06/07/2011

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2. has updated the environmental documentation required by state and federal law and has submitted the documentation to the FTA. will be responsible for any modifications or updates to the environmental documentation that may become necessary as the Project proceeds. 3. The Project will be constructed in accordance with the schedule attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit D. 4. Met Council will construct, within the Project limits, any and all physical structures, elements and components of the system, which include, but are not limited to, communications systems, overhead contact system, signals, lighting, sidewalks, passenger stations, structures, certain public utilities, and landscaping. 5. Contracts awarded by the Met Council for the construction of the Project shall include all federal, state and CTIB required contract clauses and requirements, including but not limited to the applicable FTA third party contracting requirements of FTA Circular No. 4220.1 E. 6. The Met Council is responsible for Project management during construction and will work through the project management team to manage all activities during the construction phase of the Project. ARTICLE VII GENERAL PROVISIONS A. Conflict Resolution — If a dispute should arise between or among the Parties to this Master Cooperation Agreement with respect to this Master Cooperation Agreement or any of its provisions, the Parties involved agree to attempt to settle such dispute through the use of a mediator mutually acceptable to the Parties involved in the dispute prior to initiation of any legal action with respect to this Master Cooperation Agreement, any of its provisions and/or its enforcement. B. Liability — Each party shall be responsible for its own acts and omissions, the acts and omissions of its employees and the results thereof to the extent authorized by law. The Parties shall not be responsible for the acts of others and results thereof. The liability eveR4,a -by Wine seta--9tatut9s;-SeGt*R 3.736, and ether app4Gable-taw-.-The liability of atkatherthe Pparties is governed by the Municipal Tort Claims Act in Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 466, and other applicable law. The terms of this Master Cooperation Agreement are not to be construed as, nor operate as, waivers of a Party's statutory or common law immunities or limitations on liability, including, but not limited to, Minnesota Statutes, Section 3.736, Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 466, Minnesota Statutes, Section 471.59, subd. 1a., or any other applicable law or regulation providing limitations, defenses or immunities to the Parties.