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i1 ' Councilmember introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #96-03 - RESOLUTION APPROVING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, ANOKA COUNTY, AND THE CITY OF RAMSEY TO INSTALL NEW TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS ON TRUNK HIGHWAY #10 AND ARMSTRONG BOULEVARD AND AT TRUNK HIGHWAY #10 AND RAMSEY BOULEVARD WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Section 161.20 (1994) authorizes the Commissioner of Transportation to make arrangements with and cooperate with any governmental authority for the purposes of constructing, maintaining, and improving the Trunk Highway system; and WHEREAS, the State has determined that there is justification and it is in the public's best interest to install a new traffic control signal with street lights, emergency pre - emption, advance warning flashers, and signing on Trunk Highway No. 10 at County State Aid Highway ' No. 83 (Armstrong Boulevard); revise the existing traffic control signal with street lights, emergency vehicle pre - emption, advance warning flashers, and signing on Trunk Highway No. 10 at County Road No. 56 (Ramsey Boulevard); and install interconnect on Trunk Highway No. ' 10 from at County State Aid Highway No. 83 (Armstrong Boulevard) to County Road No. 56 (Ramsey Boulevard); and ' WHEREAS, the City requests and the State agrees to the installation of Emergency Vehicle Pre - emption Systems, hereinafter referred to as the "EVP Systems ", as a part of the new and revised traffic control signal installations on Trunk Highway No. 10 at County State Aid Highway No. 83 (Armstrong Boulevard) and at County Road No. 56 (Ramsey Boulevard); and WHEREAS, it is anticipated that the new and revised traffic control signals with street ' lights , EVP Systems, advance warning flashers, and signing and the interconnect is eligible for 80 percent Fdderal -aid Surface Transportation Program Funds; and WHEREAS, it is considered in the public's best interest for the State to provide a new cabinet and control equipment to operate said new traffic control signal; and WHEREAS, the County, City, and the State will jointly participate in the cost, maintenance, and operation of the new and revised traffic control signals with street lights, EVP ' Systems, advance warning flashers and signing and interconnect. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: ' 1) That the Mayor and City Administrator are hereby directed to execute Minnesota Transportation Department Traffic Control Signal Agreement No. 74810, which specifies the I