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MnDOT Contract No: 1002020 State, failing to provide adequate traffic control or other safety measures, failing to perform the construction properly and in a timely manner, and failing to observe applicable environmental laws or terms of applicable permits. The State will have no liability to the City (or its contractors or consultants) for revoking this right of occupancy. 2.2. State Access; Suspension of Work; Remedial Measures. The State's District Engineer or assigned representative retains the right to enter and inspect the Trunk Highway Right -of -Way (including the construction being performed on such right-of-way) at any time and without notice to the City or its contractor. If the State determines (in its sole discretion) that the construction is not being performed in a proper or timely manner, or that environmental laws (or the terms of permits) are not being complied with, or that traffic control or other necessary safety measures are not being properly implemented, then the State may direct the City (and its contractor) to take such remedial measures as the State deems necessary. The State may require the City (and its contractors and consultants) to suspend their operations until suitable remedial action plans are approved and implemented. The State will have no liability to the City (or its contractors or consultants) for exercising its rights under this provision. 2.3. Traffic Control; Worker Safety. While the City (and its contractors and consultants) are occupying the State Right -of -Way, they must comply with the approved traffic control plan, and with applicable provisions of the Work Zone Field Handbook (httn://www.dot.state.mn.us/trafficeng/workzone/index.html). All City, contractor, and consultant personnel occupying the State's Right -of -Way must be provided with required reflective clothing and hats. 2.4. State Ownership of Improvements. The State will retain ownership of its Trunk Highway Right -of -Way, including any improvements made to such tight -of -way under this Agreement, unless otherwise noted. The warranties and guarantees made by the City's contractor with respect to such improvements (if any) will flow to the State. The City will assist the State, as necessary, to enforce such warranties and guarantees, and to obtain recovery from the City's consultants, and contractor (including its sureties) for non-performance of contract work, for design errors and omissions, and for defects in materials and workmanship. Upon request of the State, the City will undertake such actions as are reasonably necessary to transfer or assign contract rights to the State and to permit subrogation by the State with respect to claims against the City's consultants and contractors. 3. Contract Award and Construction 3.1. Bids and Award The City will receive bids and award a construction contract to the lowest responsible bidder (or best value proposer), subject to concurrence by the State in that award, according to the Project Plans. The contract construction will be performed according to the Project Plans. 3.2. Bid Documents Furnished by the City. The City will, within 7 days of opening bids for the construction contract, submit to the State's State Aid Agreements Engineer a copy of the low bid and an abstract of all bids together with the City's request for concurrence by the State in the award of the construction contract. The City will not award the construction contract until the State advises the City in writing of its concurrence. 3.3. Rejection of Bids. The City may reject and the State may require the City to reject any or all bids for the construction contract. The party rejecting or requiring the rejection of bids must provide the other party written notice of that rejection or requirement for rejection no later than 30 days after opening bids. Upon the rejection of all bids, a party may request, in writing, that the bidding process be repeated. Upon the other party's written approval of such request, the City will repeat the bidding process in a reasonable period of time, without cost or expense to the State. 3.4. Direction, Supervision and Inspection of Construction. A. The contract construction will be under the direction of the City and under the supervision of a registered professional engineer; however, the State participation construction covered under this Agreement will be open to inspection by the State District Engineer's authorized representatives. The City will give the -2- Payable Lump Sum (Municipal Agreements)