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Public Works Committee <br />Meeting Date: 12/18/2018 <br />Submitted For: Grant Riemer, Engineering/Public Works <br />By: Grant Riemer, Engineering/Public Works <br />5. 3. <br />Title: <br />Highway 47 Landscaping Project <br />Purpose/Background: <br />The purpose of this project is to partner with MnDOT to improve the landscaping along Hwy 47 from roughly <br />Xkimo St to the south and Barium St to the north. The project falls under MnDOT's Community Roadside <br />Landscape Partnership Program. MnDOT's Office of Environmental Stewardship provides technical and financial <br />support to communities to install and maintain landscape plantings on eligible state highway rights of way. <br />MnDOT would partner with the city of Ramsey by providing the services of their landscape architect to design the <br />landscaping for the project and also provide financial assistance to buy plant materials. The city of Ramsey would <br />provide the manpower to install the plantings and would also be responsible for on going maintenance, such as <br />weeding of the plant beds and watering. <br />Timeframe: <br />10 Minutes <br />Observations/Alternatives: <br />This project would touch on several areas of our strategic plan. <br />Strategic Imperative III: Smart, Citizen -Focused Government <br />20) Improve the image of residential neighborhoods, business districts, and key corridors <br />22) Clean Up areas of blight along Highway 47/Saint Francis Blvd <br />24) Identify opportunities for community volunteer work and citizen recognition. <br />MnDOT has provided a design plan for the project and that plan is attached to this case. The next step in the process <br />is to pass a resolution stating that the City of Ramsey is willing to enter into a cooperative agreement with MnDOT <br />to execute the project. A draft copy of that resolution is attached to this case. <br />Funding Source: <br />Ongoing maintenance duties for the project would be covered under normal PW duties. Plant materials and design <br />would be part of MnDOT's partnership program assistance. <br />Recommendation: <br />Staff recommends approving RESOLUTION #18-XXX stating that the City of Ramsey is willing to enter into a <br />cooperative agreement with MnDOT to execute the Hwy 47 landscape project SP0206-969A (TH 47 Sound wall) <br />Action: <br />Approve staff recommendation and forward RESOLUTION #18-XXX to the full council for consideration or deny <br />staff recommendation and approve alternate recommendation based on committee discussion. <br />Attachments <br />Resolution # 18-XXX <br />