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Our Mistioi}: To work together to reipoiibly grew our comma nityr, and to provide quality, cent-oliBcdwe, and efficient government services. CC Regular Session 7. 6. Meeting Date: 07/09/2019 By: Colleen Lasher, Administrative Services Information Title: Professional Services Contract Extension for the Tinklenberg Group Purpose/Background: Purpose: Consider a proposal from The Tinklenberg Group for an extension to an existing professional services contract. The purpose of this contract is to advance and promote the construction of improvements within the Trunk Highway 10/169 corridor within the City and, more specifically, to seek funding for the City's current priority transportation projects. Background: The City has worked with the Tinklenberg Group for most of the past decade, with the most recent contract with the Tinklenberg Group was from June 2018 through June 2019, The contract was a 12-month contract, compared to the last few years of 6-month contract extensions. The 12-month contract term resulted in less administrative time and allowed the City and the contractor to use a uniform blended amount for the 12-month period. The contract was for $3,300 per month, with the annual cost being $39,600. Mr. Tinklenberg continues to work with federal, state, county, and regional officials to advance Ramsey's interests in developing the Highway 10 corridor. The City's past efforts in working with Mr. Tinklenberg have yielded a successful conclusion to the $35M Armstrong Project, which was awarded several grants, including a $10M federal (TIGER) grant, a $10M state (CIMS) grant, a $8M bonding allocation from the state, and a $10.2M award from the Counties Transit Investment Board (CTIB), which fully funded the project. In 2017, work with the state legislature successfully secured an estimated $1.5 million in funding for the engineering and design of the Ramsey Boulevard underpass of the BNSF rail line. More recently, the City of Ramsey received $2 million from the 2018 state bonding bill for the Ramsey Boulevard rail separation project. Staff believes this extension is important given the recent planning and design work being done by Bolton and Menk that will put the City in a position to ask for future funding. In order to maintain a consistent message to the Legislature and Congressional Delegation in 2019-2020, coordination with this project is important. Notification: NA Observations/Alternatives: