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RES 1959-80 - 00013096RESOLUTION NO. 80 - 1959 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING AN APPLICATION TO THE HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY FOR AN ADVANCE FOR PUBLIC 'WORKS PLANNING BE IT RESOLVED, By the Council of the City of Fridley: 1. That the City of Fridley has received communication from the State Department of Highways of the State of Minnesota, and has been advised that said Department of Highways contemplates and intends to proceed In the immediate future with the further improvements of those public highways located in the City of Fridley, which are known as Highway # 100, Highway # 65 (University Avenue) and Highway # 65 (Central Avenue); and it appears desirable and necessary that the City of Fridley cooperate and act jointly with said State Department of Highways, in order that the improvement of said public highways be made in a manner as best fills not only the interests of the City of Fridley but the public as a whole. 2. That it appears that the improvements of said highways involve and affect in a great measure certain problems of surface water and storm sewer drainage in areas of land not only immediately adjacent to said improvements and each of them, but also in lands which are in a measure somewhat removed from the place of immediate improvement of said highways, and that in cr der that said improvements can be successfully constructed and the problems of surface water and storm sewer drainage be best answered, it is necessary that the City of Fridley have and obtain, as soon as reasonably possible, the results of an overall engineering study of the problems involved and appropriate plans and specifications in answer thereto. 3. That it appears that the City of Fridley will be in need of certain financial assistance in the way of an advance of monies as may be necessary for such public work planning, and that such need can best be met by making an application therefor to the Housing and Home Finance Agency of the United States of America. 4. That the City Manager of the City of Fridley is, by this resolution, authorized and directed to consult with the City Attorney and the Consulting Engineers of the City of Fridley relative to the amount of monies to be requested for said planning, and to make his recommendation to this Council; and the specific amount to be requested shall be as hereafter determined and approved by the Council. Further, the City Manager is authorized and directed to make application to the Housing and Finance Agency of the United State of America for an advance of monies in the amount as determined by the Council for public works planning and to do every act and thing necessary to the full and complete filing and processing of said application. f RESOLUTION 140. 80 - 1959 Continued 5, That the City Attorney and the Consulting Engineers, Comstock & Davis, are authorized and directed to consult with the City Manager relative to the making of said application and to do all acts ' and things reasonable necessary to the proper filing of said application and the successful processing of the same, including the making of such surveys and studies and preliminary plans as are necessary thereto._ 6. The City Manager shall from time to time - make report to the Council of the status of such application, pending its fi.nal,zpproval. PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF FRIDLEY THIS 14TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1959. i MAYOR - Frank C. L ange, t - - CLARENCE E MADDY - Cit anager ATTEST: CITY CLERK - Marvin C. Brunsell