HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2026-101, Authorizing Execution of Amendment No. 1 with MnDOT for 57th Avenue Overpass Project Local Road Improvement Program Grant Agreement
Resolution No. 2026-101
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Authorizing Execution of Amendment No. 1 with MnDOT for 57 Avenue Overpass
Project Local Road Improvement Program Grant Agreement
Whereas, the City of Fridley (City) was allocated $4,000,000 in State General Obligation (GO) bond
funding through the 2023 Local Road Improvement Program (LRIP) to support design
engineering, permitting preparation, and utility coordination for the 57th Avenue Overpass of the
BNSF Northtown Yard; and
Whereas, this critical regional infrastructure project is designed to deliver a shovel-ready
multimodal bridge connection between Main Street NE (CSAH 102) and East River Road (CSAH 1);
and
Whereas, on June 24, 2024, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2024-90, which approved
an original Professional Services Agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. in the amount
of $2,403,636 to perform preliminary and final engineering design services in conformance with
the executed MnDOT Force Account Agreement; and
Whereas, during the development of the corridor layout, advanced technical complexities
emerged requiring extra engineering tasks, including complex utility conflict mitigation over the
Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) 96-inch regional interceptor sewer, deep
rock core boring investigations for drilled shaft bridge foundations, extensive traffic modeling for
localized business access, and a regulatory pivot from an Environmental Assessment (EA) to a non-
programmatic Categorical Exclusion (CATEX); and
Whereas, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. has prepared Amendment No. 1 detailing a net fee
increase of $315,294, bringing the total maximum contract cap to $2,718,930, which remains well
within the City's $4,000,000 state GO bond allocation; and
Whereas, City Staff has reviewed the amended scope of services, hours, and fees, and has verified
that all state bond eligibility criteria will be strictly maintained, with ineligible tasks isolated and
funded directly through local city accounts.
Now, therefore be it resolved, that the City Council of the City of Fridley hereby approves
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execution of Amendment No. 1 with MnDOT for 57 Avenue Overpass Project Local Road
Improvement Program Grant Agreement.
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Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Fridley this 14 day of September,
2026.
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Dave Ostwald – Mayor
Attest:
Melissa Moore – City Clerk