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THIS AGREEMENT made by the Village of Elk River, Minnesota, hereinafter called the “Municipality” with the County of Sherburne, hereinafter called the “County”, WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the United States Government, through the Bureau of Public Roads of the Department of Commerce does apportion Federal funds for the construction, reconstruction and improvement of highway projects on approved systems of public roads, and WHEREAS, said State Aid Highways within the limits of a Municipality are now or may be eligible for the participation of these Federal funds in their improvement or construction, and WHEREAS, the Bureau of Public Roads as a condition to the use of Federal funds on approved State Aid Projects requires the agreement of the Municipality to control road signs, traffic control devices, advertising signs, miscellaneous installations, speed and parking, NOW, THEREFORE, the Municipality in consideration of the expenditure and use of Federal funds for the construction, reconstruction, or improvement of any State Aid Highway within the limits of the Municipality agrees with the County as follows: (1) No signs, traffic control devices or other protective structures shall be erected on any Federal-Aid Secondary project within the Municipality limits except as shall conform with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices dated August 1948, prepared by the American Association of State Highway Officials, approved by the State of Minnesota, and concurred in by the Commissioner of Public Roads, or any subsequent revisions. (2) All right of way within the limits of the Municipality on any Federal-Aid Secondary project shall be held and maintained inviolate as a public highway and no posters, billboards, roadside stands, curb pumps, curb service devices or other private installations and no signs, other than traffic control or protective devices shall be permitted within the right of way limits of the projects. The Municipality will with respect to such items as are within its jurisdiction which may be or cause an obstruction or interfere with the free flow of traffic or which may be or cause a hazard to traffic or which may vitiate or impair the usefulness of the project and which may be required to be removed by the County at its own election or at the request of the Commissioner of Public Roads remove or cause removal of the same. (3) The speed limits on any Federal-Aid Secondary project shall not be less than 30 miles per hour. (4) Parking regulations generally recommended by the Commissioner of Highways and the Commissioner of Public Roads for use under similar conditions shall be adopted on any Federal-Aid Secondary project. th Dated this 6 day of June, 1960. H.L. Johnson, Mayor H.A. Briggs, Clerk th Accepted for and on behalf of the County of Sherburne this 6 day of June, 1960. E.G. Palmer, Chairman Helen A Gray, County Auditor GRADE APPROVAL FORM