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Of <br />�= City of Elk River <br />ver City Council <br />Resolution 19- L4 <br />A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Elk River Accepting Federal <br />Funding for Twin Lakes Road and Yale Street Extension Project <br />WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation established eight Area <br />Transportation Partnerships throughout the state to assist in the annual development of its <br />State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), and <br />WHEREAS, the STIP represents a multi -year list of transportation projects eligible for <br />federal transportation funding provided for under the Fixing America's Surface <br />Transportation (FAST) Act, signed into law on December 4, 2015; and <br />WHEREAS, the Central Minnesota Area Transportation Partnership (ATP) recommends <br />projects seeking federal Surface Transportation Program Block Grant (STPBG) funding <br />provided for under the FAST Act and eligible for inclusion in the STIP in the Counties of <br />Benton, Cass, Crow Wing, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd, <br />Wadena, and Wright; and <br />WHEREAS, Region 7W, representing.the Counties of Benton, Sherburne, Stearns and <br />Wright, supports the ATP in the solicitation, evaluation, and recommendation of projects in <br />Region 7W to include in the ATP's Draft Area Transportation Improvement Program <br />(ATIP), which is a subset of the Minnesota STIP; and <br />WHEREAS, the ATP grants regions the authority to determine the amount of STPBG <br />funds to recommend for each project that is being considered for inclusion in the ATIP in <br />order to maximize limited federal funds, leverage local resources, and help address each <br />region's overall transportation needs; and <br />WHEREAS, Region 7W recommended the ATP program $2,000,000 in STPBG funds in <br />year 2023 of the 2020-2023 ATIP for Twin Lakes Road and Yale Street extensions to <br />proposed US Highway 10/169 intersection submitted by City of Elk River; and <br />WHEREAS, each local agency must acknowledge the amount of federal funds <br />recommended by the Region 7W and commit the necessary local funding to match the <br />STPBG funds requested, as well as any additional funding that may be necessary to complete <br />the project as proposed in its application; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Elk River acknowledges the $2,000,000 in STPBG funds being <br />recommended by the ATP for the Twin Lakes Road and Yale Street extensions to proposed <br />US Highway 10/169 intersection and understands that a minimum local financial match of <br />IT <br />INAURE <br />