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It <br /> -,IpEN_ HILLS <br /> CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br /> COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 2023-023 <br /> A Resolution Relating to Local Match Commitment for <br /> Lake Johanna Boulevard Trail Project: <br /> 2024 Met Council Regional Solicitation <br /> WHEREAS; Ramsey County and the City of Arden Hills have recently completed a <br /> planning process in 2022 to evaluate the feasibility of constructing a separated multimodal trail <br /> improvement along Lake Johanna Boulevard extending from County Road D to Old Snelling <br /> Avenue in the City of Arden Hills, and <br /> WHEREAS; public input and technical analysis from this planning process led to <br /> identification of two feasible trail design concepts along the north and south sides of Lake Johanna <br /> Boulevard, and <br /> WHEREAS; to defer estimated costs associated with construction of this project, Ramsey <br /> County is planning to submit a $5.5 million grant request to Metropolitan Council for 2028/2029 <br /> federal Regional Solicitation funding for the Lake Johanna Boulevard Trail project, and <br /> WHEREAS; based on a preliminary planning level estimate remaining local project costs <br /> for the Lake Johanna Boulevard Trail project above the $5.5 million federal grant request are <br /> estimated at $4 million; and <br /> WHEREAS; Ramsey County's cost participation policy requires the City of Arden Hills <br /> and Ramsey County to share equally in the $4 million of local estimated costs. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Arden Hills City Council does <br /> hereby commit to its 50 percent share, or $2 million, of these local estimated project costs as part <br /> of Ramsey County's 2024 Regional Solicitation federal grant application for the Lake Johanna <br /> Trail project. <br /> NOW,THERFORE,BE IT ALSO RESOLVED,that the Arden Hills City Council does <br /> hereby also acknowledge that this $2 million local match commitment is an estimate based on a <br /> preliminary planning level cost estimate of total project costs that will be updated during the final <br /> design process if a federal grant from Met Council is secured. <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br /> 12231574vl <br />