City Council Meeting Date: February 4, 2025
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: David E. Bennett, Public Works Director/City Engineer
Title
Consider Resolution approving Contract Amendment No. 2 with the State of Minnesota for the Construction for the Mill Towns State Trail from Northfield to the Waterford Bridge.
Body
Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council approves the attached Resolution approving the Contract Amendment No. 2 with the State of Minnesota for the Construction for the Mill Towns State Trail from Northfield to the Waterford Bridge.
Summary Report:
On April 16, 2019, the City Council updated and adopted the alignment of Mill Towns State Trail in the City and in September of 2019 entered into a cooperative agreement with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for the preliminary design of 6.5 miles of Mill Towns State Trail from Riverside Park to the Waterford Bridge.
In 2022, the City entered into a Cooperative Agreement for the Final Design of the Mill Towns State Trail from Riverside Park to the Waterford Bridge. In 2023 the State Legislature approved the City's local bonding request of $8.19 million for design and construction of the trail, with the City cost sharing $3.5 Million. The funding is split 70% State Bonding, 30% City of Northfield.
In 2024, the City completed the first segment of the state trail from Riverside Park to the Roundabout at Jefferson Pkwy and Th-246. There are three projects moving forward that will construct the Mill Towns State Trail:
1. 2025 Mill Towns State Trail from Woodley Street to the Waterford Bridge.
2. 2026 Jefferson Parkway Mill and Overlay and Mill Towns State Trail
3. 2026 Spring Creek Road Reconstruction and Mill Towns State Trail.
The plans are being finalized for the 2025 project and will be coming to council to have that project bid. This contract amendment will authorize the City to seek reimbursement for the construction cost associated with the ...
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