Request for Committee Action
A briefing memo explaining the purpose, background, and impact of the requested action.
METRO Green Line Extension (Southwest Light Rail): Subordinate Funding Agreement No. 7 (RCA-2022-00437)
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
To Committee(s)
| # | Committee Name | Meeting Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Public Works & Infrastructure Committee | May 5, 2022 |
Action Item(s)
| # | File Type | Subcategory | Item Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Action | Contract/Agreement | Authorizing Subordinate Funding Agreement (SFA) No. 7 with the Metropolitan Council, to reimburse the City a not-to-exceed amount of $30,000, for construction costs incurred for roadway paving services on public streets impacted by the METRO Green Line Extension (Southwest Light Rail) Project. |
Ward / Neighborhood / Address
| # | Ward | Neighborhood | Address |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ward 5 | North Loop | |
| 2. | Ward 13 | West Maka Ska |
Background Analysis
The METRO Green Line Extension (Southwest Light Rail) Project is a regional light rail transit corridor that will serve the communities of Minneapolis, St. Louis Park, Hopkins, Minnetonka, and Eden Prairie. Once completed, the METRO Green Line Extension will directly connect to the METRO Blue Line, the Northstar Commuter Rail Line, and the planned METRO Blue Line Extension in Downtown Minneapolis. In August 2014 and again in July of 2015, the County and all five host cities provided municipal consent, approving the preliminary design plans for the METRO Green Line Extension. In July of 2016 the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued its Record of Decision (ROD) and approved the project to enter the Engineering phase. In August of 2016, the Metropolitan Council along with the Counties Transit Improvement Board (CTIB) and Hennepin County collaborated to secure the local funding match for the project. The Metropolitan Council received bids for construction of the project on May 3, 2018, and formally awarded the construction contract on November 15, 2018. Construction on the METRO Green Line Extension began in August of 2019. The Full Funding Grant Agreement between the Metropolitan Council and the FTA was approved in 2021, concluding the formal funding process for the project.
Master Funding Agreement
In January of 2015 the City authorized execution of the Master Funding Agreement (MFA) with the Metropolitan Council for the METRO Green Line Extension (Southwest Light Rail) Project. Construction of the METRO Green Line Extension (Southwest Light Rail) requires coordination of certain activities and materials between the Metropolitan Council and the City of Minneapolis in order to preserve and protect public infrastructure. The MFA between the Metropolitan Council and the City outlines a process to enter into Subordinate Funding Agreements (SFA’s) to account for costs associated with these activities and materials.
Subordinate Funding Agreement #7
Ongoing work on the METRO Green Line Extension (Southwest Light Rail) Project by the Met Council and their contractor(s) in the vicinity of West 31st Street and Chowen Avenue South and on Royalston Avenue North has impacted the serviceability of those public streets. It is the intention of both the Met Council and the City that those streets remain open and accessible during construction. Temporary paving of the impacted streets by City forces was deemed the most timely and efficient method to maintain the impacted streets in a condition that was satisfactory to the Public Works Department. Permanent reconstruction of the impacted streets will be performed by the Met Council and their contractor(s) prior to the completion of the METRO Green Line Extension (Southwest Light Rail) Project.
SFA #7 provides for the Metropolitan Council to reimburse the City, a not-to-exceed amount of $30,000.00, for actual labor, materials, and equipment costs related to the installation of temporary bituminous pavement at West 31st Street and Chowen Avenue South and on Royalston Avenue North as shown on the attached location maps. Funding will be included in the reimbursable program for the Public Works – Transportation Maintenance and Repair Capital Fund/Department (04100-9010937-93721A66).