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CITY OF SHORE WOOD
RESOLUTION NO. 97 - 61
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF SHOREWOOD TO BE A SPONSOR FOR
THE CITY OF EXCELSIOR'S APPLICATIONS FOR FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION
FUNDING FOR THE EXCELSIOR STREET CAR LINE COMPLETION PROJECT & AN
INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION BUILDING
WHEREAS, the City of Excelsior is applying for funding for a projects eligible for Enhancement
funds of the 1991 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA); and
WHEREAS, said projects entitle "Excelsior Street Car Line Completion" and "Intermodal
Transportation Building" would complete a streetcar loop in the central business district and would provide a
building for the historic Minnehaha Streamboat / Streetcar; and
WHEREAS, the Excelsior City Council adopted Resolutions 97-24 and 97-25 (attached to and made
a part of this resolution), authorizing submission of applications for ISTEA grants for construction of a
streetcar line and intermodal transportation building; and
WHEREAS, said projects would each include a federal grant amount of $688,928, a local match of
$172,000 plus $100,000 for engineering (the responsibility of the City of Excelsior), for a total project cost for
each of $960,928; and
WHEREAS, Federal Transportation Enhancement Fund application requirements state: only formal
recipients of state aid are permitted to use the state aid account for up-front financing of federal aid highway
projects. A city under 5,000 or private group must find an eligible sponsor (a state agency, county, or a city
over 5,000) or provide up-front financing for a federal aid project; and
WHEREAS, the City of Shorewood is a "StateAid Community, " over 5,000 in population; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Shorewood wishes to be a "sponsor" or "jurisdictional
agency" for the City of Excelsior to undertake said project; and
WHEREAS, said sponsorship in no way commits Shorewood state aid funds or local Shorewood
funds to said project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Shorewood City Council that the City of
Shorewood is hereby a sponsor for the City of Excelsior for said Federal Transportation Enhancement Fund
applications for ISTEA grants for the projects entitled "Excelsior Streetcar Line Completion" and "Intermodal
Transportation Building."
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Excelsior is to provide an agreement acceptable to
the City of Shorewood as the grant sponsor providing for full reimbursement of all funds passing through the
Shorewood State Aid Account and accepting full responsibility for the project to the federal and state
governments.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHOREWOOD this 28th day of
July. 1997. ~ a
Tom Dahlberg,