HomeMy WebLinkAbout25-002 Resolution Supporting Dakota County's Application for Funding through the Fiscal Year 2025 Rebuilding American Infrastructure for I-35 and Dakot CSAH 5/50 Interchange Area Improvements CITY OF LAKEVILLE
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 25-002
Resolution Supporting Dakota County's Application for Funding Through the Fiscal Year 2025
Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity Federal Grant Program for
the Interstate 35 and Dakota County State Aid Highway 5/50 Interchange Area Improvements
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Transportation issued a notice of funding
opportunity for the Fiscal Year 2025 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and
Equity(RAISE) Grant Program;and
WHEREAS, the funding is intended to provide additional investment in locally or
regionally significant transportation infrastructure projects that improve safety, enhance
economic growth and development of interstate commerce, and remove barriers to community
access;and
WHEREAS, funding for the RAISE program is provided by the Infrastructure Investment
and Jobs Act and/or additional funding that may become available under the Fiscal Year 2025
Appropriations Act; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County, with support from the City of Lakeville, is applying for
funding for the Interstate 35 and Dakota County State Aid Highway 5/50 Interchange Area
Improvements,including transportation safety and community access improvements;and
WHEREAS, Dakota County is requesting$25,000,000 in RAISE funding;and
WHEREAS, Dakota County secured $5,040,000 in federal funding in the Fiscal Year 2023
federal budget to complete planning, design, and environmental analyses to ensure the project is
shovel-ready and support efforts to explore funding options and leverage bonding/grant
opportunities at the federal, state,and regional levels; and
WHEREAS, to demonstrate local support and community consensus for the project, the
City of Lakeville is submitting this Resolution of Support; and
WHEREAS,the project will advance public safety initiatives,bolster the success of the local,
regional, state,and national economy,and strengthen citizens' quality of life;and
WHEREAS,the project will help to improve regional highway and bridge performance and
enhance interstate commerce of this Tier 1 regional freight corridor, essential to local businesses
' and the region;and
WHEREAS, the project will provide long-term sustainable travel for all motorists and
transit by reducing congestion, improving safety, improving travel times and creating a future
MnPASS corridor; and
WHEREAS, the current interchange and bridges are deficient in capacity and geometry,
and a new interchange and bridges are necessary to address long-standing traffic congestion and
safety concerns; and
WHEREAS,the City of Lakeville has invested or$20 million along the Dakota County State
Aid Highway 50 corridor in preparation for this project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Lakeville hereby supports an
application to the Fiscal Year 2025 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and
Equity(RAISE) Grant Program for the Interstate 35 and Dakota County State Aid Highway 5/50
Interchange Area Improvements.
ADOPTED by the City Council this 6`''day of January 2025.
CITY OF LAKEVILLE:
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BY:
Luke M. Hellier,Mayor
ATTEST:
Ann Orlofsky, City Clerk