RES 2025-05 To Sponsor an ISD 728 Safe Routes to School Grant ApplicationCITY OF OTSEGO
COUNTY OF WRIGHT
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO: 2025-05
TO SPONSOR AN ISD 728
SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL GRANT APPLICATION
WHEREAS, Independent School District (ISD) 728 received a grant from the State of Minnesota to complete a Safe Routes to
School (SRTS) Design Assistance Study (the "Study") to improve access to Prairie View Elementary and Prairie View Middle
School, located within Otsego; and
WHEREAS, the Study was led by the Minnesota Department ofTransportation in partnership with ISD 728, the City of Otsego,
and Wright County; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the study was to understand the access needs for these schools and identify a list of potential
projects, including preliminary design; and
WHEREAS, ISD 728 is preparing an application to the Minnesota Department of Transportation for Safe Route to School
infrastructure grant funding to complete pedestrian trails, sidewalk, and crosswalk improvements within the schools'
properties (the "Project) identified by the Study; and
WHEREAS, the grant application requires that the City, as a State Aid recipient, act as a sponsor on behalf of ISD 728 for the
Project and ISD 728 has requested the City sponsor the grant application; and
WHEREAS, the Project would connect to existing and planned pedestrian facilities owned and maintained by the City adjacent
to the schools' properties, and
WHEREAS, the Project will improve access to Prairie View Elemenary School in accordance with the Safe Routes To School
Program objectives, the policies of the Otsego Comprehensive Plan, and the Otsego Parl< System Master Plan.
WHEREAS, the grant conditions require that the project will be under construction prior to December 31, 2026.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OTSEGO, MINNESOTA:
1. The City of Otsego supports the proposed Safe Routes to School Project proposed by ISD 278.
2. The City of Otsego agrees to act as the Project sponsor and understands its responsibilities therein.
3. ISD 728 shall be responsible for all costs not covered by Safe Routes to School grant funding including, but not limited
to, consultant engineering, construction administration and inspection, utility construction, as well as construction
costs above the Safe Routes to School infrastructure grant amount
4. Upon awarding of a Safe Routes to School infrastructure grant, the City of Otsego and ISD 728 shall enter into an
agreement outlining roles and responsibilities ofeach party with regards to the administration ofthe project and grant
funds.
5. The City of Otsego understands the responsibilities of sponsoring the grant application and agrees to full fill them.
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ADOPTED by the Otsego City Council this 13th day of January, 2025.
MOTION BY: Dunlap
SECONDED BY: Goede
IN FAVOR: Stockamp, Dunlap, Goede, Lund, and Tanner
OPPOSED: none
CITY OF OTSEGO
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Jessica L. Stockamp, Mayor
ATTEST:
Audra Etzel, City Clerk
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