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Chair approves consent block including intersection agreements and engineering amendment
Summary
The public works committee approved minutes and a consent block of four routine items, covering intergovernmental cost-participation agreements with Minneapolis and Brooklyn Park, an HDR Engineering amendment raising contract authority to about $4.6 million, and an ERF grant end-date extension; all items passed by voice vote.
The public works committee approved the minutes from its March 24 meeting and a block of four routine transportation items after the chair moved and members voted by voice.
The chair read the consent items into the record. Item 2A authorizes negotiating an agreement with Minneapolis for cost participation and maintenance at intersections on Hennepin Avenue at 1st Street and Robert Fisher Drive, with a county contribution described as “not to exceed $950,000.” Item 2B authorizes negotiating a cost-participation and maintenance agreement with Brooklyn Park for the intersection of Brooklyn Boulevard and Welcome Avenue, with an estimated receivable listed as $184,600. Item 2C was presented as Amendment 2 to an agreement with HDR Engineering to provide additional professional services for project segments read in the transcript as “Casa 33” and “Casa 35” (the transcript also includes the phrase “otherwise known as Park in Portland”); the chair said the amendment increases the contract not-to-exceed amount to “just over $4,600,000.” Item 2D was described as Amendment 2 to an agreement for ERF grant funding with Minneapolis that extends the project end date; the spoken end date in the transcript is unclear and is noted in the clarifying details below.
Committee discussion was brief. The chair described the items as “pretty routine things” and, after hearing no questions or comments, called for the voice vote. Committee members answered “Aye,” and the chair declared the minutes and the block of items approved. The meeting concluded immediately after the vote when the chair adjourned the session.
The record provides the text as read into the record by the chair; several place names and one spoken date are unclear in the transcript and are flagged for confirmation in the minutes or supporting documents.
Next steps: the actions approved on the consent block authorize county staff to proceed with negotiations and contract amendments as described; the transcript does not record final contract execution dates or a roll-call vote.
