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RESOLUTION AMENDING A CONTRACT WITH HESS, ROISE AND COMPANY LTD. TO PROVIDE CONSULTING SERVICES FOR ASSISTANCE WITH SECTION 106 COMPLIANCE FOR THE WAABIZHESHIKANA PROJECT, TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT BY $15,605.00 FOR A NEW TOTAL OF $52,285.00
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CITY PROPOSAL:
RESOLVED, that contract 30851 with Hess, Roise and Company LTD. for historical and cultural consulting services to support Section 106 review compliance for the Waabizheshikana: The Marten Trail extension and improvement project, be amended to increase the amount by $15,605.00 for a new total of $52,285.00 payable from fund 452-030-5530; HANDHTAX-1501-04 (tourism & recreational projects, Finance, improvements other than buildings, half & half tax projects, Waabizheshikana Trail, Seg 0-3: 63rd Ave W to Boathouse Pt).
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This resolution amends contract 30851 with Hess, Roise and Company LTD. for cultural resource consulting services related to planned improvements to Waabizheshikana - The Marten Trail - by an amount of $15,605.00. This amendment is necessary to provide additional research and analysis mandated by the Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office as part of the Section 106 federal project review process. Funds for the contract are sourced from that portion of the proceeds of a one-half-of-one-percent increment in Duluth’s tourism taxes that Council apportioned to extension of Waabizheshikana - The Marten Trail - as part of the St. Louis River Corridor Initiative.
The Waabizheshikana: The Marten Trail extension and improvement project will double the length of the trail adding three miles from the current terminus at Spring Street in the Riverside neighborhood to and through the Smithville and Morgan Park neighborhoods to a point just northeast of Mud Lake.