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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 22, 2022 Page 4 equipment is required to be worn when entry into an environment that is immediately dangerous to life and health such as a fire or hazardous materials spill needs to take place. 4 The Joint Powers Agreement is an effort to allow all participating organizations the ability to 5 purchase breathing equipment, ideally tested and maintained by the manufacturer, resulting in 6 increased life safety to the firefighters. 8 Staff recommends that the City Council authorize City Staff to participate in the Joint Powers 9 Agreement. 10 11 Motion by Councilmember Walker, seconded by Councilmember Webster, to approve 12 Resolution 22-079 — Authorizing Entering into a Joint and Cooperative Agreement for Purchase 13 and Use of Self -Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA). 14 15 Motion carried 5-0. 16 17 D. Resolution 22-080 — Supporting the City of St. Anthony Village Grant Application 18 Submittal for the 2022-2023 Minnesota Department of Transportation Active 19 Transportation Infrastructure Program. 20 21 City Engineer Messner reviewed the Minnesota AT Infrastructure Program provides grant 22 funding for the construction of pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure projects. The program was 23 established by the Minnesota Legislature in 2017 and is defined in Minnesota Statute 174.38. 24 Currently, the legislature appropriated a total of $3.5 million for infrastructure projects across the 25 state. 26 27 Active Transportation funding does not require any local match, and grants are paid on a 28 reimbursable basis. Grant requests will be between $50,000 and $500,000 to fund up to 100% of 29 eligible AT construction costs. 30 31 If successful, the grant funds received will be used to remove the existing sidewalk and construct 32 a new 10-foot-wide pedestrian/bike trail along St. Anthony Blvd. between Ridgway Pkwy and 33 Minneapolis Diagonal Trail. 34 35 Staff recommends approval of the resolution of support for the grant application for the 2022 36 Minnesota Department of Transportation Active Transportation (AT) Grant Program. 37 38 Councilmember Webster thanked Mr. Messner for bringing this forward. This was an item on the 39 pyramid. 40 41 Mayor Stille stated he likes that there is no match associated with this grant. 42 43 Motion by Councilmember Webster, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve Resolution 44 22-080 — Supporting the City of St. Anthony Village Grant Application Submittal for the 2022- 45 2023 Minnesota Department of Transportation Active Transportation Infrastructure Program. 46