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OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
' COUNCIL E UTIO GENF�,RAL FORM
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BE IT RESOLVED, That the City Council of the City of Saint Pau1,
does hereby concur in the recommendation of the La.nd Committee whereby
the Council does direct and authorize the proper City officials to
provide the assurances requested in the letter of December 14, 196g
from Colonel McGinnis of the Corps of Engineers, attached hereto and
incorporated herein by reference for the f�.iture construction of the
small boat harbor on Harriet Island in the City of Saint Paul.
QEC 2 4 1969
COUNCILMEN Adopted by the Council 19—
Yeas Nays ��C 2 4 1'�9
Carlson
Dalglish Approved 19—_
Meredith ' Tn Favor
Peterson `
Sprafka � Mayor
Tedesco A�ainst
Mr. President, Byrne PUBLISHE� DEC 2� ]969
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J. WILLIAM DONOVAN 223-5317
Voluation Engineer
ROY E. BREDAHL, ��. C I T Y O F S A I N T PA U L
n55�� Valuation Engineer BUREAU OF VALUATIONS
286 City Hell
$aint Paul, Minnesote 55101
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Dece�nber 23, 1969
Members of the Council
of the City of Saint Paul
Gentlemen:
Presently an action has been commenced to register free and clear of
any reversions all that property described as Harriet Island. Upon
reviewing the correspondence addressed to the Honorable Thomas R. Byrne
by Charles S. McGinnis, Colonel, Corps of Engineers, dated December 10,
1969, The La.nd Committee of the City of Saint Pa.ul recommends that the
Council make the assurances requested therein for the development of its
small boat haxbor. As stated in that correspondence, such should be in
the following form:
"This �rill certif� assurance of the capability and willingness
of the City of St. Paul to provide the requirements of loca.l
cooperation outlined in your letter of inquiry dated 10 December
1969 regarding the Harriet Island Harbor project. These require-
ments will be provided at the time requested by the District
Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in accordance with
applicable le�islative authority governin� the project.
SIGNED
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Certif�ring Official
The final date for the assurances is December 31, 1969, and for the guidance of
the Council, a copy of the December 10, 1969 letter is enclosed herewith.
Very truly yours,
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NCSED-P 10 December 1969
Honorable Thomas R. Byrne
Mayor of St. Paul
St. Paul, Minnesota 55102
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� Dear Mayor Byrne:
.�. This is in reference to discussions between Mr. William Donovan,
� Valuation Bureau, and Mr. Roger Fast of this office on 5 and 8 December
+ � 1969 concerning the assurances of local cooperation for the Harriet
� Island Small-boat Harbor, St. Paul, Minnesota, project.
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� By letter dated 6 March 1969, this office requested a statement of
� assurances from the city of St. Paul that the local cooperation re-
quirements for the Harriet Island Harbor project would be met. The
j request for assurances was prompted by recent action of the Federal
� � Water Resources Council which will require the use of a higher interest
� rate for project evaluations than had been used previously. No re-
sponse to the 6 March 1969 request has been furnished. The following
paragraphs, taken from the 6 March 1969 letter, will provide the in-
formation required for action by the city of St. Paul. It should be
noted that in order to retain the old interest rate for the Harriet
Island Harbor project, action must be taken prior to 31 December 1969.
On 24 December 1968, the Water Resources Council, which is composed of
the heads of the major Federal water resources agencies, issued a Regu-
lation establishing a new procedure for determining the interest rate
for evaluating the benefits and costs of water resources projects. The
current interest rate under the new procedure is 4 7/8 percent compared
to the 3 1/4 percent rate used previously. The effect of using a higher
interest rate in project evaluation, when final project design is being
undertaken, varies with different projects. Generally speaking, a higher
rate may make a project's overall economic justification marginal, may
render one or more of its features infeasible, or may reduce its scope.
Time has not permitted an accurate assessment of the effects of the
higher rate on individual projects.
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Honorable Thomas R. Byrne
` The Regulation permits an exception, however, for already authorized
projects. If an appropriate non-Federal agency wishes to provide, before _
31 December 1969, satisfactory assurances "to pay the required non-
Federal share of the project costs" - which is interpreted to mean assur-
ance that the requirements of local cooperation established for the proj- �
ect will be met - then the project will continue to be evalua.ted at the
previous interest rate.
� Thus, if the Harriet Island Harbor project is to be eligible for evalu-
t ation at the lower rate, a suitable non-Federal agency must provide me ,
with a statement of assurance that the following requirements of local
� cooperation will be met:
: a. Provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements,
� and rights-of-way required for construction and subsequent maintenance
� of the project and of aids to navigation upon the request of the Chief
of Engineers including suitable areas determined by the Chief of Engineers
"�'-� to be required in the general public interest for initial and subsequent
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� disposal of spoil and necessary retaining dikes, bulkheads, and embank-
ments therefor or the cost of such retaining works.
'= b. Hold and save the United States free from damages that may
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result from the construction and maintenance of the project.
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� c. Provide and maintain necessary mooring facilities and utilities,
� including a public landing with suitable supply facilities open to all on
� ; equal terms, and dredge berthing areas to a depth commensurate with the
� depth of the Federal channel improvement.
d. Reserve spaces within the anchorage and mooring facilities ade-
quate for accommodation of transient small boats.
e. Accomplish such utility or other relocations or alterations as
are necessary for project purposes.
f. Establish a competent and properly constituted public body em-
Y powered to regulate the use, growth, and free development of the harbor
facilities with the understanding that said facilities will be open to
all on equal terms.
g. Make a cash contribution toward the Federal first cost of the
harbor development, equivalent to 50 percent of the construction cost of
the general navigation facilities, the contribution being presently esti-
mated at $75,000.
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Honorable Thomas R. Byrne
The assurance should be furnished in the following form addressed to
Colonel Charles I. McGinnis, District Engineer:
"This will certify assurance of the capability and willingness of the
city of St. Paul to provide the requirements of local cooperation out-
lined in your letter of inquiry dated 10 December 1969 regarding the
Harriet Island Harbor project. These requirements will be provided at
the time requested by the District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
in accordance with applicable legislative authority governing the project.
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(Certifying Official)
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You should understand that at this time we do not know when funds may -
� be made available to initiate construction of this project.
� If there are any questions regarding this matter, I would be pleased
� to answer them. �
Sincerely yours,
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CHARLES I. McGINNIS
Colonel, Corps of Engineers
District Engineer
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DEC 2 4 ls�
COUNCILMEN Adopted by the Council 19—
Yeas xaya DEC 2 � 1969
carlson
Dalglish f Approved � 19�_
Meredith �
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Peterson �
Sprafka Mayor
Tedesco Againat
Mr.Preaident, Byrne
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