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Origin of 160.801 Highway Sponsorship Statute (2017)
• Enhance and maintain highway right of way in partnership with businesses and civic organizations
• Improve highway aesthetics and sustainability statewide
• Create and maintain critical pollinator habitat
• New & innovative uses of right of way
Building on MnDOT’s experience and knowledge base
Innovative Uses of Right
of Way
Limited Use Permits/
Permits
Adopt-a-Highway Program
Community Landscape Partnership
Agreements/ Context Sensitive
Solutions
Expanded Public Engagement &
Intentional Partnership
Development
Initiatives Supporting Economic
Development
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Effective Public-Private Partnerships: Chicago Gateway Green
• Local nonprofit manages 95 gardens on Chicago Freeways around downtown through a MOU with IDOT.
• Gardens are financed primarily through corporate philanthropy (sponsor acknowledgement signs)
• Nonprofit contracts for plantings, maintenance, and litter pick-up April-Oct
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Opportunities for MnDOT’s Highway Sponsorship Agreements
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Gateway Landscaping adjacent to commercial
areas or downtowns
Scenic Byways
Solar projects
Wildlife Fencing
Historic markers
Enhanced Landscaping on
highway roadsides
Art on the Highway,
bridges, etc.
Installing Pollinator
Habitat
Conservancies for Ground
Nesting Species
Examples of Enhanced Landscaping Projects with Private Partnersthrough Highway Sponsorship Agreements
Partner underwrites plant material, installation, and on-going maintenance of landscaping by
hiring MnDOT-approved contractor
Partner underwrites expanded maintenance for existing plantings for improved aesthetics
Partner engages internal landscaping/maintenance employees and/or
“employee-volunteers” for plantings and maintenance
Partner engages new or existing philanthropic partners to execute new landscaping project
and on-going maintenance
Enhanced Landscaping Project Options through Highway Sponsorship Agreements
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Example Highway Sponsorship Agreement Opportunities
Hennepin-Lyndale Public
Space Coalition
Hmong American Farmers
Association
Minnesota United Stadium
St. Paul (I-94)
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Example #2: Minnesota United Stadium St. Paul
• High visibility demonstration project potential
• I-94 landscaping enhancements & maintenance
• 161,000+ Average Annual Daily Traffic
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First Highway Sponsorship Agreement:Andersen Corporation (Bayport, MN) FALL 2018
• Highway 95, Screening & mitigation landscaping required by the city of Bayport.
• Design, plant purchase, installation and maintenance done by Andersen Corp.
• Adjustments were made to proposal based on clear zone, plant selection, traffic plan, etc.
• Installation Fall 2018
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Second Highway Sponsorship Agreement Industrial EquitiesI-694/East River Road, Fridley
• Developer requested-expanded maintenance adjacent to Fridley’s Park of Commerce with 156,000 office space
• Tree removal, fence installation, maintenance and litter pick up
• Fall 2018 timeline
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Third Highway Sponsorship Agreement: Great River Greening/Hmong American Farmers Association (HAFA)
• TH 52 in Dakota County, South of Coates, near Vermillion township
• Concept submitted by Great River Greening for 4.5 acre pollinator project underwritten by corporate partner.
• Pollinator habitat to support 155 acre-HAFA farm.
• Spring/summer 2019 project proposed.
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Examples of other potential uses for highway sponsorship agreements
Noise wall painting & maintenance
Rural traffic calming: gateway landscaping & blvd. trees
Wildlife protection: exclusionary fencing for threatened turtles
Educational Interpretive panels supporting scenic byways
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90 Day Pre-Development process for partners proposing sponsorship of Right of Way enhancement or maintenance
projects
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Submit Highway Sponsorship Concept Form with Site Map
Concept Phase: Consultation Meeting
Submit Highway Sponsorship Proposal
with Site Map, Installation Plan,
Maintenance Plan, etc.
MnDOT proposal review
(up to 30 days)
Review Phase: Consultation & design
adjustments
Highway Sponsorship Agreement Review
Meeting
Project coordination meeting and final
review of installation plan
Project Execution Phase: Installation or Maintenance Begins
Annual Sponsor Check-In Meeting
MnDOT Functional Units engaged during project review and routing:
District Review:
o District Engineer (or designee)/Area Manager
o District Resident Engineero District Planningo District Maintenance:
Superintendent/Local truck stationo District Right of Wayo District Permitso District Traffico District Environmental/Watero District Communications & Public
Engagement
Central Office Review:o OTST: State Sign Engineer
o OM: State Maintenance Engineero OLM: Right of Wayo OLM: Utility Permits/Permitso OLM: Mapping/Surveys o OLM: Limited Use Permitso OES: Vegetation Mgmt.o OES: Erosion & Storm water Mgmt.o OES: Env. Investigation Unito OES: Env. Planning & Designo OES: Cultural Serviceso General Counselo Tribal Affairs
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Next Steps in Program Development & How you can get Involved
• MnDOT District consultation June-November 2018
• Program branding & acknowledgement sign development
• Creation of agreement template, program guidance, policies and procedures through Highway Sponsorship Steering committee
• Internal risk assessment in conjunction with the Center for Community Connections
• FHWA: review and approval of Sponsorship Agreement guidance & Sponsor Acknowledgement Signs
• Suggest possible project sites/partners for demonstration projects statewide
• Provide input into prospect list of potential partners and interested parties for outreach in Greater Minnesota
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Thank you!
Jessica Oh
Highway Sponsorship Program Director
MnDOT, Engineering Services, Office of Land Management
Office: 651-366-4939/Cell: 612-430-4762
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