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HomeMy WebLinkAbout322 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 1956/10/22185 Resolution No. 321 Adopted October 22, 1956 RESOLUTION REGARDING ENCROACHMENT OF ANY KIND WHATSOMM IN CONNECTION WITH S.P. 27]1-39 (Bridge) & S.P. 2714-38 (T.H. 12=10) WHEREAS, the City of St. Louis Park has approved the plans and specifi- cations for the improvement of that part of Trunk Highway Number 10 renumbered as Trunk Highway Number 12 within the corporate limits of the City of St. Louis Park from 0.22 mile west to 0.30 mile east of Jct. with S.A.R. 18; and _ WHEREAS, in order to obtain Federal aid in the construction of said Trunk Highway Number 10 renumbered as Trunk Highway Number 12 the Bureau of Public Roads requires the assurance that the City of St. Louis Park will not suffer any encroachment of any nature or kind whatsoever on the right of way of said Trunk Highway Number 10 renumbered as Trunk Highway Number 12 ilithin the corporate limits of the said City of St. Louis Park; and WHEREAS, the Commissioner of Highways desires in the interest of public safety that all parking of vehicles on said trunk highway be parallel with the curb and at least 20 feet from any crosswalk. NOW, THEN, BE IT RESOLVED that said City of St. Louis Park does hereby agree and covenant that it will never permit. or suffer, within its corporate limits, any encroachment of any kind whatsoever, including curb gas pumps and gas stations, billboards or other structures of any kind whatsoever, upon the right of way of Trunk Highway Number 10 renumbered as Trunk Highway Number 12 and to the above end said City of St. Louis Park hereby agrees that it will never issue any license, permit, or grant, or give any leave or liberty or any other consent of whatever form for the construction or maintenance of any en- croachment whatsoever, including curb gas pumps and gas stations, billboards or other structures of any kind whatsoever, upon said right of way; and that said City of St. Louis Park will cooperate insofar as possible to eliminate existing encroachments constituting traffic hazards and will further take any necessary action to eliminate any encroachment that may hereafter exist on said trunk highway right of way; and BE IT FUR'1HER RESOLVED that said City of St. Louis Park does hereby agree to require _the parking of all vehicles on said trunk highway to be parallel with the curb and at least twenty (20) feet from any crosswalks on all public streets intersecting said trunk highway within the corporate limits of said City of St. Louis Park. Resolution No. 322 Adopted October 22, 1956 RESOLUTION SUPPORTING STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 2 WHEREAS,- proposed Amendment No. 2 to the Constitution of the State of Minnesota, to be submitted to the voters of the state at the general election November 6, 1956, will authorize a division of revenues collected by the state from gasoline and motor vehicle taxes between the state and political subdivisions thereof, including the City of St. Louis Park, and WHEREAS, a substantial portion of these taxes are contributed by the citizens of this City, and under the existing law cannot be made avail- able for maintenance or improvement of Highways within the City other than 186 Resolution No. 322 - Continued state highways, and whereas the amendment will authorize expenditure of funds to improve certain city streets, it is deemed by the City Council that the division authorized by this amendment is equitable and necessary to the welfare of the City and its citizens, therefore BE IT RESOLVED by the 'City Council of.the City of St. Louis Park that said proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 be hereby supported and approved for adoption by the citizens of this City. Resolution No. 323 Adopted October 22, 1956 AUTHORIZING PETITION TO THE RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA IN REGARD TO CERTAIN DANGEROUS CROSSINGS WHEREAS, at the grade crossing of Wooddale Avenue with the right- of-way of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad, and also at the grade crossing of Brunswick Avenue with said railroad rights-of-way, there have been installed automatic warning signals pursuant to order of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Minnesota, and WHEREAS, it has become the practice for one or both of said rail- roads to operate locomotives and trains in the vicinity of said inter- sections and to cause and permit such locomotives and trains to stand in the vicinity of such intersections for substantial periods of. time, and be- cause of the presence of such locomotives and trains standing at such lo- cations the said automatic signals are caused to flash the warning indicat- ing an on -coming train and to continue with such flashing so long as such locomotives and trains are standing in such position; that the result of said continuous flashing of said signals for substantial periods of time, with no train actually approaching the intersection, is to cause confusion to motorists using said grade crossings, some of whom feel obliged to re- main standing so long as the signals flash - thereby obstructing traffic, and others proceeding on the assumption that no train is approaching; that due to the fact that said grade crossings involve the parallel main lines of both of said railroads, the City Council deems that said condition is dangerous to the public and that it is imperative that this dangerous condition be remedied and to accomplish such remedy that the said railroad companies be required to provide flagmen at such crossings when causing the signal devices to be operated for substantial periods of time by reason of a standing locomotive or train, or that they -be required by the Railroad and Warehouse Commission to adopt such safety device as the Commission may deem necessary for the proper protection of the crossings, therefore BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park that the City Manager be hereby authorized and directed to file with the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Minnesota, pursuant to authority of this resolution a complaint on behalf of the City that the said railroad grade crossings with Wooddale Avenue and Brunswick Avenue in the City of St. Louis Park are dangerous to life and property for the reasons set forth in this resolution and praying that the Commission require said rail- roads to provide flagmen at such crossings at all times when the automatic signal devices are operated by reason of standing locomotives and trains in the vicinity of these crossings, or to adopt such safety devices as the Commission may deem necessary for the proper protection of the crossings, as authorized by section 219.40, Minnesota Statutes.