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July 7, 1980
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RESOLUTION NO. 6587
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ST. LOUIS PARK CONSTITUTING THE CITY'S PRELIMINARY
STATEMENT REGARDING THE JUNE, 1980 LAYOUT PLANS OF
Mn/DOT FOR IMPROVEMENTS OF TRUNK HIGHWAY 12.
WHEREAS, the State of Minnesota Department of Transportation
(Mn/DOT) has submitted layout plans for improvement of Trunk Highway
12 and has requested comments from the Council regarding said pre-
liminary plans; and
WHEREAS, said preliminary plans were described to the City
Council by representatives of Mn/DOT on June 9, 1980; and
WHEREAS, preliminary layout plans were presented in November- pf
1979 by Mn/DOT to neighborhood groups in St. Louis Park located
north of Burlington Northern Railroad; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of St. Louis Park previously
recommended improvements of Highway 12 without transit in a median
area but with transit along a southwest diagonal with development
of such transit to be concurrent with improvements on Highway 12;
and
WHEREAS, the City's Planning Commission and Streets and
Highways Committee have been reviewing layout plans for improve-
ment of Highway 12 and said Streets and Highways Committee has
prepared a draft statement regarding said layout plans; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of St. Louis Park held an informa-
tional meeting on July 1, 1980, at which time 'residents and civic
leaders expressed objections to the layout plan, especially with
respect to the proposed HOV lanes and access to such lanes, and
questions and concerns were received during said informational
meetings relative to,the improvement of Highway 12, but not limit-
ed to, the following items: cost, benefit, energy consumption,
traffic volumes, population, transit alternatives, roadway alter-
natives, use of the Interstate Substitute Process, revenue losses,
environmental impacts, construction time and disruption, identifi-
cation of users and beneficiaries of the improvement, safety,
maintenance costs, and metropolitan needs;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of St.
Louis Park that:
1) The layout plans for improvement of Highway 12 submitted
to the City by Mn/DOT are hereby determined to be unaccept-
able, although it is recognized that improvement of Highway
12 is necessary. Some of the concerns and objections of
the City are contained in the draft report of the City's
Streets and Highways Committee which the City Council
has reviewed but has not yet approved. While this docu-
ment reflects many of the concerns of the City Council
relative to the proposed improvement, formal action on the
statement by the City Council is not anticipated until the
Streets and Highways Committee completes its report for
consideration by the Planning Commission and City Council.
Such consideration is anticipated within the next 30 days.
2) This statement embodied in this resolution is a prelimi-
nary statement with respect to the Council's opinion
about improvement of Highway 12. The statement is
being submitted to provide Mn/DOT with the response within
the approximate time requested by Mn/DOT. It is antici-
pated that this resolution will be superseded by a new
resolution and or position statement to be adopted by the
City Council within the next 30 to 45 days.
Attest:
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C(?Cig
ity Clerk
Adopted by the City Council July 7, 1980.
Reviewed for administration:
(Acting) City Manager
Approved as to form and legality:
City Attorney
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