HomeMy WebLinkAbout94-51 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 1994/05/02Resolution 94-51
RESOLUTION APPROVING MODIFIED PLANS FOR THE
ST. LOUIS PARK PORTION OF THE CEDAR LAKE PARK TRAIL
WHEREAS, On December 17, 1990, the St. Louis Park City Council adopted Resolution #90-
184 which states that, "The City Council of the City of St. Louis Park considers the trail corridor
adjacentpportto Cedar
rea LakePark to be of f the Cedar Lake ParklT ail lconnectionf from Highway 100 that said Council to dorsesthe Central
nd
supports the creation o
Mississippi River Front Park"; and
WHEREAS, that property referred to as the Cedar Lake Trail Corridor, which extends from
Highway 100 to the eastern St. Louis Park City limit, is held in ownership by the Minneapolis
Park and Recreation Board, which intends to work in close cooperation with the City of
Minneapolis and the City of St. Louis Park in the development of a major bicycle and pedestrian
trail facility in the corridor; and
WHEREAS, the City of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board have
requested that the City of St. Louis Park approve plans for Project #SP 141-090-01 showing
proposed alignment, profiles, grades and cross sections for the construction of said project
within the limits of St. Louis Park; and
WHEREAS, that portion of the plans for Project #SP 141-090-01 which addresses ramped
access from the primary trail system into St. Louis Park residential neighborhoods adjacent to
Cedar Lake Road has been determined by the St. Louis Park City Council to be of concern to
the community and to be in need of further study and review ; and
WHEREAS, the St. Louis Park City Council has expressed support for extension of the
proposed trail plan to a connection with the south frontage road of Highway 100 at a point just
east of Highway 100;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the St. Louis Park City Council hereby rejects that
portion of the original plan for
al ct neighborSP hoods adja90-01 cchent P tovides CedaaLake Road; from
the primary trail system
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of St. Louis Park approves conceptual plans for the
balance of Project #SP 141-090-01 showing proposed alignment, profiles, grades and cross
sections for the construction, re -construction or improvements of a County State Aid highway
project within the limits of the City of St. Louis Park as a Federal/State Aid project, modified to
include a continuous bicycle/pedestrian trial system from the eastern City limit to the eastern
edge of Highway 100, as presented to the City;
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of St. Louis Park is committed to working in
close cooperation with the City of Minneapolis, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, the
Save Cedar Lake Park Organization and area residents in developing consensus for an
acceptable neighborhood access to the main Cedar Lake Trail Corridor at or near Cedar Lake
Road.
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Adopted by the City Council May 2, 1994
Ma
r Lyle W. Hanks
Review -d for Administration: Approved as to for and execution:
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