HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-027 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2008/02/19RESOLUTION NO. 08-027
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF A
FEDERAL APPROPRIATION FOR A RAILROAD SWITCHING YARD
IN GLENCOE, MN
WHEREAS, Cities of Minnetonka, St. Louis Park and Hopkins (the Cities) have been
jointly working to eliminate noise disturbances to their residents living adjacent to segments of rail
lines where rail car sorting operations are performed.
WHEREAS, in 1999, the Cities funded a noise study that concluded these sorting
operations generate noise levels that exceed the State of Minnesota noise standards; and
WHEREAS, the Cities have actively pursued short-term and long-term solutions to mitigate
the noise from these rail operations. To date, the short-term solutions have provided little
improvement; and
WHEREAS, the construction of a switching yard in Glencoe, Minnesota was identified as
the long-term solution that would completely eliminate the blocking operations from the residential
communities. A switching yard would be beneficial to Glencoe from both an operational and an
economic development standpoint; and
®WHEREAS, the state of Minnesota appropriated $700,000 for the construction of the
switching yard in 2006; and
WHEREAS, an application for a Federal capital transportation appropriation for this project
in the amount of $2,500,000 for land acquisition and design, development costs, and economic
development funds to aid in the construction of a new railroad switching yard in Glencoe will be
submitted; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City Council of the City of St.
Louis Park does hereby support the application for a federal appropriation by the Cities of
Minnetonka, St. Louis Park and Hopkins, in cooperation with the City of Glencoe and the McLeod
County Rail Authority for a railroad switching yard in Glencoe, Minnesota.
Reviewed for Administration: Adopted lithe City Council February 19, 2008
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