HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-016 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2010/02/16RESOLUTION NO. 10-016
RESOLUTION REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM MINNESOTA RULES FOR
S STATE AID OPERATIONS CHAPTER 8820 FOR MUNICIPAL STATE AID PROJECT
NO. 163-284-008 (WOODDALE AVENUE FROM WEST 44TH STREET TO
MORNINGSIDE ROAD).
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WHEREAS, the City of St. Louis Park is preparing plans for the rehabilitation of Wooddale
Avenue from West 44th Street to West 42 1/2 Street (MSAP 163-284-008); and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the City of St. Louis Park's Capital Improvement Plan
(C.I.P.), the pavement surface of Wooddale Avenue requires rehabilitation in accordance with the
City's Pavement Management Program; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park believe that the minimum
design standards set forth by Minnesota Rules for State Aid Operation 8820 as applicable to the
proposed pavement rehabilitation of Wooddale Avenue create an undue hardship; and
WHEREAS, said hardship is further explained in the attached supplementary letter from the
City Engineer; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of St. Louis
Park, located in Hennepin County, Minnesota, hereby respectfully submits a request for a variance
to the Commissioner of Transportation for Minnesota Rules for State Aid Operations, Chapter
8820.9946, Minimum Design Standards, Urban; Reconditioning Projects, as they apply to the
rehabilitation of Wooddale Avenue from West 44th Street to West 42 1/2 Street, so as to allow the
following:
1. The existing pavement width of 30 feet is allowed to remain on that portion of Wooddale
Avenue between West 44th Street and Morningside Road.
2. Parking on one side of the street to be continued and permitted as currently allowed.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park hereby
indemnifies, saves, and holds harmless the State and its agents and employees, to the extent of the
City's statutory liability limits, of and from claims, demands, actions, or causes of action arising out
of or y r son of the granting of the variance. The Council further agrees to defend at its sole cost
and e pens any action or proceeding begun for asserting any claim of whatever character arising as a
result of the granting of the variance.
Reviewer' for Ari ministration:
1,
City Manage.:
Attest:
City Clerk
Adopted b-y-Mtne CI7 Council February 16, 2010
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Mayor