HomeMy WebLinkAbout9.b. Resolution Supporting Robert Street/Highway 52 Transit StudyAGENDA ITEM: Resolution Supporting Robert
Street /Highway 52 Transit Study
AGENDA SECTION:
Legislative /Intergovernment
PREPARED BY: Jamie Verbrugge, City Administrator
AGENDA NO. q h
ATTACHMENTS: Draft Resolution
APPROVED BY:
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RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the sample resolution in support of state unding for
the Robert Street Transitway Corridor
4 ROSEMOUNT
CITY COUNCIL
City Council Regular Meeting: January 11, 2005
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
BACKGROUND
Members of the Dakota County legislative contingent will be seeking capital bonding support to fund the
early stages of planning and engineering for development of a transitway in the Robert Street Corridor and
Highway 52 that will extend from St. Paul to County Road 42 in Rosemount.
ISSUE
The corridor study will be the primary method to determine appropriate transportation solutions to
complement the existing roadway system in this fast growing area of the region.
SUMMARY
The resolution is consistent with the City Council's interest in promoting transportation and transit
solutions that well serve the residents of Rosemount.
Upon approval, the official resolution well be prepared for Mayor Droste's signature and forwarded to
Dakota County officials who are gathering resolutions of support from other Dakota County
communities.
Sample resolution in support of state funding for the Robert Street
Transitway Corridor
WHEREAS, the City of supports alternative ways to meet
its citizens future transportation needs including transitway improvements, and
WHEREAS, legislation has been introduced in the Minnesota Legislature
(SF2296 and HF 2513) to appropriate $2 million to the Metropolitan Council for a
feasibility study, an alternatives analysis, environmental documentation and
preliminary engineering for a transitway in a corridor on or parallel to Robert
Street and U.S. Highway 52 from Saint Paul Union Depot to Dakota County Road
42 in Rosemount, and
WHEREAS, the corridor including the cities of Saint Paul, West Saint Paul,
Lilydale, South Saint Paul, Mendota, Mendota Heights, Sunfish Lake, Inver
Grove Heights, Rosemount, and Eagan, is growing significantly in population and
employment, and
WHEREAS, traffic congestion is forecast by the Minnesota Department of
Transportation to be a significant daily occurrence for Highways 52, 149, 3, and
55, with no highway expansions planned before the year 2025, and
WHEREAS, an Ad Hoc Robert Street Corridor Transitway Group consisting of
municipal, county and state officials, the business community, environmental and
transit interests recommends support for legislation providing funding for studying
transitway development.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the City of
recommends that the Legislature and Governor favorably consider the proposal
for a feasibility study, an alternatives analysis, environmental documentation and
preliminary engineering for a transitway in the corridor generally described as on
or parallel to Robert Street and U S. Highway 52 from the Union Depot
Multimodal Transit Hub to Dakota County Roaa 42 in Rosemount.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies of this resolution be transmitted to all
Dakota and Ramsey County Legislators and other legislators as appropriate and
to Governor Tim Pawlenty.
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