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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.e. Support for Trunk Highway 52 Corridor Study and Management Plan . . . _ . CITY OF ROSEMOUNT EXECUTIVE SUNIl�IARY FOR ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: MAY 16, 2000 AGENDA ITEM: Support for Trunk Highway 52 Corridor Study AGENDA SECTION: and Management Plan Consent PREPARED BY: Thomas D. Burt AGENDA NO. City Administrator /„ � W ATTACHMENTS: Resolution APPROVED BY: Attached for City Council consideration is a Resolution endorsing Trunk Highway 52 Corridor Study and Management Plan. At the Committee of the Whole meetin�on May 10, City Council requested the . attached Resolution be adopted. City Council identified Mayor Busho and Public Works Director Dan Fick as representatives from Rosemount for this group. RECOMMENDED ACTION: MOTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION ENDORSING TRUNK HIGHWAY 52 CORRIDOR STUDY AND MANAGEMENT PLAN AND TO APPOINT MAYOR CATHY BUSHO AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR DAN FICK AS RESPRESENTATIVES FOR THE CITY OF ROSEMOUNT. COUNCIL ACTION: CITY OF ROSEMOUNT DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION 2000- A RESOLUTION ENDORSING TRUNK HIGHWAY 52 CORRIDOR STUDY AND MANAGEMETN PLAN WHEREAS, Minnesota's State Transportation Plan recognizes the significance of interregional highway corridors in providing citizens and businesses throughout the State of Minnesota with high quality access to recreational, educational, employment and health care opportunities, and to the transport of products and services produced by our local economy to regional, national and global markets; and WHEREAS, TH 52 has been identified by the Minnesota Department of Transportation as a High- Priority Interregional Comdor enhancing the economic vitality of the state and providing essential access for Southeastern Minnesota counties and cities to major economic markets and cultural centers including the Minneapolis - St. Paul metropolitan area; and, WHEREAS, the continued growth of the region is leading to increasing the travel demand in the corridor and development pressure adjacent to the corridor which, if unmanaged, can affect the level of safety, travel times and congestion experienced by users of the conidor; and WHEREAS, community leaders, motorists and road authorities have identified this growing travel demand and development pressure as a concern with potential consequences for safety and mobility in the corridor, with the potential to degrade the level of service now provided by the conidor and implications for the economy and quality of life of the region; and WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation, recognizing the potential impact of continued growth pressures on the corridor, has completed a Corridor Management Study in partnership with the counties and cities along the conidor to look at the long term role that Trunk Highway 52 will play in meeting the transportation needs of Southeastem Minnesota; and WHEREAS, it is imperative at this critical time, with continued growth occurring in the region, that a long term vision for the type of service that the Trunk Highway 52 corridor needs to provide be established and that steps are identified and initiated to: 1.) preserve the function of the corridor through advance planning, not only for the Trunk Highway 42 Conidor but local supporting street systems and land use/development patterns; 2.) secure the needed funding to pursue the vision established for the conidor; and 3.) establish a plan of action for the development of planning and programming activities which will proactively address the needs identified. RESOLUTION 2000 - NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Rosemount, Minnesota, endorses the vision for Trunk Highway 52 established in the Highway 52 Corridor Study and Management Plan as a freeway facility. FURTHERMORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Rosemount, Minnesota, endorses the concept that an adequate network of supporting roads is necessary to attain the Highway 52 vision and that the roadway networks identified in the Highway 52 Corridor Study and Management Plan will be considered as interim guides until such time as refinements to these improvements are identified. FURTHERMORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Rosemount, Minnesota, recognizes the regional significance of the corridor in supporting the regional economy and intends to reflect the Highway 52 Corridor Study and Management Plan vision, strategies and policies through updates to the City's land use and transportation plans as well as subdivision ordinances. FURTHERMORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Rosemount, Minnesota, is committed to working in partnership with Mn/DOT and the other cities and counties along the corridor as a member of the Highway 53 Corridor Management Team in order to achieve the vision and implement the policies and recommendations of the Highway 52 Corridor Study and Management Plan. BE IT FLTRTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Rosemount, Minnesota, intends to bring forward the following issues for resolution and discussion with the Highway 52 Corridor Management Team: 1. 2. 3. ADOPTED this 16th day of May, 2000. Cathy Busho, Mayor ATTEST: Linda J. Jentink, City Clerk 2 RFSOLUTION 2000 - Motion by: Seconded by: Voted in favor: Voted against: Member absent: 3 .l CITY OF ROSEMOUNT DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION 2000- 43 A RESOLUTION ENDORSING TRUNK HIGHWAY 52 CORRIDOR STUDY AND MANAGEMETN PLAN WHEREAS, Minnesota's State Transportation Plan recognizes the significance of interregional highway corridors in providing citizens and businesses throughout the State of Minnesota with high quality access to recreational, educational, employment and health care opportunities, and to the transport of products and services produced by our local economy to regional, national and global markets; and WHEREAS, TH 52 has been identified by the Minnesota Department of Transportation as a High- Priority Interregional Corridor enhancing the economic vitality of the state and providing essential access for Southeastern Minnesota counties and cities to major economic markets and cultural centers including the Minneapolis - St. Paul metropolitan area; and, WHEREAS, the continued growth of the region is leading to increasing the travel demand in the corridor and development pressure adjacent to the corridor which, if unmanaged, can affect the level of safety, travel times and congestion experienced by users of the corridor; and WHEREAS, community leaders, motorists and road authorities have identified this growing travel demand and development pressure as a concern with potential consequences for safety and mobility in the corridor, with the potential to degrade the level of service now provided by the corridor and implications for the economy and quality of life of the region; and WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation, recognizing the potential impact of continued growth pressures on the corridor, has completed a Corridor Management Study in partnership with the counties and cities along the corridor to look at the long term role that Trunk Highway 52 will play in meeting the transportation needs of Southeastern Minnesota; and WHEREAS, it is imperative at this critical time, with continued growth occurring in the region, that a long term vision for the type of service that the Trunk Highway 52 corridor needs to provide be established and that steps are identified and initiated to: 1.) preserve the function of the corridor through advance planning, not only for the Trunk Highway 42 Corridor but local supporting street systems and land use/development patterns; 2.) secure the needed funding to pursue the vision established for the corridor; and 3.) establish a plan of action for the development of planning and programming activities which will proactively address the needs identified. J RESOLUTION 2000 - 43 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Rosemount, Minnesota, endorses the vision for Trunk Highway 52 established in the Highway 52 Corridor Study and Management Plan as a freeway facility. FURTHERMORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Rosemount, Minnesota, endorses the concept that an adequate network of supporting roads is necessary to attain the Highway 52 vision and that the roadway networks identified in the Highway 52 Corridor Study and Management Plan will be considered as interim guides until such time as refinements to these improvements are identified. FURTHERMORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Rosemount, Minnesota, recognizes the regional significance of the corridor in supporting the regional economy and intends to reflect the Highway 52 Corridor Study and Management Plan vision, strategies and policies through updates to the City's land use and transportation plans as well as subdivision ordinances. FURTHERMORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Rosemount, Minnesota, is committed to working in partnership with Mn/DOT and the other cities and counties along the corridor as a member of the Highway 53 Corridor Management Team in order to achieve the vision and implement the policies and recommendations of the Highway 52 Corridor Study and Management Plan. ADOPTED this 16th day of May, 2000. Cathy Busho, Mayor ATTEST: Linda J. Jentink, City Clerk CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution presented to and adopted by the City Council of Rosemount at a duly authorized meeting thereof, held on the 2nd day of May, 2000, as disclosed by the records of said City in my possession. (SEAL) Linda J. Jentink, Rosemount City Clerk 2 i � RESOLUTION 2000 - 43 Motion by: Second by: Voted in favor: Voted against: Member absent: 3