HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 442-14 • 442-14 D44
RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A 30 MPH SPEED LIMIT ON
SECOND STREET S.W., FROM TH 52 TO 23RD AVENUE S.W.
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes, Section 169.14, subd. 5(b) provides that the governing
body of a city or town may, by resolution, designate speed limits of 30 mph on any city street,
Municipal State Aid Street, or Town Road which meets the definition of "Urban District" as
defined in Minn. Stat. §169.01, subd. 59; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rochester has such a street on which a speed limit in excess of
30 mph has been established pursuant to an engineering and traffic investigation by the
Commissioner of Transportation which now meets the definition of "Urban District" for at least
a quarter mile; and,
WHEREAS, this street is known as Second Street S.W., from TH 52 to 23`d Avenue
S.W., ("Roadway"); and,
• WHEREAS, the City and Olmsted County have entered into an agreement to transfer
the jurisdiction of the Roadway from the County to the City upon completion of the Roadway's
reconstruction in 2014.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Common Council of the City of
Rochester that:
1. Second Street S.W., from TH 52 to 23rd Avenue S.W., is hereby
designated as carrying a 30 mph speed limit.
2. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this
resolution to the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of
Transportation.
3. City staff is hereby directed to erect appropriate 30 mph speed limit signs
designating said speed limit and indicating the beginning and end of the
segment on which the speed limit is established and at appropriate
intervals upon the jurisdictional transfer of the roadway from the County to
the City, but not earlier than ten days after submission of this resolution to
the Commissioner.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS 6th DAY OF OCTOBER 2014.
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APPROVED THIS 7th DAY OF OCTOBER 2014.
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CERTIFICATION
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STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF OLMSTED
I, Aaron S. Reeves, City Clerk of the City of Rochester, Minnesota, the custodian of its
records, do hereby certify the above is a true and exact copy of a Resolution passed, adopted
and approved by the Common Council of said City on October 6, 2014, as shown by the
minutes of said meeting in my possession.
Dated at Rochester, Minnesota, this 7th day of October, 2014.
City Clerk
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
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