HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 163-10 ............ . .
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the District 6 office of the Minnesota Department of Transportation has had a
long standing position that a frontage road on the west side of TH 52 between 55t" and 65t"
Streets would be desirable to help alleviate traffic congestion in this area; and,
WHEREAS, a possible west frontage road is bein- considered as part of the
transportation studies involved in the proposed interchange at 65" Street with TH 52; and,
WHEREAS, on April 8, 2010, MnDOT held an open house for area residents explaining
and describing, among other items, the proposed west frontage road; and,
WHEREAS, the construction of a west frontage road would mean a government entity
would have to use its eminent domain authority to acquire residents' homes resulting in the
required relocation of those residents;
WHEREAS, the City believes any benefit achieved by the construction of the west
frontage road would be far outweighed by the public costs in such a project and the significant
disruption to those who currently live in the path of the road; and,
0 WHEREAS, the current Rochester Olmsted Council of Government's transportation plan
does not depict a frontage road at this location.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Rochester Common Council that
the City of Rochester does hereby declare its opposition to the construction. of a west frontage
road along TH 52 between 65t" and 55t" Streets.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Common Council direct the City Clerk to distribute
a copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS I qzq AY OF , 2010..
PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
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ITY CLERK
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APPROVED THIS Or�' DAY OF , 2010.
MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
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