HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 117-23 - Resolution - 2024 City of Rochester State Bonding Priorities
RESOLUTION
Supporting the following Capital Investment (Bonding) projects as priorities for the
City of Rochester and take action to further pursue them: Regional Park and Ride
Parking Facility, Airport Solar Array Parking and Electric Vehicle Charging Station,
and Riverfront Public Realm and Redevelopment.
WHEREAS, the Regional Park and Ride Parking Facility project would create a transit
parking facility for increased access to and from downtown to the Rochester Recreation
Center, 125 LIVE Center for Active Living, and other nearby amenities, and provide
additional support for large regional sporting events at the nearby facilities,
WHEREAS, the Regional Park and Ride Parking Facility will help to provide greater
opportunities for workers and visitors to travel to downtown Rochester by bus, eliminating
vehicle miles traveled. The parking deck will help support the Rochester’s goal of increasing
transit ridership, reducing single-occupancy vehicle use, and curbing emissions through
transportation mode shifts and as the Rochester region continues to grow, ensuring efficient,
safe and appropriate transportation infrastructure for the workforce, both current and
potential, is critical, and
WHEREAS, the Regional Park and Ride Parking Facility has received letters of support from
many local and regional partners.
WHEREAS, the Airport Solar Array Parking and Electric Vehicle Charging Station would
provide uses of the airport with added ability to access the airport and electric vehicle
connections as well as aligns with the City’s sustainability goals around energy, and
WHEREAS, the Riverfront Redevelopment project would include reuse and revitalization
with public realm improvements to be used by visitors and residents from the region.
WHEREAS, the following potential bonding projects were discussed and the following
projects emerged as important community and regional projects: Regional Park and Ride
Parking Facility, Airport Solar Array Parking and Electric Vehicle Charging Station, and
Riverfront Public Realm and Redevelopment.
WHEREAS, these projects will result in benefits to both the region and residents of the
City of Rochester and to non-resident visitors and businesses, and
WHEREAS, the City of Rochester is an established regional center in Southeastern
Minnesota as home to the State's largest employer while hosting over three million visitors
per year, and is a significant tax contributor to the State of Minnesota particularly through
sales, income, and provider tax revenues; and
WHEREAS, the State’s process for capital investment projects is underway this spring and
will continue into the fall and 2024 legislative session; and
WHEREAS, the City will continue to refine the 2024 bonding priorities along with
legislative priority development
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of Rochester
that the bonding priorities for 2024 are as follows: FIRST: Regional Park and Ride Parking
Facility; SECOND: Airport Solar Array Parking and Electric Vehicle Charging Station;
THIRD: Riverfront Public Realm and Redevelopment.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City submits the projects for consideration by the
Governor with estimated project amounts, and that the project amounts will be reconciled
during the adoption of the City Council’s legislative priorities.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS __________ DAY OF _______________, 2023.
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PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2023.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)