HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 628-03 , -
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the current ROCOG Long Range Thoroughfare Plan designates the 60th
Ave NW corridor between TH 14 West and CSAH 14 and 75th St NW between TH 52 and 60th
Ave NW as a future expressway facility; and
WHEREAS, it is in the public interest to begin planning and establishing the guidelines
that will define the design of the ultimate corridor at the earliest possible stages of urban
development activity before adjacent lands have been developed and decisions made
regarding lot layouts, building placement and lot grading that will make it difficult in the future
to accomplish construction of an expressway on this corridor; and
WHEREAS, the city, in its role as one of the primary land use authorities, has a
significant role to play in insuring the land development is structured to advance the policies of
the Corridor Management Plan through its responsibility for review and approval of private
development plans on lands adjacent to the corridor; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rochester has an interest in working cooperatively with Olmsted
County, the Minnesota Department of Transportation, and the Townships and Kalmar and
Cascade to manage the orderly transition of the area served by 60th Ave and 75th St NW from
a landscape characterized by predominantly rural or suburban development to one that is
expected to be urban in nature within 25 to 30 years; and
WHEREAS, the Rochester-Olmsted Council of Governments, as the recognized
94etropolitan Planning Organization for the Rochester area, charged with responsibility for
regional transportation planning, has prepared in cooperation with local jurisdictions a
proposed Corridor Management Plan for the 60th Ave / 75th St NW Expressway that
establishes policies and guidelines for managing the transition in this corridor from a rural two
lane highway to an ultimate urban four or six lane expressway; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on December 1, 2003 for the purposes of
receiving public input on the 60th Ave / 75th St NW Expressway Corridor Management Plan;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Rochester Common Council hereby
adopts the 60th Ave / 75th St NW Expressway Corridor Management Plan as part of the
comprehensive plan for the City of Rochester, Minnesota, together with any future
amendments incorporated by future resolution as part of this plan.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
*ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS /,57- DAY OF 2003.
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P-RESIDENT'OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS Z DAY OF Y?E — , 2003.
MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
Res2000\Adopt.expressway plan
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