HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 041-25 - Resolution - DMC Funds for Public Realm Enhancements
RESOLUTION
Authorization Approving Expenditure of Destination Medical Center (DMC)
Strategic Redevelopment Funds in Support of 2 Street Public Realm
Enhancement
WHEREAS, the Development Plan adopted by the Destination Medical Center
Corporation (DMCC) on April 23, 2015, as amended, (the “Development Plan”) concerned
mobility, transformative transportation strategies, and related development. The
Development Plan highlighted the goal of a mode shift in transportation in which a
significant portion of community trips downtown shift away from single occupant vehicle
trips and towards other Modes, including Link Bus Rapid Transit running down 2 Street;
and
WHEREAS, the 2 Steet corridor is a critical East West connection within the Destination
Medical Center (DMC) District and is the location of the Link Bus Rapid Transit. The
creation of public realm spaces within the neighborhoods along 2 Street, designed to
achieve neighborhood connections to this key transportation corridor, align with the DMC
and City goals set forth in the Development Plan. More specifically, creation of a mid-
block pedestrian passageway to divide-up superblocks that exist along the 2 Street
corridor, bringing human-scaled dimension back to the street, has been identified as a
significant component of neighborhood connectivity; and
WHEREAS, the DMCC Board approved the use of DMC Strategic Redevelopment Funds
in support of 2 Street Public Realm Enhancements at their February 6, 2025, DMCC
meeting in the amount of $2,372,500; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rochester is recommending to the Rochester Common Council
to approve the $2,372,500 to support the 2 Street Public Realm Enhancements project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Rochester,
MN, that the Council authorized the use of $2,372,500 from the DMC CIP Strategic
Redevelopment fund to the proposed Gerrard 2 Street Public Realm Enhancements
project.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS __________ DAY OF _______________, 2025.
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PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2025.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)