HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978-157 CCR Member Tony Kuefler introduced the following resolution
and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 78 -157
RESOLUTION REGARDING CITY OWNED PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH
SIDE OF I -94 LYING WESTERLY OF SHINGLE CREEK PARKWAY
WHEREAS, the City of Brooklyn Center has requested Mn /DOT to
construct the crossing of Shingle Creek Parkway over I -94 at an early
date in order to facilitate the development of the Brooklyn Center
Industrial Park;and
WHEREAS, Mn /DOT is planning to let a contract for the construction
of the bridge approaches for the overpass of Shingle Creek Parkway at
I -94 in December 1978; and
WHEREAS, Mn /DOT is presently acquiring the right -of -way necessary
to perform said construction; and
WHEREAS, one area of the said right -of -way to be acquired is the
land colored in red shown on the attached exhibit "A" which belongs to
the City of Brooklyn Center; and
WHEREAS, Mn /DOT has requested clarification of the City's
intended usage of the land in the said area colored red at the time
that the City property was acquired; and
WHEREAS, the City has a "Proposed Comprehensive Plan 1985" which
was drawn in September, 1963, and adopted on November 7, 1966 which
indicated the intended usage of the said land; and
WHEREAS, the said Comprehensive Plan shows Shingle Creek Parkway
crossing I -94; and
WHEREAS, said roadway was dedicated to the public in the platting
of the Twin Cities Interchange Park and approved by the City Council on
August 2, 1967; and
WHEREAS, the said Comprehensive Plan proposed the property lying
westerly of Shingle Creek Parkway and southerly of I -94 to be used for
future park lands and a freeway off ramp; and
WHEREAS, on December 27, 1978, the City of Brooklyn Center
purchased said property from the Brooklyn Center Industrial Park for the
purposes of multiple use easterly of Shingle Creek and a park westerly
of Shingle Creek; and
Resolution No. 78 -157
WHEREAS, the land on the west side of Shingle Creek Parkway
colored red on the attached exhibit was planned for joint development
as highway /park lands in advance of acquisition of said property for
multiple use purposes; and
WHEREAS, the City of Brooklyn Center constructed the southerly
bridge approach along Shingle Creek Parkway in 1969 with portions of
the fill slope for said approach lying within said multiple use property;
and
WHEREAS, the land colored in green on exhibit "B" (which is
reprinted from the Proposed Comprehensive Plan 1985) encompasses the
area colored in red on exhibit "A
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Brooklyn Center as follows:
1) That the land that the Minnesota Department of Transportation
is planning to acquire from the City of Brooklyn Center
as colored red on exhibit "A was planned for joint
development as a highway in advance of acquisition of
property for multiple use purposes.
2) That the City owned property in the area between Shingle
Creek and Shingle Creek Parkway lying southerly of I -94
was acquired for multiple usepurposes.
3) It is intended that this resolution clarify the City of
Brooklyn Center's intended use of said property.
July 24, 1978
Date Mayo
ATTEST:
Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly
seconded by member Gene Lhotka and upon vote being taken thereon,
the following voted in favor thereof: Dean Nyquist, Tony Kuefler, Bill Fignar,
Gene Lhotka, and Celia Scott;
and the following voted against the same: none,
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.