HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-242 CCR Member Bill Fignar introduced the following resolution
and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77 242
JOINT RESOLUTION BY THE CITIES OF BROOKLYN CENTER AND
BROOKLYN PARK REQUESTING THE COMMISSIONER OF THE MINNESOTA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO EXPEDITE THE PREPARATION
OF A PROJECT DEVELOPMENT REPORT FOR T.H. 169
WHEREAS, the City Councils of the Cities of Brooklyn Center
and Brooklyn Park have a common interest in the desire to improve the
vehicular and pedestrian traffic along T.H. 169 in said Cities; and
WHEREAS, the current and projected traffic demands greatly
exceed the capacity of said roadway, causing vehicular and pedestrian
traffic delays and safety problems; and
WHEREAS, planning studies indicate a need for the realignment
of portions of said roadway as part of the future upgrading; and
WHEREAS, the continued development along said roadway will
make future realignment and upgrading more difficult and expensive; and
WHEREAS, the State Legislature has passed statutes requiring
that all cities undertake planning programs under the Metropolitan Land
Planning Act and that these planning programs consider, among other
elements, transportation planning for current and future development;
and
WHEREAS, said Cities are in the process of implementing such
planning programming and the future right -of -way location and improvement
schedule of T.H. 169 are an integral segment of a number of said Cities
planning programs to be addressed under said Land Planning Act; and
WHEREAS, together with the Metropolitan Council,the Counties
of Anoka and Hennepin, the Cities of Blaine, Fridley, Coon Rapids,
Maple Grove and Brooklyn Park, in cooperation with the Minnesota
Department of Transportation Highway Division, have jointly agreed
upon the needs and procedures which established the North Crosstown
Highway; and
WHEREAS, said North Crosstown Highway is anticipated to be
developed in stages, the first stage to be the construction of a bridge
across the Mississippi River, joining highways on the East side of
said river to T.H. 169 on the West side of said river; and
RESOLUTION NO. 77-242
WHEREAS, the development of the first segment of said North
Crosstown Highway will introduce additional traffic demands on existing
T.H. 169 and further reduce it's ability to handle the traffic demands,
thereby increasing the vehicular and pedestrian traffic delays and
safety problems along said roadway; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council has established that T.H. 169
in said Cities functions as an intermediate arterial highway, required
to carry the traffic from said North Crosstown Highway South to I -94 in
Brooklyn Center; and
WHEREAS, the construction of said I -94 from Minneapolis North
to I -694 in Brooklyn Center is scheduled to be completed in 1981, and
will introduce additional demands on said T.H. 169 North of I -94(I -694)
through said Cities; and
WHEREAS, said T.H. 169 is under the jurisdiction of the
Minnesota Department of Transportation Highway Division.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Brooklyn Center that the City Council hereby requests the Commissioner
of the Minnesota Department of Transportation to expedite the preparation
of a Project Development Report for T.H. 169 from its intersection with
I -94 (I -694) in Brooklyn Center, north to the proposed intersection
with the North Crosstown Highway in Brooklyn Park.
December 12, 1977 A e 4 A
Date Mayor
ATTES
Deputy 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: Philip Cohen, Tony Kuefler,
Bill Fignar, and Gene Lhotka;
and the following voted against the same: none,
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.