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CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO, 05-26
RESOLUTION APPROVING SUPPORT OF STATE LEGISLATIVE ACTION TO
SECURE PLANNING FUNDS FOR 1-35 STUDY
WHEREAS: Communities in the North 1-35W Corridor area in Ramsey and Anoka
Counties have been working together to collaborate and coordinate public and
private investments in housing, economic development, transportation, and;
WHEREAS: This cooperation has included the Metropolitan Council and the Minnesota
Department of Transportation, and;
WHEREAS: Our communities are actively engaged in significant development and
redevelopment programs that will have significant benefits to the Region as well
as our local economies, and;
. WHEREAS: These developments will provide job opportunities for residents of the
region, business opportunities for entrepreneurs, access to goods and services
for citizens and tax base for our communities, and;
WHEREAS: We recognize the importance of a healthy regional transportation
infrastructure that serves trade and tourism mobility and safety for
transcontinental travelers and businesses as well as travelers to and from the
Metropolitan region to other opportunities in Minnesota, and;
WHEREAS: We recognize the need to serve regional mobility at the same time that we
ensure that our citizens and businesses are provided safe and convenient
access to and from the regional system into local opportunity sites, and;
WHEREAS: Current traffic flow conditions on North 1-35W are already congested
causing delays, accidents, air pollution, and diminishing mobility, and;
WHEREAS: Forecasted growth in population and jobs within the Region and within the
Corridor will further severely congest and diminish the function and safety of the
regional system, and;
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WHEREAS: It is in the interests of the Region and State to mitigate the current and
anticipated problems at this juncture of two high priority Inter Regional Corridors
with the Metro Beltway;
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Council of the City of Arden Hills does
request that the Legislature appropriate funds sufficient to provide for the
identification of preferred system design solutions for the 1-35W/ TH 10 highway
interchange in Ramsey and Anoka County along with appropriate county and city
streets, and;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That these funds should be appropriated to the
Commissioner of Transportation to complete community involvement activities,
alternative concept development, concept evaiuation, preliminary engineering
and environmental assessment, and;
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED: That the City Council of the City of Arden Hills does hereby
pledge to work with the Department of Transportation, Anoka County, Ramsey
County and the Metropolitan Council to ensure that the requested funds are used in
a cooperative and efficient manner.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS THIS 28th
DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2005,
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/ Beverly Aplikowski, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Michelle A. Wolfe, City Administrafor
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