Res 2012- 66 Request Dakota Co CIP CR 43-Lexington AveCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2012 -66
RESOLUTION FORMALLY REQUESTING PROJECT INCLUSION IN
THE DAKOTA COUNTY 2013 -2017 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN
WHEREAS, Dakota County has a Capital Improvement Plan that forecasts projects for
five years in to the future; and
WHEREAS, annually Dakota County seeks requests from cities for desired projects
within their respective municipal boundaries; and
WHEREAS, area residents have expressed concern over pedestrian safety while crossing
County Road 43, also known as Lexington Avenue, at Victoria Road; and
WHEREAS, the City Council established the Traffic Safety Committee to analyze traffic
safety requests brought forward by the public; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County, as the responsible party for Lexington Avenue, has
developed a potential design solution to allow for a marked pedestrian crosswalk that would
involve a cost sharing allocation of 45% for the City of Mendota Heights; and
WHEREAS, The Traffic Safety Committee recommends the solution provided by
Dakota County as a positive method to increase pedestrian safety at the intersection.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED; by the Mendota Heights City Council That
a formal request is being made of Dakota County to:
1. Include the construction of a median on County Road 43 (Lexington Avenue), north of
Victoria Road, and a pedestrian crosswalk to connect the trail access point on the east and
west sides of County Road 43 in the County 2013 -2017 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP).
2. Include this pedestrian safety improvement in the CIP in as early a fiscal year as possible.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this seventh day of August 2012.
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF NDOTA HEIGHTS
Ile
S�ndra Krebsbach yor
ATTEST
Lorri Smith, City Clerk