Res 77 - 82 Expressing Intensions Concening I-35E Corridor4
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Dakota County, Minnesota - �
• • RESOLUTION NO. -77-82 .
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING INTENSIONS CONCERNING I-35E CORRIDOR �
iafiEREAS, back in the mid-1950's, Planning Commission Chairinan
A1 Horning and members of the Plannirig Commission objected to freeways
. criss-crossing Mendota Hei's�hts; and �. .
WHEREAS, the community reluctantly accepted the fact that as a
� township, they had no direct veto power over the location of highways, " �•
- but rather, negotiation; and : � .
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan was then p•tepared and designed .
around the planned freeway alignment�� and ' , �
Wi�REAS, the Comprehensive Plan showed the entirety of Mendota Heights _
adjacent to I-35E to be park land or residential with the �txception of the
. sout�erly 16� adjacent to I-494; and �- . �
� WHEREAS, additional hearings involving the upgrading,of T.H. 110 :
- acknowledged the residential character of the T.H. 110 corridor; and
Wi�REAS, the development has in fact taken place in accordance with
. the Comprehensive Plan, i.e., residential development�along T.H. 110; and
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WHEREAS, the Courts have twice sustained the residential zoning in
the face of co�mercial deyelopment; and •
WHEREAS, in spite of the I-35E corridor, park and residential land in'
Mendota Heights has been maintained along 84 percent;�of the I-35E corridor;
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,. Wi�REAS, in case the City of St. Paul should choose to 'a�bandon the
' � I-35E freeway concept and substitu�e a parkway facility on�the I-35E �
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NOW THEREFORE IT IS I�REBY RESOLVED liy the,City Council of the City •
of Mendota Heights that the City of Mendota Heights hereby expresses its
intent to pursue a parkway concept for the Mendota Heights portion of -
I-35E north of I-494 consistent with, and-similar in.naturetto, �that
which may be adopted by the City of St.-�Paul.;+and �^�; ��-� ��;°� �
BE IT E'URTI�R RESOLVED, that any north/south bound traffic on I-35E �
� therefore wo�l.dy be routed arountl,�tYie existing I-494 be3t-lirie and not.: � '
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onto T.H. 110; and ° ' _: : �.� � .. . ; % . �., ; . � . • , : .
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the current I-35E facilities in •
.' Mendota Heights be�modified to reflect the same characteristics as may be '�
designed for the present corridor in St. Paul south of I-94; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution be submitted .
to the Commissioner of Transportation, District-Nine Engineer, Metropolitan ��•
Council, Dakota County Board of Commissioners and the Mayors of the .�,
, Cities of Eagan, Inver Grove Heights, Saint Paul, South St. Paul, Sunfish .
' Lake and West St. Paul. . , �
• Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this 20th •
day of Sept.' , 1977. . . � ' - . . _ .' .. .
• CITY COUNCIL ` - •
�_ . CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
. BY /el� ��[�cl�t�r�d'fi�
. , - � Robert G. Lockwood. . '
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