Res 2006- 09 Supporting Funding for Robert St Transit StudyCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 06-09
A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF STATE FUNDING FOR THE ROBERT STREET
TRANSITWAY CORRIDOR STUDY
WHEREAS, the City of Mendota Heights supports alternative ways to meet its citizens
ftiture transportation needs including transitway improvements, and
WHEREAS, legislation has been introduced in the Minnesota Legislature (SF2296 and
HF 2513) to appropriate $2 million to the Metropolitan Council for a feasibility study, an
alternatives analysis, environmental documentation and preliminary engineering for a transitway
in a corridor on or parallel to Robert Street and U.S. Highway 52 from Saint Paul Union Depot to
Dakota County Road 42 in Rosemount, and
WHEREAS, the corridor including the cities of Saint Paul, West Saint Paul, Lilydale,
South Saint Paul, Mendota, Mendota Heights, Sunfish Lake, Inver Grove Heights, Rosemount,
and Eagan, is growing significantly in population and employment; and
WHEREAS, traffic congestion is forecast by the Minnesota Department of
Transportation to be a significant daily occurrence for Highways 52, 149, 3 and 55, with no
highway expansions planned before the year 2005, and
WHEREAS, an Ad Hoc Robert Street Corridor Transitway Group consisting of
municipal, comity and state officials, the business community, environmental and transit interests
ying
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Mendota Heights
recommends that the Legislature and Governor favorably consider the proposal for a feasibility
study, an alternatives analysis, environmental doc-umentation and preliminary engineering for a
transitway in the corridor generally described as on or parallel to Robert Street and U.S.
Highway 52 from the Union Depot Multimodal Transit Hub to Dakota. County Road 42 in
Rosemount.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be transmitted to all
Dakota and Ramsey County Legislators and other legislators as appropriate and to Governor Tim
Pawlenty.
ATTEST:
By:
KathWen M. Swanson, Cit Clerk
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
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