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RESOLUTION NO. 8564
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE LAYOUT FOR 66TH STREET
BETWEEN L YNWOOD BOULEVARD AND HUMBOLDT AVENUE
AS PART OF THE EXTENSION OF HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE ON 1-35W
FROM 1-494 TO 42ND STREET IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
WHEREAS, the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation has prepared a
preliminary layout for the improvement of a part of 66th Street between Lynwood
Boulevard and Humboldt Avenue as part of Highway Number 394 renumbered as Trunk
Highway No. 35W within the corporate limits of the City of Richfield, from the junction of 1-
494 to the east junction of Trunk Highway No. 62; and seeks the approval thereof; and
WHEREAS, said preliminary layout for 66th Street is on file in the Office of the
Minnesota Department of Transportation, St. Paul, Minnesota, being marked, labeled, and
identified as Layout No.1, dated February 1998.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that said preliminary layout for the
improvement of 66th Street as part of said Trunk Highway within the corporate limits be
and hereby are approved by the City Council of the City of Richfield subject to the
following conditions that:
1. The Aesthetic Design Review Committee still be given the opportunity to review
the aesthetic design elements of the proposed 66th Street project including lighting, bus
shelters, bridge design, landscaping and noise walls.
2. The location of bus pullouts and bus shelters must await a traffic analysis of
operational characteristics to be resolved to the City's satisfaction.
3. The administration of all land acquisition and relocation of parcels identified for
acquisition should be delegated to the City to improve the City's ability to coordinate the
relocation of residents with the City's other housing programs.
4. City staff should clarify ownership of an alley serving the 6600 block of Emerson
A venue and hold a meeting with affected property owners before Council decides on
vacating or relocating the alley access.
5. The design must take into account drainage problems identified by residents at
the intersection of Humboldt A venue and 66th Street.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 23rd day of
March, 1998. ~.' ~~
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Martin J. K~j Mayor
ATTEST:
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Thomas P. Ferber, City Clerk