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RESOLUTION NO. 8447
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE LAYOUT
FOR 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 Trunk 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 layouts ar,e on file in the Office of the Minnesota
Department of Transportation, St. Paul, Minnesota, being marked, labeled, and
identified as Layout No.1, S.P. 2782-265, 2782-266, 2782-267 and 2782-268, from 1-
494 to 42nd Street.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that said preliminary layouts for the
improvement of said Trunk Highway with the corporate limits be and hereby are
approved by the City Council of the City of Richfield subject to the following conditions
that:
1. An Aesthetic Design Review Committee containing representatives of
Minneapolis, Richfield and the Minnesota Department of Transportation must be formed
and must review all aesthetic design elements of the proposed project.
2. Residents in Richfield neighborhoods where a noise analysis has indicated
new noise walls be located must be given an opportunity to advise the Richfield City
Council on the desirability of adding new noise walls.
3. The location and financing of a storm water treatment pond in the area of
Richfield Lake for highway runoff must be resolved to the City's satisfaction.
4. The administration of land acquisition and relocation for the storm water pond
should be delegated to the City to improve the City's ability to coordinate possible
redevelopment. .
5. The freeway design must take into account drainage problems identified by
residents served by the alley serving 6400 and 6500 blocks of Emerson Avenue.
6. The provision of transit facilities along 1-35W between 66th Street and Nicollet
Avenue must be resolved tothe mutual satisfaction of the cities of Minneapolis and
Richfield.
7. Improvements to local streets that serve as gateway entrances at 66th Street
and Lyndale Avenue must be submitted for approval to the City Council.
8. Adequate space should be provided for a possible pedestrian/bikeway bridge
at 68th Street crossing over 1-35W.
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9. The Soo Line tunnel should be designed to allow for its future use as a
pedestrian/bikeway trail.
10. The freeway underpasses for 66th Street, Lyndale Avenue, and Nicollet
Avenue must be designed to provide adequate width for bicyclists and pedestrians to
travel safely.
11. The problem of inadequate sidewalks on the 76th Street bridge over 1-35W
should be corrected as part of any major structural improvements to the bridge.
12. The extension of the third lane from 1-494 will reintroduce operational
problems at the 1-494/1-35W interchange that should add great urgency to
reconstructing the interchange.
13. Provide Don Cederholm of 6214 Fifth Avenue additional time to review the
impact of the design on his property.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 24th day of
March,1997.
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Martin J. Kir , Mayor
ATTEST:
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Thomas P. Ferber, City Clerk