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RESOLUTION N0. 238
A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE DESIGNATION
OF 62ND STREET AS A STATE AID HIGHWAY
WHEREAS, on-June g, 1953, the Board of County Commissioners
of Hennepin County made providion that a designation of an East -
West state aid highway along the soutl~rly boundary of the Cdr of
Minneapolis to connect State Highway 100 with State Highway 55, and
WHEREAS, the route for such state aid highway has been tem-
porarily designated and no part thereof is within the limits of the
Village of Richfield, and
• WHEREAS, this Council .is of the opinion that no part of such
highway should be on 62nd Street between the Village of Richfield
and the City of Minneapolis because of the resultant widening
of 62nd Street and the loss of taxable land and because of the
proximity of 66th Street which is already designated as a county
aid road and which will be widened to a.totaT width of one hundred
feet according to current plans of the Village of Richfield,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of the
Village of Richfield , Hennepin County, Minnesota, that this
council hereby go on record as being opposed to a permanent
designation of 62nd Street between the Village of Richfield and
the City of Minneapolis as a permanent location for said East -
West highway, and that the Board. of County Commissioners of
Hennepin County Engineer be so informed. ~i~ ~r~
Adopted by the Village Council this day of November
1953.
ATTEST :
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Paul ~. H gen
Clerk
Fred. ~C. Reller
Mayor
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