1975-5341r364
RESOLUTION NO. 5341
RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION~NO. 5124 TO ALLOW ~+4 FOOT
WIDTH ON 70TH STREET, 675 FEET EAST OF LYNDALE AVENUE TO
LYNDALE AVENUE (70TH STREET ADJACENT TO LYNDALE FIELD)
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of .the City of Richfield, as follows:
1. Resolution No. 5124 is hereby amended to read.as follows:
RESOLUTION N0. 5124
RESOLUTION RELATING TO DESIGN OF 70TH STREET BETWEEN
PORTLAND AND LYNDALE AVENUES, A STATE AID STREET
WHEREAS, 70th Street between Portland and Lyndale Avenues- is designated as a Municipal
State Aid Street, and
WHEREAS, the City has ordered the reconstruction and improvement of said street, with
the installation of permanent street surfacing, concrete curbs and gutters, and street
lighting, and
WHEREAS,. the District State Aid Engineer of the Minnesota Highway Department has
recommended that such street be constructed to a 44 foot traveled roadway width to meet
the state's standard design for municipal. state aid streets and to serve the objectives of
traffic safety, and
WHEREAS, the amount of loading and unloading of school buses on said street adjacent -.
o Richfield High School has been voluntarily reduced and traffic safety can be further
roved by prohibiting parking-on both sides of such street. -
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by-the City Council of the City of Richfield as follows; .
1. The City Council, having explored all alternatives, including the safety
considerations cited by the Minnesota Highway Department and having concluded
that the benefits of constructing 70th Street between Portland and Lyndale Avenues
at a 36 foot width outweigh the benefits of a ~+~+ foot width at this particular
location, except. for the area ad~js:cent to Lyndale Field, it is hereby determined to
proceed with the improvement of said municipal state aid street with a 36 foot
traveled. roadway from Portland Avenue to 675-feet-east of Lyndale Avenue and a 44
foot traveled roadway from 675 feet east of Lyndale Avenue to Lyndale Avenue.
2. Upon completion of such improvement, or any segment thereof, parking on both
sides of said street shall be prohibited from Nicollet Avenue to Lyndale Avenue,
except on the north side from Lyndale Avenue. to 675 feet east of Lyndale Avenue
(adjacent to Lyndale Field) and parking shall also be.proh3bited on the south side
of such .street from Portland Avenue to Nicollet~Avenue.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield
EST:
this 24th day of March, 1975•
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oreri L. Law- Mayor
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Thomas J. Mor City Clerk
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