85-29
CI'IY OF aIANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN cnUNTIES, MINNFSorA
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DATE: June 17, 1985
RESOLurlOO NO:
85 - 29
MYl'IOO BY: Geving
SE<XNDED BY:
SWenson
TRUNK HIGlMAY 7 cnRRlOOR STUDY
WHEREAS, a recent proposal to revise the intersection of Vine Hill Road and
Hwy. 7 concerns the affected oorrmunities adjacent to Hwy. 7; and,
WHEREAS, a recent proposal to provide additional access to Hwy. 7 fran a new
oollector street oonflicts with the Metropolitan Council's functional criteria
for major arterials; and,
WHEREAS, a recent proposal to close the median crossing Q1 Hwy. 7 at Galpin
Lake Road ooncerns affected a::rrmunities; and,
WHEREAS, the lMy. 7 oorridor has a mix of different access points, design
problems, high traffic volurres and accident rates, and lacks north-south oon-
tinuity; and,
WHEREAS, all the cx:mnunities adjacent to lMy. 7, as well as the Minnesota
Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Council, recognize the need to
improve the operation of Hwy. 7 as a regional roadway while accarrrodating the
growth planned by the ccmnunities within the lMy. 7 oorridor;
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NOO, THEREFORE, BE rr RESOLVED, that the city of Chanhassen, requests the
Metropoli tan Council to act as lead agency in docurrenting needs and issues and
preparing a study design defining study alternates and study oosts for a corri-
dor study for Hwy. 7 between Hwy. 101 in Minnetonka and the western oorder of
the city of Chanhassen; and,
BE rr FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Chanhassen, will review the
Metropoli tan Council's study and assist in a fashion deemed fair and appropriate
to fund, jointly staff or otherwise support the selected oorridor study alter-
nate.
Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this 17th Cay of
June , 1985.
ATTEST:
YES
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ABSENT
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Don Ashworth, City Clerk/Manager
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