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CHANIIASSEN
690 COULTER DRIVE • P.O. BOX 147 • CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA 55317
' (612) 937 -1900 • FAX (612) 937 -5739
MEMORANDUM
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TO: Don Ashworth, City Manager
' FROM: Paul Krauss, AICP, Director of Planning
DATE: September 9, 1993
1 SUBJ: Resolution in Support of the Development of TH 5 Pedestrian Overpass as a Cost
Sharing Project with ISTEA Funds
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Staff has been contacted by Fred Hoisington who is acting as the city's Project Manager for the
' bridge. He has indicated that MnDOT staff would like an official resolution from the city stating
our support for the pedestrian overpass as a cost sharing project. The attached resolution should
satisfy this request.
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
1 CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DATE: RESOLUTION NO:
1 MOTION BY: SECONDED BY:
1 RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF TH 5 PEDESTRIAN
OVERPASS AS A COST SHARING PROJECT WITH ISTEA FUNDS
1 WHEREAS, as the City of Chanhassen is bisected by Highway 5 which makes access into
the Central Business District difficult for residents who reside south of the highway, and
WHEREAS, the City has embarked on an ambitious program of developing the Central
Business District to meet the commercial, institutional and community needs of our residents, and
WHEREAS, the City is undertaking an extensive Urban Design Program for the Highway
5 corridor that sets enhancing pedestrian access and supporting alternatives to the private
' automobile as one of its goals, and
WHEREAS, the City is striving to enhance the identity and importance of the Central
Business District and of the entire community, and
WHEREAS, the above mentioned needs and goals along with the goals articulated by the
' Federal Intermodal Surface Transportation Act can be met by the construction of a high quality
pedestrian overpass over Highway 5, and
' WHEREAS, the City has applied for and received an ISTEA grant to cover a substantial
portion of the expenses related to said bridge.
1 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Chanhassen City Council expresses
its support for the construction of a pedestrian overpass over Highway 5 adjacent to the Central
Business District, as approved under the ISTEA Program.
Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this day of , 1993.
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Don Ashworth, City Clerk/Manager Donald J. Chmiel, Mayor
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