2021-12CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DATE: April 12, 2021 RESOLUTION NO:
2021-12
MOTION BY: McDonald SECONDED BY: Campion
RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR STATE BONDING FOR COUNTY HIGHWAY 18
(WEST 82ND STREET)
WHEREAS, the City of Chanhassen, Carver County, and MnDOT are responsible for
the planning and development of a safe and functional multimodal transportation system within
their jurisdictional boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the City of Chanhassen partnered with Carver County, MnDOT, the
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, and the cities of Chaska and Victoria to identify transportation
system improvements in the Arboretum Area on Highway 5, Highway 41, Rolling Acres Road,
Bavaria Road, and West 82nd Street to serve safe and efficient multi modal travel; and
WHEREAS, the Arboretum Area Transportation Plan recommends improving County
Highway 18 (West 82nd Street) between Bavaria Road and Highway 41 to a paved, two-lane
undivided roadway with trails, featuring a context sensitive environmental design; and
WHEREAS, completing this two-mile gap in the transportation network will provide
improved safety, mobility, community connectivity, and quality of life, all while accommodating
planned growth; and
WHEREAS, Carver County has committed $13 million in local option sales tax and
county state aid funds for the project, leaving a funding gap of $10 million that the City of
Chanhassen and other project partners have no current capacity to fund locally.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Chanhassen, Minnesota, does hereby support Carver County's state bonding request for $10
million to be used for improvements to County Highway 18 that will benefit the safe and
efficient travel for all users through the Arboretum Area.
Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this 12t' day of April, 2021.
ATTEST:
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Laurie Hokkanen, City Manager Elise Ryan, Mayo
YES NO ABSENT
Ryan
McDonald
Campion
Rehm
Schubert