77-52
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION
September 12, 1978
RESOLUTION NO:
77-52
DATE:
MOTION BY COUNCILMM~: Waritz
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN: Geving
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAY 212
BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Chanhassen,
Minnesota, as follows:
WHEREAS, Trunk Highway 5 and Trunk Highway 212 in Carver
County and in Southwest Hennepin County are becomming unacceptably
congested and hazardous, and
WHEREAS, Trunk Highway 212 has been planned for construction
to freeway and expressway standards in a manner generally acceptable
to the local governmental units affected since 1971, and
WHEREAS, The Thoroughfare Plan for the City of Chanhassen
shows Highway 212 as a major expressway through the community, and
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WHEREAS, The City of Chanhassen has worked with Carver County
in the preparation of their Thoroughfare Plan showing Highway 212
as the principal east-west route through the County, and
WHEREAS, The City of Chanhassen has worked with Carver County
in realignment of the County highway system to fit with Trunk Highway
212 as planned, and
WHEREAS, Trunk Highway 212 when completed through the City of
Chanhassen in Carver County to Trunk Highway 494 will also relieve
traffic congestion and traffic volumes on Trunk Highway 5.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City
of Chanhassen does hereby urge the Commissioner of the Minnesota Depart-
ment of Transportation to place the construction of Highway 212 as a
high priority in development of the transportation plan for the State
of Minnesota and urges the Minnesota Department of Transportation to
include this program in the five year construction program for the
period 1978 through 1983.
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Chanhassen
this 12th day of September, 1978.
ATTEST:
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