99-97 CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DATE: November 22, 1999
RESOLUTION NO:
99-97
MOTION BY: Jansen SECONDED BY: Labatt
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM STATE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR OFF-
ROADWAY BIKE PATHS CITY PROJECT NO. 97-6, S.P. 1002-61
WHEREAS: the Minnesota Department of Transportation, hereinafter called Mn/DOT, is preparing
detail design plans for a portion of Trunk Highway 5 within the corporate limits of the City of
Chanhassen; and
WHEREAS: this project includes a segment of West 78th Street which is designated as a Municipal
State Aid roadway No. S.P. 194-113-01; and
WHEREAS: this segment of West 78th Street includes a bike trail adjacent to the roadway and two
separate off- roadway trails known as the Riley Creek Trail and the Bluff Creek Trail; and
WHEREAS: these two off-road trails are connected to the bike trail adjacent to West 78th Street and
connect to a park facility and a future path to be constructed at a later date; and
WHEREAS: in order to utilize Municipal State Aid dollars, these off-road trails must meet the State
Design Standards For Off-Road Bike Paths or receive a variance from the Municipal State Aid
Section as contained in M.S. Chapter 8820.9995 Minimum Bike Path Standards; and
WHEREAS: the design of these two off-road trails does not meet the standards for horizontal
curvature and stopping sight distance due to limitations of the existing topography, wetlands, adjacent
development, and the need to carry these two trails through the same underpass structure as the
watercourse these trails must follow; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Chanhassen, Minnesota, that
the City is requesting a variance from the State Design Standards For Off-Road Bike Paths for
horizontal curvature and stopping sight distance for the Riley Creek Trail and the Bluff Creek Trail.
Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this 22nd day of November, 1999.
ATTEST:
Scott A. Botcher, City Manager
YES
Mancino
Engel
Labatt
Jansen
Senn
Nancy K. Mancino, Mayor
NO ABSENT
None None