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HomeMy WebLinkAbout92-085 CITY OF LAKEVILLE DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION Date May 18, 1992 Resolution No. 92-85 Motion By Mulvihill Seconded By Harvey RESOLUTION TO THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONCERNING STATE HIGHWAYS WITHIN THE CITY OF LAREVILLE WHEREAS, the Lakeville Police Department has completed a traffic fatality study documenting locations of fatal crash sites; and WHEREAS, highway safety improvements could reduce fatalities, injuries, and property damage; and WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation has programmed safety improvements in 1993 along Highway 50 from Kenwood Way to Dodd Boulevard for which the City and its residents are most appreciative; and WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation has programmed a new bridge and improvements over I-35 at CSAH 70 interchange for 1994 for which the City and its residents are most appreciative; and WHEREAS, it is now more critical than ever to improve Highway 50 from Jurel Way to Kenwood Way because of the opening in the fall of 1993 of the new Lakeville Senior High School and the conversion of the existing high school on Highway 50 to a junior high school which will substantially increase bus traffic; and WHEREAS, construction of the interchange at County Road 46 and I-35 will minimize present and future congestion at I-35 and Trunk Highway 50. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Lakeville City Council: 1. The Minnesota Department of Transportation is hereby petitioned to make the following safety improvements on state highways in the City of Lakeville: A. Signalize the intersection of Ipava Avenue and Highway 50 before the new high school opens in the fall of 1993. This signal is needed to accommodate the heavy • traffic flow from the high school. r05/15/92 B. Signalize the intersection of 185th Street and Trunk Highway 50. 2. The Minnesota Department of Transportation is requested to improve Highway 50 from Jurel Way to Kenwood Way to a three lane urban section. This improvement should be programmed immediately for construction at the earliest possible date. Highway 50 will now serve the new high school, a new ice arena, and the old high school which is being converted to a junior high school. Even prior to these new uses, average daily traffic volumes are extremely high. 3. The Minnesota Department of Transportation is urged to provide financial assistance for the construction of the County Road 46 and I-35 interchange as requested by Dakota County. 4. The Minnesota Department of Transportation is urged to turn back Trunk Highway 50 to Dakota County, and the County is urged to accept the turnback. The turnback should take place after the improvements which the City has requested from the Department of Transportation have been accomplished. 5. In exchange for accepting the turnback of Trunk Highway 50 to the County, the County should turn over County Road 70 from I-35 to Cedar Avenue to the State. Although County Road 70 is improved as a two lane roadway, right-of-way has been acquired to accommodate a four lane divided roadway. 18th May ADOPTED this day of , 1992., by the City Council of the City of Lakeville. CITY OF KEVILLE D ane R. Zaun, ayor -TEST: ' ' } { w Charlene Friedges, G' y Clerk •