HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2002-124 - Accepting the TH 169 Interregional Corridor Management Plan - 07/16/2002 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY,NIINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2002-124
ACCEPTING, SUPPORTING,AND ADOPTING THE
TH 169 INTERREGIONAL CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT PLAN
WHEREAS,Minnesota's State Transportation Plan recognizes the significance of interregional
highway corridors in providing citizens and businesses throughout the State of Minnesota with
high quality access to recreational, educational, employment and health care opportunities, and
to the transport of products and services produced by our local economy to regional, national,
and global markets; and
WHEREAS, TH 169 has been identified by the Minnesota Department of Transportation as a
High Priority Interregional Corridor from I-494 in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area to TH 60
in the Mankato Metropolitan Area enhancing the economic vitality of the state and providing
essential access for the southern part of the state in Hennepin, Scott, Sibley, Le Sueur, Nicollet,
and Blue Earth Counties to major economic markets and cultural centers including the
Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area; and
WHEREAS, continued economic and population growth is leading to increasing travel demand
in the corridor which, if unmanaged, can negatively affect the level of performance, safety, and
congestion experienced by users of the corridor; and
WHEREAS, community leaders, motorists, and road authorities have identified this growing
travel demand and development pressure as a concern with potential negative consequences for
mobility and safety in the corridor,with the potential to degrade the performance level now
provided by the corridor, and resulting negative impacts on the economy and quality of life of
the region; and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation, recognizing the potential impact of
continued growth pressure on the corridor, has completed an Interregional Corridor Plan in
partnership with the counties, cities and townships along the corridor to look at the long-term
role that the TH 169 Corridor will play in meeting the transportation needs of the communities as
well as southern Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, it is imperative at this critical time,with continued growth occurring in the region,
that a long-term vision for the type of service that the TH 169 corridor provides be established
and that steps are identified and initiated to:
1. Preserve the function of the corridor through advance planning,not only for the TH 169
corridor but for the local supporting street systems, and land use and development
patterns; and
2. Secure the needed funding to pursue the N ision established for the corridor; and
3. Establish a plan of action for the development of planning and programming activities
that ,mill proactively address the needs identified.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,the City of Eden Prairie endorses the long-term
vision and corridor recommendations established for TH 169 in the TH 169 Corridor
Management Plan.
FURTHERMORE BE IT RESOLVED,the City of Eden Prairie endorses the need for an
adequate network of supporting roads,that this network is necessary to attain the TH 169
Corridor vision, and that the interchange concepts and roadway networks identified in the TH
169 Corridor Management Plan will be considered as interim guides until such time as
refinements to these improvements are identified.
FURTHERMORE BE IT RESOLVED,the City of Eden Prairie recognizes the regional
significance of the corridor in supporting the regional economy and intends to reflect the TH 169
Corridor Management Plan vision, strategies, and policies through updates to the City of Eden
Prairie's land use and transportation plans as well as subdivision ordinances.
FURTHERMORE BE IT RESOLVED,the City of Eden Prairie recognizes the ways in which
local land use decisions have an impact on state trunk highway performance and intends to
manage land use adjacent to the corridor so that recommended access spacing onto TH 169 is
maintained in accordance with the TH 169 vision.
FURTHERMORE BE IT RESOLVED,the City of Eden Prairie is committed to working in
partnership with Mn/DOT and the other partners along the corridor as a member of the TH 169
Corridor Management Team in order to achieve the vision and implement the recommendations
of the TH 169 Corridor Management Plan.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the City of Eden Prairie strongly encourages Mn/DOT to
analyze, investigate and pursue maintenance of a viable connection between TH212 in Eden
Prairie and TH 169 south of Shakopee and that Eden Prairie respectfully requests to be invited to
participate in the River Crossing study as it relates to preserving traffic continuity to our Major
Center Area.
ADOPTED by the Eden Prairie City Council on July 16,2002.
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Ron Case,Acting Mayor
ATTEST: SEAL
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Kathl en Porta, City Clerk