HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 92-194 - Supporting Southwest Metro Transit Commission Proposal to Add Midday Bus Service in Eden Prairie - 09/01/1992 . CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 92-194
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING
SOUTHWEST METRO TRANSIT COMMISSION
PROPOSAL TO ADD MID-DAY BUS SERVICE IN THE
CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
WHEREAS, the Southwest Metro Transit Commission (SMTC) pursuant to Minnesota
Statutes SS473.84, 473.388 and 471.59 has been established under a joint powers agreement
by and among the cities of Chanhassen, Chaska and Eden Prairie, and exists as an operating
public transit authority, and
WHEREAS, two 12-month demonstration project proposals to add midday bus
service from Eden Prairie to the Southdale Mall and to the Mall of America have been approved
by the SMTC and
WHEREAS, the 12-month demonstration project proposal to add midday bus service
from Eden Prairie to the Southdale Mall will begin September 8, 1992 and terminate August
31, 1993 unless the project has been evaluated successful and approved by SMTC to continue
• after August 31, 1993 and
WHEREAS, the 12-month demonstration project proposal to add midday bus service
from Eden Prairie to the Mall of America will be cosponsored and funded by SMTC and the
Regional Transit Board (RTB) and service is proposed to begin September 21, 1992 and
terminate August 31, 1993 unless the project has been evaluated successful and approved by
SMTC and the RTB to continue after August 31, 1993 and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes define full peak and off-peak bus service as "peak
period regular route service plus weekday midday regular route service at intervals of 60
minutes or less in length on the route with the greatest frequency", and
WHEREAS, due to the lack of any midday service operated by SMTC, the operating
levies are fully feathered, and
WHEREAS, with the implementation of midday bus service operating with service
frequency of sixty minutes or less to Southdale Mall and/or to the Mall of America the transit
tax will change from fully feathered to fully unfeathered should the demonstration projects be
approved to continued after August 31, 1993;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City does hereby support the
following statement:
1 . The City of Eden Prairie supports efforts to increase demand for multiple
occupancy vehicle trips in a cost effective way by strengthening commuting alternatives.
2. The implementation of service to the Southdale Mall and to the Mall of America
strengthens local commuting alternatives and reinforces the regional transit system by
providing connections to other metro area destinations.
3. The SMTC transit system will be enhanced by providing an expanded schedule to
midday commuters, persons with flexible work hours, and increased midday travel
opportunities to destinations within and outside SMTC service area.
• BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Eden Prairie has identified transit
service as an alternative to reducing reliance on the automobile, decreasing congestion, and
increasing travel opportunities for its residents and therefore, for the aforementioned reasons,
supports the unfeathering of the transit tax in the City of Eden Prairie.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie this 1st day of September,
1992.
Douglas B. T npas, Mayor
ATTEST: SEAL
Jo 4� rane, City Clerk
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