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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 745 - Endorsing Bill Related To Suburban Regional Transit System for South Suburban Municipalities - 07/24/1973 a VILLAGE OF EDEN PRAIRIE HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 745 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING JOINT SPONSORSHIP OF A DEMONSTRATION TRANSIT AREA. Whereas, the Village of Eden Prairie is a rapidly growing suburban municipality which has two major thoroughfares passing through it, namely, Interstate Highway No. 494 and State Highways No. 212 and 169 , and Whereas, the Village has approved a plan for highly developed commercial and residential area at the intersection of said highways, and Whereas , public transit will be important to serve this major area, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of the Village of Eden Prairie that the Village of Eden Prairie does support the proposed act relating to a sub-regional public transit system to serve the cities of Bloomington, Eden Prairie , Edina and Richfield, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. Adopted by the Village Council of the Village of Eden Prairie on the 24th day of July, 1973. Attest : /-� A. A bill for an act relating to a subregional public transit system: appropriating money therefor. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: Section 1 . (POLICY ; PURPOSE . ) Subdivision 1 . (Policy) The legislature finds and determines that there is a critical need for -the improvement of public transportation facilities in urban areas of the state ; that, the pressing needs for supplying such facilities are properly being addressed by regional planning throughout the state; that no comprehensive and lasting solution to these problems can be found without the utilization of new technology and innovative approaches in public transportation ; that the immediate employment of such technology and innovation is impractical on a regional basis; and that the deployment of an operating public transit system on a subregional basis offers a reasonable promise of the demonstration of an effective i public transportation system for use in urban areas throughout the state . It is further determined that state financial i assistance in meeting the capital costs of such a system is a proper function of state government and is necessary to protect the safety and the personal and economic welfare to the citizens of the state. Subd . 2 . (Purpose-) The purpose of this act is to provide for the planning , design, construction and deployment of a subregional public transit system. Sec. 2 . (TRANSIT DISTRICT AND AREA: PLANNING) Subdivision 1 . (Establishment of Transit District) There is hereby established a subregional public transit district consisting of the cities of Bloomington , Eden Prairie , Edina and Richfield. Subd. 2 . (Designation of Demonstration Transit Area.) The city council of any city in the subregional public transit district, or the councils of such cities by joint and _1_ cooperative action under Minnesota Statutes Section 471 . 59 , may designate a demonstration transit area within the subregion- al public transit district . The designation shall be made by resolution of the city council , describing with particularity and boundaries of the proposed demonstration transit area . Subd. 3 . (Planning Qordination) The resolution designating the demonstration transit area shall be referred to the planning agency of the city for its recommendation in the manner that other municipal plans are referred under Minnesota Statutes , Section 462 . 356 . Upon report of the planning agency the resolution shall be transmitted to the Metropolitan Transit Commission and the State Planning Agency for their information and to the Metropolitan Council for its approval ; upon approval by the Council the resolution ` designating the area is effective . The demonstration transit area may be coterminous with the boundaries of a development district established by the city council pursuant to any general or special law authorizing the establishment of such districts . The designation of a i demonstration transit area in the manner provided herein is deemed to be a designation of a segment of the metropolitan transit system for demonstration purposes within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes Section 473A. 06 . i 1 Subd. 4 . (Nature of area) The demonstration transit area shall contain within its boundaries at least one high- Adensity use area composed of a complex of office building, commercial and retail shopping uses which has immediate access to an interstate , state , or councy freeway or limited access highway. Sec. 3 . (SUBREGIONAL DEMONSTRATION TRANSIT SYSTEM) Subdivision 1 . (Duties of Metropolitan Transit Commission) The Metropolitan Transit Commission shall , in accordance with the provisions of this act , provide for the planning , design, construction and deployment of a comprehensive , integrated system of public transit within the demonstration transit area. .-2- i . The commission shall utilize the powers conferred upon it by Minnesota Statutes Chapter 473A, and the Commission is hereby vested with any additional power necessary and convenient to exercise and perform the powers and duties given it by Chapter 473A and this act . Subd. 2 . (Cooperation. ) In the deployment of the system the Metropolitan Transit Commission shall cooperate with the cities in which the transit area is located, the Commissioner of Highways , and other state and local agencies , and it may enter into such cooperative agreements and may establish such joint planning and technical review committees as are necessary to ensure the most expeditious and economical completion of the system. } Subd. 3 . (Elements of System. ) The demonstration transit system may be designed and built as a self-contained system, or as an integral part of the metropolitan transit system, or as an element of a larger transit sub-system, or any combination of the foregoing. The system may utilize new technology, traditional systems or traditional systems of evolved or modern form. The primary purpose of the system is to demonstrate its effectiveness in relieving traffic congestion and providing adequate public transit under an efficient and economical management . Sec . 4 . (FINANCING; CAPITAL GRANT) Subdivision 1 . (Procedures : Application. ) At any time after the effective date of the resolution designating the demonstration transit area , the Metropolitan Transit Commission may apply to the State Planning Agency for a grant of the funds appropriated by Section 5 of this act . The application shall be accompanied by such information as will enable the State Planning Officer to determine that the proposed system effectuates the purposes of this act , that it is consistent with local , regional and state transportation plans , and that its financing is assured by the availability -3- of funds appropriated by this act and other funds including grant funds allocated and appropriated by the federal. government . Subd. 2 . (Grant Administration. ) If the State Planning Officer determines that the proposed system will effectuate the purposes of this act , he shall disburse to the commission the funds herein appropriated in a manner , and under such reasonable conditions , as will insure the prompt completion of the system. Subd. 3 . (Use of Federal Funds. ) It is the intention of the legislature that the funds appropriated by this act be utilized to make maximum availability and use of federal grant funds for the planning , design, construction , and deployment of the system. It is further the intent of the legislature that the availability of federal funds for the system be enhanced by the provision of matching contributions of services or funds by the Metropolitan Transit Commission , state agencies, and local governments to the extent authorized by law. The Commission shall enter into such cooperative agreements as are necessary to carry out the intent of this subdivision . Subd. 4 . (Capital Grants Only. ) The funds appropriated by this act may be used for capital costs only. Capital costs eligible to be paid from grants herein authorized include all expenses of the kinds enumerated in Minnesota Statutes , Section 475 . 65 . 3 Sec . 5 . (APPROPRIATION) There is appropriated from the general fund in the state treasury to the State Planning Officer the sum of $3 , 000, 000 for the purposes of this act. This appropriation shall not cancel and shall remain available until the purposes for which it has been made have been accomplished ; provided , however, that if no application a grant is approved by the State Planning Officer by April 1 , 7...the appropriation shall cancel . i / � -4- Sec . 6 . (ALTERNATIVE FINANCING) In the event grants may be legally made to subdivisions of government pursuant to an enactment of the legislature establishing a state transportation fund and providing for capital grants to subdivisions of government pursuant to rules and regulations of the Mate Planning Agency, the grant authorized by this act shall be made in accordance with the provisions of such enactment and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and the grant application of the Metropolitan Transit Commission made pursuant to such enactment is deemed to have the highest priority assignable to an application made under such rules and regulations . Se . 7 . (EFFECTIVE DATE) This act is effective on its final enactment . i I c i -5�