HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 81-166 - Approving Plans and Special Provision for I-494/CSAH 18 - 09/01/1981 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY , MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO . R81 -166
RESOLUTION APPROVING PLANS AND
SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR
STATE PROJECT 2785-190, 207 (494-393)
FEDERAL PROJECT I-IG-F 494-4 (139) 234
I494 AT C. S.A. H. 18
WHEREAS -the Commissioner of Transportation for the State of Minnesota has
prepared : plans , special provisions and specifications for the improvement of Trunk
Highway No. 393 , renumbered as Trunk Highway No. 494, within the corporate limits of
the City of Eden Prairie, at C.S.A. H. '18, and seeks the approval thereof; and
WHEREAS the said plans for the C.S.A.H. 18 - 1494 interchange will only
allow inbound traffic to the northwest quadrant of I494 and C.S.A.H . 18, therefore,
requiring all outbound movements to the north and east to be concentrated at the
Valley View Road C. S.A.H. 18 interchange; and
WHEREAS capacity deficiencies are expected to occur in the future in the
Valley View Road - C.S.A.H. 18 interchange even with currently proposed improvements
at that location;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that said plans and special provisions for
the improvement of said Trunk Highway within said corporate limits of the City, be
and hereby are approved including the elevations and grades as shown and consent is
hereby given to any and all changes in grade occasioned by said construction con-
tingent upon assurances by the Minnesota Department of Transportation that they will
assist the City of Eden Prairie in the design and funding of a grade separated
crossing of I494 along the approximate alignment of Washington Avenue to replace
access removed by the proposed one way frontage road , at such time as development and
traffic demand warrants ;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City does hereby agree to require the
parking of all vehicles, if such parking is permitted within the corporate limits of
said City , on said Trunk Highway, to be parallel with the curb adjacent to the
highway, and at least 20 feet from any crosswalks on all public streets intersecting
said trunk highway.
ADOPTED by the Eden Prairie City Council on September 1 , 1981 .
W f4nMJenzel , Mayor
ATTEST: SEAL
Jo i D. Fra-rfb, Clerk