HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2015-10 - Endorsing Grant Application for Railroad Underpass Eden Prairie High School - 01/06/2015 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2015-10
ENDORSING THE GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A
RAILROAD UNDERPASS CONNECTING DUCK LAKE ROAD AND
EDEN PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie is the official governing body of the
City of Eden Prairie; and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation's Safe Routes to School Program has
made funding available to communities for infrastructure improvement projects located within
two miles of a school; and
WHEREAS, pedestrians and bicyclists routinely access the Eden Prairie High School from
Duck Lake Road across the railroad tracks to the high school parking lot; and
WHEREAS, the installation of an underpass beneath the railroad tracks would provide for a
safe crossing and would be a significantly shorter route than crossing at Valley View Road; and
WHEREAS, the Safe Routes to School Program provides up to $1 million in capital assistance
for infrastructure improvement projects.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Eden Prairie City Council does hereby
support actively pursuing Safe Routes to School Program funds.
ADOPTED by the Eden Prairie City Council on January 6, 2015.
Nikncy T a- 'ens,- Ma r
ATTEST: SEAL
Kat leer Porta, City Clerk