HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2017-91 - Request for Variance from Standard for State Aid IC 13-5844 - 09/05/2017 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2017-91
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM STANDARD FOR STATE AID
OPERATION FOR I.C. NO. 13-5844 (SAP 181-114-001)
WHEREAS, The City of Eden Prairie is preparing plans for Eden Prairie Road and an
adjacent trail connection between CSAH 61 and a point approximately 350 feet south of Frederick
Place; and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Rule for State Aid Operation 8820.9995 (Minimum Bicycle Path
Standards)requires off road bicycle paths to have a maximum allowable grade of 8.3 percent; and
WHEREAS, the variance is requested because the existing Eden Prairie Road corridor
traverses the steep slopes of the Minnesota River bluffs making the 8.3 percent maximum grade
unfeasible. The proposed project improves the existing grade of Eden Prairie Road from in excess
of 16 percent to a maximum grade of 10 percent. Due to the adjacent grades on the bluff,sensitivity
of the surrounding landscape, and right of way limitations, the trail is proposed to follow the road
corridor and match the proposed 10 percent road profile.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Eden
Prairie does hereby request a variance from the Minnesota Department of Transportation State Aid
Operations Rules Chapter 8820.9995 (Minimum Bicycle Path Standards) to allow a maximum
grade of 10 percent in lieu of 8.3 percent;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Eden Prairie hereby indemnifies, saves
and hold harmless the State of Minnesota and its agents and employees of and from claims,
demands, actions, or causes of action arising out of or by reason of the granting of the proposed
variance to Minnesota Rules 8820.9995 and further agrees to defend at its sole cost and expense
any action or proceeding commenced for the purpose of asserting any claim arising as a result of
the granting this variance.
ADOPTED by the Eden Prairie City Council on this 5t' day of September, 2017.
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Kat een Porta, City Clerk