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C ITY OF ORONO
RESOLUTION OF THE CIT'Y COUNCIL
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A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING CREATION OF
A HIGHWAY 12 SAFETY COALITION
WHEREAS, Hennepin and Wright County communities and their representatives along
Highway 12 desire to work collaboratively with the Minnesota Department of Transportation
(MnDOT)to improve the safety of the Highway 12 corridor; and,
WHEREAS, Highway 12 is regionally significant, providing a necessary transportation
corridor between the Metropolitan Area and residents and businesses in western Hennepin and
Wright Counties; and,
WHEREAS, in recent years, communities in the area have worked on various efforts
with a similar end goal, and now the communities are wishing to continue their efforts in a
collective manner; and,
WHEREAS, in Summer of 20]4, two meetings were held with relevant stakeholders to
discuss both short term and long term solutions that can be worked towards to increase the safety
of the Highway; and,
WHEREAS, a formal coalition of cities and their selected representatives can serve as a
means to working with community groups and different levels of government on the safety of
Highway 12.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE DELANO CITY COUNCIL,
that Delano hereby join the Highway 12 Safety Coalition and accept its bylaws in order to:
1. Work collaboratively with other communities, MnDOT, local elected representatives, and
county governments.
2. Identify any combination of issues related to improving the safety of transportation on
Highway 12.
3. Seek out and implement solutions to increase driver safety on Highway 12 in order to
ensure that all residents can continue to have a high quality of life within the
communities along the highway.
4. Appoint Police Chief Farniok as representative to the coalition and Councilmember
Printup as an alternate representative.
ADOPTEL�this 13t" day of October 2014, by the City Council of the City of Orono, Minnesota.
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Rachel Dodge, City Clerk Lili Tod McMillan, Mayor