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RFSOLU^'ION �1106
A BESOLUTION RE�ARDI1`I(� FiI�HT�]A�' COPdSTRUCTION
FOR L1�KE r'IIPdP1ETOTdKA
P7HEREAS, Lake "Zinnetonka is a priceless natural resource
and recreational area of inetropolitan signif_icance, and
�•�iEREAS, the value of Lake P'Iinnetonka as a natural resource
and recreational area and the quality of life in this area may best
be preserved by directing commuter traffic arounc� and awav fror_1 the
shores of Lake rRinnetonka, and
�aHEREAS, the Hennepin Count�� Board of Comr.lissioners and
Iiennepin County Hiqhway Departr,lent were requested bv the City of Orono
by resolution dated March 9 , 1970 to undertake the development o.f plans
to provide alternative routes for the west Lake PZinnetonka comr.tunities
to travel south to Highwa_y 7 and north to Hic�hway 12 to serve as a
circur.iference highwa�� as an alternative to upgrading Hiqh�•�ay 15 to a
f_our-lane highway, and
taHERI�AS, the Hennepin Count�� Hiqhwa�� Denar_tment did undertake
such a study entitled Hennepin Count_y Transportation Systerl Study,
dated December, 1975, showing such circuriference highwavs , and
�aHEREAS, segments of the north bound alternative route to
Highway 12 were placed on the Hennenin Count�� f_ive-year capital improve-
ments �rograr.l and subsequently dropped f_rom the Hennepin Countv five-
- year capital impro�rements prograri, and
LVHERFAS, the City of Orono has constructed a diae�onal route
frorl the corners of County Roads 19 and 84 to the intersection of_
County Road 6 and [^7atertown Road as an alternative to the County' s
proposals �vhich had been dropped from the Hennepin Count�� five-year
capital improvements program, and
WHEREAS, the Hennepin County Highwav Department is no�a proposing
u�e�rading Count�� �oad 15 from the Citv o'f P'�ound to the intersection of
Count_y Road 19 in Navarre to a four-lane undivided highway.
NOPd, THERI;FORE, BE IT RFSOL�IED, that the Cit�� Council o_f the
City of Orono request the follo�aing action:
l. That the Hennepin County Board of Cor•imissioners and the
Hennepin County Hiqhwa�r Departrnent be requested to design and
, construct a new diagonal t��o-lane undiv�ded street from the
intersection of County Roads 110 and 151 to connect with the
south end of the Orono diagonal at the intersection of County
Roads 19 and 84 as the first phase in an overall plan to provide
alternative routes from the western Lake rZinnetonka communities.
2. That the Hennepin County Board o� Commissioners and the
Hennepin County Public i��r_ks Department undertake the development
of plans in conjunction with the State of r�innesota for the up-
grading of the intersection of County Road 6 and State Highway 12 .
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Resolution # 1106
3. That the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners and the
Hennepin County Public [Vorks DepartMent develop plans for
the construction for an improved two-lane highway connecting
the west Lake Psinnetonka corimunities to Highwa_y 7.
4. That the Hennepin County Board of Comr,iissioners and the
Hennepin County Highway Departr:tent ir.lprove Countv Road 15
from Piound to rlavarre into a two-lane undivided street with
turn lanes at the appropriate intersections.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Orono, P4innesota at a reqular
meeting held January 15 , 1980.
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j��illiari A. Van est, Mayor
��lalter B. PZassengale, Acting ^Zayor
' ' Attest: ��C/
Walter . Benson, City Administrator