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A R�SOLIITION REGARDING
HIGHWAY 12 TASK FORCE
��dHEREA'S, the portion of Highway 12 in the City of � Orono
which currently is approaching its design capacity at certain
points and the traffic volume on the road is expected to grow at
5 percent per year until the year 200�1, and
WHEREAS , the City of Orono together with the City of
Long Lake adopted Resolution No. 2039 on September 25, 1986
citing safety concerns and requesting the Minnesota Department of
Transportation to review the area to address those concerns, and
WHER]3AS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation has
• indicated that it anticipates no upgrade of any significance to
Highway 12 in the foreseeable future, and
WHEREAS, the Willmar Chamber of Commerce is heading a
Task Force composed of five counties and 21 communities to have
Highway 12 upgraded to a four lane freeway, and
WHl3REAS, there were� discussions of an upgrade of Highway
12 to a four lane in the late ' 64J's and early '70's with an .�
alternative route selected through the community, and
WHEREAS, the City of Orono does have concerns regarding
� the route and • the extent of any upgrade to Highway 12 as it
relates to properties and access in the community.
NOW, THEREFO�tE BE IT R�SOLVED, that the City of Orono
requests that the t4innesota Department of Transportation develop
alternative designs in the current corridor together with
alternative corridors to address safety concerns at both the
current and anticipated traffic volumes over the next 2D1 years,
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that such alternatives be
reviewed by the City of Orono for appropriate comment, and
B� IT FURTHER RSSOLVED, that the City of Orono, while in
• support of improvements to Highway 12 that would maintain a safe
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use level in consideration of the anticipated traffic volume,
does reserve committing support to a single alternative to
satisfy anticipated problems until all the alternatives have been
reviewed.
AdopteN by the City Council of the City of Orono,
P�linnesota, this 23rd day of February, 1987 .
� Jam R. Grabe , ayor
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• Dorothy M allin, City Clerk
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