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\ . . /�-- ...�• � . �� RESOLUTION N0. 1014 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING HENNEPIN COUNTY TO PROVIDE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ON COUNTY ROAD 146 WHEREAS, during the summer of 1979, County Road 15 in Orono will be closed to thru traffic because of construction of a sewer interceptor by the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission and because of reconstruction of the Tanager Lake Bridge by Hennepin County; and WHEREAS, the Hennepin County Department of Transportation has established a detour route along County Road 146, South Brown Road; and WHEREAS, the City Council of Orono and the citizens of Orono residing along and beside County Road 146 are concerned with a potential safety problem occasioned by the resulting increase in traffic along County Road 146 ; and WHEREAS, the citizens have presented the City Council with � petitions citing previous accidents involving injured children and loss of pets along County Road 146, such petitions being signed by 88 residents citing three injured children, 53 killed dogs, and numerous clo.se ca11s. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Orono concurs with the concerns of the residents and hereby requests the County of Hennepin to take appropriate action to provide and improve the safety precautions along County Road 146 between County Road 51 and State Highway 12. The City Council hereby attaches and transmits the petitions of the residents to the Hennepin County Department of Transportation and to the Hennepin County ..Sherifftfor appropriate attention regarding physical .safety:_improvements and enforcement of safety regulations. Adopted by the City Council on the 13th day of , 1979 by a vote of 4,ayes land 0 nays. illiam B. Van est, Mayor ATTEST: -� L� _ �= Walter R; B son, Clerk/Administrator