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• City of Lino Lakes Resolution No. 05 -46 Supporting Legislation Request - North Metro I -35W Corridor Coalition WHEREAS: Communities in the North I -35W Corridor area in Ramsey and Anoka Counties have been working together to collaborate and coordinate public and private investments in housing, economic development and transportation, and, WHEREAS: This cooperation has included the Metropolitan Council and the Minnesota Department of Transportation, and, WHEREAS: Our communities are actively engaged in significant development and redevelopment programs that will have significant benefits to the Region as well as our local economies, and, WHEREAS: These developments will provide job opportunities for residents of the region, business opportunities for entrepreneurs, access to goods and services for citizens and tax base for our communities, and, WHEREAS: We recognize the importance of a healthy regional transportation infrastructure that serves trade and tourism mobility and safety for transcontinental travelers and businesses as well as travelers to and from the Metropolitan region to other opportunities in Minnesota, and, WHEREAS: We recognize the need to serve regional mobility at the same time that we ensure that our citizens and businesses are provided safe and convenient access to and from the regional system into local opportunity sites, and, WHEREAS: Current traffic flow conditions on North I -35W are already congested causing delays, accidents, air pollution and diminishing mobility, and, WHEREAS: Forecasted growth in population and jobs within the Region and within the Corridor will further severely congest and diminish the function and safety of the regional system, and, WHEREAS: It is in the interests of the Region and State to mitigate the current and anticipated problems at this juncture of two high priority Inter Regional Corridors with the Metro Beltway, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Council of the City of Lino Lakes does request that the Legislature appropriate funds sufficient to provide for the identification of preferred system design solutions for the I -35W/ TH 10 highway interchange in Ramsey and Anoka County along with appropriate county and city streets, and, —(BA - -