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R81-73 <br />RE.$01,UT.ION <br />CITY OF LAKE ELMO <br />WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA <br />A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE EFFORTS OF <br />WASHINGTON COUNTY TO TRANSFER THE COUNTY <br />STATE AID HIGHWAY DESIGNATION FROM C.S.A.H. <br />17 TO CO. ROAD 70 IN LAKE ELMO, FROM C.S.A.H. <br />19 TO I-694 AND TO REALIGNED CO. ROAD 68 FROM <br />C.S.A.H. 13 TO STATE HIGHWAY 36. <br />WHEREAS, the City of Oakdale has proposed a realign- <br />ment of Co. Road 68 from C.S.A.H. 13 to State Highway 36 <br />in order to solve long-standing traffic problems along <br />50th. Street and at the intersection of State Highway 1.20 <br />and 50th, Street; and, <br />WHEREAS, that plan also meets the needs of the City <br />of Lake Elmo and generally meets with the approval of the <br />City Council of the City of Lake Elmo; and, <br />WHEREAS, that County .road would then carry traffic <br />from a State Highway to a County State Aid Highway and <br />would serve the needs of at least two communities; and, <br />WHEREAS, the present County road is much in need of <br />repair and reconstruction and the realignment would solve <br />those problems; and, <br />WIiEREAS, the best way to encourage and insure County <br />participation in the realignment/ reconstruction of that <br />County Road is to secure County State Aid Highway designa- <br />tion for County Road 68; and, <br />WHEREAS, the County must transfer 32 miles of C.S.A.H. <br />designation from C.S.A.H. 17 between State Highway 5 and <br />I-94 once I-94 is completed, as the road will no longer <br />connect a State Highway and a C.S.A. Highway; and, <br />WHEREAS, the County could transfer approximate 2 miles <br />of that C.S.A.H. designation to County Road 70 between <br />C.S.A.H. 19 and I-694, and better meet the needs of the <br />City of Lake Elmo, the City of Oakdale and Washington County; <br />WHEREAS, that part of County Road 70 between I-694 and <br />State Highway 120 is already improved to four lanes and con- <br />crete pavement; and, <br />WHEREAS, the County could transfer the balance of the <br />3z miles of C.S.A.H. designation to County Road 68 and meet <br />the needs of the County, the City of Lake Elmo and the City <br />of Oakdale without jeopordizing the future road plans for <br />Demontreville Trail C.S.A.H. 13 and Minnehaha Avenue in <br />Oakdale; and, <br />