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CITY OF LAKE ELMO, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO 2007-011
WHEREAS, the Interstate 94 (1 -94) Corridor is the principal east/west route for traffic thru
Ramsey Washington, and St. Croix Counties connecting St. Paul to the eastern metropolitan
area, and;
WHEREAS, the 1 -94 Corridor is experiencing robust employment and population growth, and;
WHEREAS, the 1 -94 Corridor is experiencing increasing levels of congestion, reducing mobility
in the corridor, and;
WHEREAS, there are no planned highway improvements to the 1 -94 Corridor in the
Metropolitan Council's 2030 Transportation Policy Plan, and;
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation has identified 1 -94 as a high priority
Interregional Corridor and is supportive of planning for mobility improvements in the Corridor,
and;
WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo recognizes the need to plan for mobility improvements in the
1 -94 Corridor, and;
WHEREAS, this planning should take a multi- modal, highways and transit, approach to
maintaining Corridor mobility, and;
WHEREAS, maintaining mobility is necessary for the continued prosperity and economic vitality
of residents, businesses, and commuters throughout the Eastern Metropolitan area, and;
WHEREAS, the first step in planning for a multi -modal 1 -94 Corridor is to complete a
Transportation Feasibility Analysis which includes analyzing highway and transit improvements.
NOW THEREFORE HE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Lake Elmo supports the multi -modal
evaluation of the 1 -94 Corridor and a request of $1 million in State funds for the completion of
the 1 -94 Transportation Feasibility Analysis.
ADOPTED BY the Lake Elmo City Council on February 6,,_2007: -, .4
Dean A. Johnston, Mayor
ATTEST: 9
Thomas Bouthilet nterim ify Administrator