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<br />. <br /> <br />RESOLUTION 6457 <br /> <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />Resolution of Support of the 135W Coalition Request for Funding to Study the <br />1-694 to CR J Segment of 1-35W and Other Area Transportation Improvements <br /> <br />WHEREAS: Communities in the North 1-35W Corridor area in Ramsey <br />and Ano;.;a Counties have been \"iorking to[Jether to collaborate and coordinclte <br />public and private investments in housing, economic development and <br />transportation, and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS: This cooperCltion has included the Metropolitan Council and <br />the r',linnesota Department of Transportatien, and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS: Our communities are actively engaged in significant <br />devp-lerment and redevelopment programs that will have significant benefits to <br />the Regiun as I'/ell as our local ecunurTlies, and, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />WHEREAS: These develorments will provide job opportunities for <br />residents of the region, business oPPoltunities for entrepreneurs, access to <br />'dl)ods and services for citizens ,md tL'X base for our communities, and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS: We recoqniL8 the importance of a healthy regional <br />trdnspoltation infrastructure that ",e;r,"ES trade ami tourism mobility and safety for <br />transccntinental travelers and bll~i;lCSc("S as \.vell ;"s travelers to ard from the <br />Metropoliton region to other oPVJrtunitiE-,s if' Minnesota, and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS: We recogni:c8 the need to serve regional mobility at the same <br />Urlle that WB ensure that our citiLens and businesses are provided safe and <br />convenient 8ccess to and from the rqJional system into local opportunity sites, <br />and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS: Current traffic tiow conditions en North 1-35W are already <br />cun,Jesll;d causing delays, accdcnts, air pollution and diminishing mobility, and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS: Forecasted growth in population and jobs within the Region <br />and ',.'/ithin the Corridor will further soverely congest and diminish the function and <br />satnty of tile regional system, emu. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />WHEREAS: It is in tile interests of the Regien and State to mitigate tile <br />(;~rrent and anticipated problems at tllis juncture of two high priority Inter <br />l'{e,lional Corridors with the Metre Bc,ltway, <br />