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. . . Ll_l hen Ci l v. C()L1llt~:. T,)\vllSIJ i 11. c'; CJ!ii!lisJ RESOLUTION NO. ACCEPTING. SUPPORTING. AND ADOPTI~G THE TH 10 INTERREGIONAL CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT PLAN WHEREAS. M inncsota's State Transportation Plan recognizes the significance of interregional highway corridors in providing citizcns and businesses throughout the State of Minnesota with high quality access to recreational. educational, employment and health carc opportunities, and to the transport of products and services produced by our local economy to regional, national, and global markets; and, WHEREAS, the TH 10 IntclTegional Con'idor has bcen identified by the Minnesota Department of Transportation as a High Priority COITidor from 1-35 W to TH 169 and as a Medium Priority Corridor from TH 169 to TH 24 in Clear Lake that enhanccs the economic vitality of the statc providing essential access for the central region of the state in Sherbume, Anoka. and Ramsey Counties to major cconomic markcts and cultural centers including the Minneapolis-St. Paul mctropolitan area; and, WHEREAS. thc continued growth of the region is leading to increasing travel demand in the cOlTidor which, if unmanaged, can negatively affect the level of perfonnance, safety. and congcstion experienced by users of the corridor; and. WHEREAS. community leaders, motorists, and road authorities have identified this growing travel demand and development pressure as a concern with potential negative consequences Jor mobility and safety in the corridor, with the potential to degrade the performance level now provided by the corridor, and the resulting implications for the economy and quality of life of the region; and. WHEREAS. the Minnesota Department of Transp0l1ation. recognizing the potential impact of continued growth pressure on the cOlTidor, has completed an Interregional COITidor Plan in partnership with its partners along the corridor to look at the long-tenn role that the TH 10 COlTidor will play in meeting the transportation needs of the central region of Minnesota: and, WHEREAS, it is imperative at this critical time, with continued growth occUlTing in the region, that a long-tcnll vision for the type of service that the TH 10 Corridor needs to provide be established and that the steps are identified and initiated to: 1. Preserve the [unction of the cOlTidor through the advance planning, not only for the TH 10 Corridor but for the local supporting street systems and land use and development patterns; and. 2. Secure the nceded funding to pursue thc vision established for the cOlTidor; and. 3. Establish a plan of action for the development of planning and programming activities that \vill proactively address the nceds identiticd.