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(Insert City, County, Township, etc.name) RESOLUTION NO.________ ACCEPTING, SUPPORTING, AND ADOPTING THE TH 10 INTERREGIONAL CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT PLAN WHEREAS, Minnesota’s State Transportation Plan recognizes the significance of interregional highway corridors in providing citizens and businesses throughout the State of Minnesota with high quality access to recreational, educational, employment and health care 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 Interregional Corridor has been identified by the Minnesota Department of Transportation as a High Priority Corridor from I-35 W to TH 169 and as a Medium Priority Corridor from TH 169 to TH 24 in Clear Lake that enhances the economic vitality of the state providing essential access for the central region of the state in Sherburne, Anoka, and Ramsey Counties to major economic markets and cultural centers including the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area; and, WHEREAS, the continued growth of the region is leading to increasing travel demand in the corridor which, if unmanaged, can negatively affect the level of performance, safety, and congestion 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 for 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 Transportation, recognizing the potential impact of continued growth pressure on the corridor, has completed an Interregional Corridor Plan in partnership with its partners along the corridor to look at the long-term role that the TH 10 Corridor 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 occurring in the region, that a long-term 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 function of the corridor 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 needed funding to pursue the vision established for the corridor; and, 3. Establish a plan of action for the development of planning and programming activities that will proactively address the needs identified.