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RESOLUTION 94-35
CITY OF STILL WATER
WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION ACCELERATE THE TIMETABLE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
PROJECT SP8204-37 IMPACTING TRUNK HIGHWAY
WHEREAS, Trunk Highway 5 passes through the City of Stillwater and borders an
area that is served by the Stillwater Area High School; and
WHEREAS, the City of Stillwater has experienced considerable traffic increases along
Trunk Highway 5 as a result of the construction of the Senior High School facility and related
developments; and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation has previously projected a
reconstruction of Trunk Highway 5 which has been identified as Special Project 8204-37
which project, however, due to funding difficulties has been delayed; and
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WHEREAS, the City of Stillwater is of the opinion that the Public Safety of the
community reasonably requires acceleration of the timetable for the construction of special
project 8204-37 so as to avoid unnecessary injury to the public and property along that
corridor and reasonably believes that the Minnesota Department of Transportation should take
whatever measures are necessary to accelerate that timetable for construction of the project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council for the City of
Stillwater, that the City hereby requests the Minnesota Department of Transportation to
consider the acceleration of their timetable for the construction of improvements to Trunk
Highway 5 known as special project 8204-37 to provide for the construction of same' within
calendar year 1994 or at the latest date 1995, as the construction of this project is necessary to
serve the public safety of this community.
Adopted by the City Council for the City of Stillwater, this 8th day of February, 1994.
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