RES 1991-40 - 0000366855
RESOLUTION NO. 40 - 1991
' RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF PARTICIPATING IN
PLANNING FOR ALTERNATIVES FOR TRANSIT SERVICES
IN THE CITY OF FRIDLEY
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes 473 required the Metropolitan Council
to prepare and adopt a comprehensive policy plan to recognize and
encompass physical, social, or economic needs of the metropolitan
area, including such matters as highways and transit facilities;
and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota State Legislature in 1989 restructured the
Regional Transit Board and required several plans regarding transit
service issues; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council in its 1989 Transportation
Development Guide /Policy Plan identified and documented the
significant increases in travel demand in the metro area, the
increasing costs associated with maintaining an aging highway
system, and identified various transit alternatives to reduce the
need for additional highway capacity; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council identified light rail transit as
one of the alternative transit services to be used in certain areas
within the metropolitan area; and
' WHEREAS, the Regional Transit Board, in compliance with
requirements from the Minnesota State Legislature, has adopted
comprehensive planning documents to develop and build a light rail
transit system; and
WHEREAS, the Anoka County Regional Rail Authority approved its
Comprehensive Light Rail Transit System Plan on February 28, 1989;
and
WHEREAS, the increasing population growth in northern Anoka County
dictates adequate transportation facilities through the City of
Fridley; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Fridley encourages
the evaluation and study on the part of responsible metropolitan
agencies of all modes of transportation and transit and their
applicability to first ring suburbs, such as the City of Fridley;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Fridley will participate
in the preliminary design and environmental impact statement
process identified by the Anoka County Regional Rail Authority for
light rail transit; and
' BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Fridley recognizes that
light rail transit with an appropriate feeder bus system can
provide basic mobility for transit dependent people and is an Page
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attractive alternative to
the automobile in highly congested
corridors; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that
the City
of Fridley has not eliminated
light rail transit from the
City's
own transportation planning
process now under way in the
revision
of its Comprehensive Plan for
the 1990's.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS
22ND DAY OF APRIL, 1991.
MAYOR - WILLIE J. NEE
ATTEST 9HIRLEY A. AAPALA - 01TY CLERK