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Councilman Cox introduced the following resolution and moved for its <br />adoption: <br /> P~ESOLUTION #81-2 <br /> <br />P~ESOLUTION REGARDING A RAILROAD UNDERPASS AT STATE TRUNK HIGHWAY #47 IN <br />ANOKA <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the County of Anoka is working on providing a bridge over <br />the Rum River which would provide the citizens of Ramsey and northern Anoka <br />access to the existing railroad.underpass at 7th Avenue in Anoka, and <br /> WHEREAS, the Federal Highway Administration and the Ntinnesota De- <br />partment of Transportation have given the Rum River Bridge Crossing a low <br />priority rating, resulting in delays on reviews of environmental studies <br />required for this project, ~ud <br /> WHEREAS, funding to construct the Rum River bridge appears to be <br /> in the distant future, and <br /> WHEREAS, the population of the City of Ramsey based on the pre- <br /> liminary 1980 census figures has reached 10,084, and <br /> WHEREAS the number of trains utilizing the Burlington Northern <br /> Railroad approaches 30 per day which could prohibit emergency vehicles in <br /> a life or death situation. <br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLV~ BY THE cITY COUNCIL, CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA <br /> COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: <br /> l) The Minnesota Department of Transportation make a detailed in- <br /> vestigation of the possibility of the providing a railroad underpass at the <br /> intersection of State Trunk #47 and the Burlington Northern Railroad and re- <br /> port back to the City of Ramsey. <br /> 2) Direct the City Administrator to send copies of this resolution <br /> to the Minnesota Department of Transportation District 5 Traffic Safety En- <br /> gineer and the Commissioner of Transportation. <br /> The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconged by <br /> Councilperson Van Wagner and upon vote being taken thereon, the followmng <br /> voted in favor thereof: Mayor Gamec, Councilpersons Sorteberg, Van Wagner, <br /> Reimann <br /> ana %ne i'oi±owlng voted against the same: None <br /> whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted by the Ramsey <br /> City Council this the 27th day of January, 1981. <br /> <br /> Mayor Thomas Gamec <br /> <br />u~---~6~o dnc mlp~ r s o~ll. e~r~e.~ s <br /> <br /> ~councilperson Arnold L. Cox <br /> <br /> <br />