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Councilmemb~?r r.)~,'Luca introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: <br /> <br />RESOLUTION #89-05-98 <br /> <br />RESOLU-fI©N S"fATING NEED AND ORDERING AN E.A.W. FOR THE 153RD AVENUE <br />N.W. THOROUGI-tFARE BETWEEN C.S.A.H. NO. 5 AND RAMSEY BOULEVARD N.W. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey is a City with a population greater than 5000 and <br />is eligible ~o received Municipal State Aid Funds; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, as part of the City's Municipal State Aid Street System the City has <br />designated 153rd/~venue as an east-west thoroughfare between T.H. No. 10 and Roanoke; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the thoroughfare plan of the City's Comprehensive Plan shows <br />153rd Ave~)ue as proposed collector street crossing the entire city, and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City's Comprehensive Plan further states that to better provide <br />for local tdps, ih(-~ City of Ramsey should provide east-west collectors located at one mile <br />intervals or less, where possible; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey has recently formed a Fire Department which <br />will be Iocateo at r:amsey City Hall; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, a east-west collector street in the vicinity of 153rd AVenue will <br />reduce resp¢:r]s~ time for fire calls and all other emergency calls on the west wide of the City; <br />and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City has or is in the process of constructing all other segments <br />of the 153rd /\v,:mue collector street with the exception of the segment between C.S.A.H. No. 5 <br />and Ramsey goule~/ard and the segment between Varolite Street and County Road No. 83; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City has passed a resolution approving a 5-year construction <br />program for tt~e Municipal State Aid Street System which calls for the construction of the final <br />two segments of the 153rd Avenue thoroughfare by 1992; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, in accordance with its 5-year construction program the City has <br />ordered the City E;~gineer to prepare plans for the right of way acquisition of the 153rd Avenue <br />thoroughfare betwe,-m C,S.A.H. No. 5 and Ramsey Boulevard; and <br /> <br /> rWH!EREAS, as part of the right of way plan preparation the City Engineer has <br />reviewed alternatives completed preliminary surveying and determined that the thoroughfare <br />will impact w~;tlar~i,,-',. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFOt;IE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THIS CITY OF <br />RAMSEY, ANOK.~r COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: <br /> <br /> ! ) That the City Council finds that the proposed 153rd Avenue thoroughfare <br />will be a rn~jor collector in the City transportation system which will benefit the safety and <br />welfare of Ih(: citi×~,,ns of Ramsey. <br /> <br /> <br />