80-2824 Ca TY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
R1SOLUTION NO. 80-2824
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL
REGARDING CSAH 18 CONSTRUCTION DETOURS DURING
PHASE 3 .
WHEREAS, the Hennepin County Department of Transporta-
tion submitted a letter to this Council dated June 19 , 1979, re-
garding proposed traffic routing during the construction of C.S.A.H.
18 through Hopkins , and
WHEREAS, the Hopkins City Council in Resolution No.
79-2781 dated June 19, 1979 , requested that C.S.A.H. 18 traffic
not be returned to Minnetonka Mills Road and 5th Avenue during
Phase 3 but that Second Street N.E. be used as the detour, and
WHEREAS, the Hennepin County Transportation Department
has prepared Report No. 2, C.S.A.H. 18 proposed traffic routing
through Hopkins, and
WHEREAS, said Report No. 2 investigated the request of the
Council as to its ramifications and effect on traffic and lists
various alternative routings that could be developed for Phase 3,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of
the City of Hopkins that it commends the County for its Report Nc . 2
and favors Alternative 3 which is shown on Figure 5 and is re-
ferred to as the Excelsior Avenue Route, and requests that the
County implement this detour during Phase 3.
Specifically, this detour calls for all northbound C.S.A.H.
18 traffic to use the C.S.A.H. 3 exit ramps, and proceed east on
C.S.A.H. 3, north on C.S.A.H. 20 , and west via State Highway 7, or
Aquila and 36th St. to existing C.S.A.H. 18, with southbound traffic
following the same route in the opposite direction.
Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Hopkins,
Minnesota at a regular meeting held the 19th day of February 1980 .
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H.E. RICHARDSON, JERRE A. MILLER,
City Clerk Mayor
JOSEPH C. VESELY,
City Attorney