2006-088CITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
- RESOLUTION N0.2006-088
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS OF
THE SOUTHWEST TRANSITWAY ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS STUDY
WHEREAS, transportation infrastructure forms the backbone of the region's economy as well
as its quality of life, and has a direct impact on economic development; and
WHEREAS, a well designed and functional transportation system with multiple mode choices is
essential to maintaining long-term mobility throughout the metropolitan region; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council's long-range transportation plan identifies a future fixed
transitway corridor in the Southwest Metro through the cities of Minneapolis, St. Louis Park,
Hopkins, Minnetonka, and Eden Prairie; and
WHEREAS, the Southwest Metro area has experienced unprecedented population and
employment growth over the last 20 years and has become a maj or employment destination for
the metropolitan region; and
WHEREAS, a Light Rail Transit (LRT) line servicing the cities of Minneapolis, St. Louis Parlc,
Hopkins, Minnetonka, and Eden Prairie will accommodate projected growth and will help
maintain a competitive business environment and high quality of life for the entire Southwest
Region; and
WHEREAS, the Hennepin County Regional Rail Authority is near completion of the Southwest
Transitway Alternatives Analysis Study that compares the costs, benefits, and impacts of a range
of transit alternatives for the Southwest Corridor; and
WHEREAS, the Southwest Transitway's Technical Advisory Committee has provided the
preliminary recommendation that LRT Alternatives 1 A, 3A, and 3 C be retained for further
consideration; and
WHEREAS, the recommended LRT alternatives have daily ridership projections between
23,500 and 28,100; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Hopkins City Council, that the City of
Hopkins supports the preliminary recommendations of the Southwest Transitway Alternatives
Analysis; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Hopkins strongly supports all efforts by the
Hennepin County Regional Rail Authority, the Metropolitan Council, MnDOT, and the Federal
Transit Administration to fund and construct in a timely manner, a LRT line through the
Southwest Corridor, that it be considered a priority project for the region, and after the Central
Corridor, become the next planned expansion of the Comprehensive Transit System for the
metropolitan region.
ADOPTED by the Hopkins City Council this Sth day of December, 2006.
AT ST:
erry O e maier, City Clerk
Eugen . M well, Mayor