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MEMO
To:
Honorable Mayor and City Council
From:
Nick Egger, City Engineer
Date:
July 29, 2009
Re:
Resolution – Order Public Hearing on Highway 61 Bridge Replacement Project
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Enclosed for Council approval is a resolution ordering a public hearing for the September 21,
Council meeting in order for the City to gather public comments on the Highway 61 Bridge
replacement project. The hearing is a required step in the Municipal Consent process such that
MnDOT is able to obtain the City’s approval/disapproval of the project layout. After the public
hearing has been conducted, the City will have 90 days in which to make a resolution to approve
or disapprove the layout for the project. A letter from MnDOT Design Manager Jerome Adams
containing further information has also been included.
CITY OF HASTINGS
Dakota County, Minnesota
Resolution No. _________
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ESOLUTION ALLING EARING ON
H61BRP
IGHWAY RIDGEEPLACEMENT ROJECT
WHEREAS
,
a replacement project for the U.S. Highway 61 Bridge over the Mississippi River has
been scheduled by the Minnesota Department of Transportation to commence in 2010, and
WHEREAS,
said project will feature changes to the access to the highway, increase the highway’s
capacity for traffic, and involve acquisition of right-of-way, and
WHEREAS,
holding a public hearing to solicit public comment on the aforementioned access,
capacity, and right-of-way changes is a requirement of the State of Minnesota Municipal Consent
Statutes, Chapters 161.162 through 161.167, and
WHEREAS,
the public hearing must take place no sooner than 30 days after such notice of said
public hearing has been published.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HASTINGS AS FOLLOWS;
that
1. The City Council hereby orders a public hearing on the Highway 61 Bridge Replacement
project to be held at its regular meeting at 7:00 PM, Monday, September 21, 2009at City
Hall at 101 E. 4th Street, and the City Clerk shall give mailed and published notice of
such hearing and improvements as required by law.
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ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF HASTINGS, MINNESOTA, THIS 3 DAY OF
AUGUST, 2009.
Ayes:
Nays:
Paul J. Hicks, Mayor
ATTEST:
Melanie Mesko Lee, City Clerk
SEAL
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OTICE OF UBLICEARING
FOR
H61BRP
IGHWAY RIDGE EPLACEMENT ROJECT
7:00 PM, Monday, September 21, 2009
Hastings City Hall
To Whom It May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the City Council of Hastings, Minnesota will meet in the City
Council Chambers, City Hall, 101 4th Street E, at 7:00 PM,Monday, September 21, 2009, to
solicit public comment on the changes in access, capacity for traffic, and in right-of-way
proposed in the layout plan for the Highway 61 Bridge replacement project. This hearing is
considered pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 161.
The public hearing before the City Council is scheduled for Monday, September 21, 2009 at the
Hastings City Hall, 101 E. 4th St., at 7:00 PM. A short presentation by representatives of the
Minnesota Department of Transportation will precede the public hearing comment period. Such
persons who desire to be heard with reference to the proposed project will be heard at such time
and place.
Any citizen, prior to the date of the public hearing, may examine the exhibits and documents
pertaining to the above improvements at the Minnesota Department of Transportation Waters
Edge building, located at 1500 W Co Rd B2, Roseville, MN 55113 by contacting MnDOT
Roadway Design Deputy Manager Jerome Adams at (651) 234-7611. Information may also be
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viewed during MnDOT office hours, currently being held at Hastings City Hall, 101 4 Street E,
Hastings, MN from 3-6pm on the first and third Mondays of each month.
_____________________________________
Nicholas A. Egger, P.E. - City Engineer
Publish in Hastings Star Gazette: August 6, 2009