#593 11-19-73 Authorize Public Service Commission Crossing Signals189
Resolution No. 593 November 19, 1973
Member Ulstad introduced the following resolution and MOVED its adoption:
RESOLUTION
(Authorizing Petition to Public Service Commission
for Crossing Signals - Golden Valley Road)
WHEREAS there has been expressed to the Village Council for the
Village of Golden Valley, Minnesota, by residents of said Village, and by the
Public Safety Director for said Village, and by the Golden Valley Safety Council,
following due research and investigation, concern over the need for railroad
crossing signals at a point where the Minneapolis Industrial Railway (Chicago
North Western Transportation Co.,) crosses Golden Valley Road immediately North
of the club house for the Golden Valley Golf Club within said Village; and
WHEREAS said Village Council for the Village of Golden Valley likewise
is of the opinion that there appears to be a need for some sort of safety
signal device to be located at the point where the aforesaid Minneapolis
Industrial Railway crosses Golden Valley Road, being a point on said Golden
Valley Road lying just North and slightly West of the Northerly entrance to
the club house of the Golden Valley Golf Club off from said Golden Valley Road
within the Village of Golden Valley, it appearing to said Village Council that
the aforesaid crossing is dangerous to life and property for the reasons that
the amount of vehicular traffic on Golden Valley Road has substantially
increased, the train traffic on said Minneapolis Industrial Railway has some-
what increased and is at irregular and unpredictable intervals, and that there
are no adequate warning devices for such increased and dangerous traffic
conditions as the same may affect each other; and
WHEREAS the Village Council for the Village of Golden Valley desires
that the Public Service Commission for the State of Minnesota conduct a public
hearing in order to determine a necessity for safety signal devices at the
aforesaid crossing, and to further determine the allocation of the cost of
the same should safety signal devices be ordered to be installed; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of the Village of Golden Valley,
Minnesota, that it hereby petitions the Public Service Commission for the
State of Minnesota to conduct a public hearing pursuant to the provisions of
Chapter 219 of the Minnesota Statutes for a determination of the matter whether
safety signal devices should be installed at the point within said Village
of Golden Valley where the aforesaid Minneapolis Industrial Railway crosses
Golden Valley Road; and
RESOLVED further, that in the event it is determined by the Public
Service Commission that safety signal devices should be installed at the
aforesaid crossing, the Village Council for the Village of Golden Valley hereby
further petitions Public Service Commission that it also determine the allo-
cation and division of the cost respecting the installation of said safety
signal device, all in accordance with the manner provided for by the Minnesota
Statutes hereinabove referred to.
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Resolution No. 593 November 19, 1973
Mayo
Attest:
Village Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was seconded by
Member Hoover, and upon vote being taken thereon the following members voted
in favor thereof: Bix, Hoover, Moberg, Riggs, and Ulstad; and the following
voted against the same: None, whereupon said resolution was declared duly
passed and adopted, signed by the Mayor and his signature attested by the
Village Clerk.
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