HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC-05-15-00-02 Parson BrinkerhfRESOLUTION NO. 05-15-00-02
WHEREAS, the Cannel Clay Plan Commission, at the request of the US 31 Corridor Task Force, has retained
the consulting finn of Parsons Brinkerhoff to study and provide recommendations related to the State of Indiana
Department of Transportation (INDO1D proposed plans for a US Highway 31 Freeway Upgrade, and its impact
on the City of Cannel and Clay Township, and
WHEREAS, Parsons Brinkerhoff has determined that segments of the INDOT plans would have a detrimental
impact on the adopted Carreel/Clay Thoroughfare Plan, especially as they pertain to a conflict between an
INDOT proposed interchange at 136th Street and our proposed extension of Illinois Street, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Indiana Code Section 36-74-506, after a thoroughfare plan has been included in the
Comprehensive Plan for a community, thorouglffares may be located, changed, widened, straightened or vacated
only in the manner indicated by the Comprehensive Plan, and
WHEREAS, Parsons Brinkerhoff has developed an alternative to the INDOT proposal which would phce an
interchange in the area of 13 1~t Street, as well as provide for the extensions of Illinois Street (a.k.a. Meridian
Comers' Boulevard ) and Pennsylvania Street to intersect at a common location in the US 31 Corridor, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Indiana Code Section 36-7-4-504, INDOT is required to give due consideration to the
policy set out in the Comprehensive Plan, in regard to the authorization, construction, alteration, or abandonment
of the public ways, and
WHEREAS, the 1970 Federal Highway Act, places a responsibility on the Federal Highway Administration to
fully consider adverse effects of transportation on community cohesion, public facilities, employment, tax and
property values and community and regional growth, and
WHEREAS, the Parsons Brinkerhoff interchange proposal has been recommended to the State of Indiana DOT
by the Mayor of Carreel in a letter to Steve Cecil, Deputy Commissioner, dated March 1, 2000, and requested for
serious consideration by INDOT in lieu of any other plan for the same area on U.S. 31, and
WHEREAS, future land development within the four quadrants abutting the area of 13 1 ,t Street and US 31 and
located in the U.S. 31 Overlay Zone, threatens the possibility of the Parsons Brinkerhoff interchange
recommendation from being a viable consideration by INDOT during their Environmental Impact Statement
process, which could last more than two years, and
WHEREAS, the US 31 Corridor Task Force, at their public meeting on May 4, 2000 voted unanimously to
recommend the Cannel City Council adopt a resolution making the Parson's Brinkerhoff interchange proposal
the preferred solution for future US 31 Freeway Upgrade to best meet the Cannel/Clay Township Thoroughfare
Plan, which should then be communicated to the State of Indiana, and
WHEREAS, the US 31 Corridor Task Force, at their public meeting on May 4, 2000, voted unanimously to
recommend the Cannel City Council adopt a resolution setting a lime frame of 90 days to allow the State of
Indiana and the City of Cannel and oppommity to work out details which would allow the possible
implementation of the Parsons Brinkerhoff interchange proposal in conformance with the Cannel/Clay
Thoroughfare Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Cannel, Indiana as follows;
Future development plans will be held and actions tabled on any proposal for land development on parcels in the
four quadrants in the U.S. Highway 31 Overlay Zone, and directly abutting the intersection of 13 1''t Street and
U.S. Highway 31 for a period not more than ninety 90 days to allow the City of Cannel, namely, the Office of
the Mayor, to work out the details with the Indiana Department of Transportation to give consideration and allow
possible future implementation of the Parsons Brinkerhoff interchange proposal, attached hereto as Exhibit 'A'.
PASSED by the Common Council of the City of Cannel, Indiana this [~ day of
"')/'1~ (_i.~-.j~ ,2000, by a vote of '7 ayes and (53 nays.
COMMON COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF CARMEL
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Wayne A. Wilson
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Diana L. Cordray, ~, Clerk~~i~er
Approved by me, Mayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana, this/~"' day of ~ e~' / ,2000.
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Diana L. Cordray, IAMC, Clerk-Tre~Ler
RESOLUTION NO. 05-15-00-02
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