Otter Tail County2040 Transportat ion Plan

Better roads for a better Otter Tail… our values, our priorities

OTTER TAIL COUNTY 2040 TRANSPORTATION PLAN

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE

Andrew Klinnert Fred Sailer Lee Rogness

Bob Lahman Jean Bowman Myron Lueders

Craig W. Johnson Jim Beckstrom Nick Leonard

Chuck Grotte John Christensen Rick West

Curt Beckler John Haarstad Russ Dewey

Dan Bradow Kelcey Klemm Stanley Overgaard

Dan Edwards Kim Schroeder Wayne Johnson

Dick Trana Larry Bucholz

Don Solga Larry Huwe

Ed Roberts Lee Mindemann

PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM

Rick West, Public Works Division Director/ County Engineer

Chuck Grotte, Assistant County Engineer

Kevin Fellbaum, County Ditch Inspector / Engineer Technician

Lee Rogness, Otter Tail County Commissioners

Wayne Johnson, Otter Tail County Commissioners

PROJECT CONSULTANT TEAM

Brian Shorten, SRF Consulting Group Inc.

Craig Vaughn, SRF Consulting Group Inc.

BrieAnna Simon, SRF Consulting Group Inc.

Amy Grothaus, Braun Intertec

Adoption of the Otter Tail County Transportation Plan (2040) | Otter Tail County Resolution No. 2015-52

Upon motion by______________, seconded by_____________ and unanimously carried, the following resolution was adopted:

WHEREAS: the Otter Tail County Board of Commissioners is the duly elected governing body for Otter Tail County and is responsible for the planning, development, and preservation of a safe and functional transportation system; and

WHEREAS: Otter Tail County has undertaken the task of preparing a long range comprehensive County Transportation Plan to ensure the continued performance of the County’s transportation network; and

WHEREAS: the transportation planning process was guided by an Advisory Committee, composed of a cross-section of multi-jurisdictional technical experts and citizens; and

WHEREAS: the public was invited, encouraged and involved in the Plan’s preparation; and

WHEREAS: the Otter Tail County Transportation Plan (2040) includes the following key elements: existing conditions, goals, objectives and performance measures, future traffic forecasts, future multi-model analysis, system preservation strategies and an implementation plan with alternative funding scenarios; and

WHEREAS: this County Transportation Plan will assist County and local officials to cooperatively preserve and improve the County’s transportation system.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT: the Otter Tail County Board of Commissioners does hereby adopt the Otter Tail County Transportation Plan (2040), and agrees to use it as a guide for future transportation system decisions.

Adopted at Fergus Falls, Minnesota, this______ day of_______ 2015.

ATTEST

CERTIFICATIONSTATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF OTTER TAIL

I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution is a true and correct copy of the Resolution presented to and adopted by the County of Otter Tail at a duly authorized meeting thereof held on this_____ day of _______, 2015, as shown in the minutes of said meeting in my possession.

SEAL

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OTTER TAIL COUNTY RESOLUTION OF ADOPTION

OTTER TAIL COUNTY 2040 TRANSPORTATION PLAN

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 1

EXISTING CONDITIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 2

GOALS, OBJECTIVES & PERFORMANCE MEASURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 3

TRAFFIC FORECASTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 4

FUTURE MULTIMODAL SYSTEM ANALYSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 5

IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 6