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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-04-17 PACKET 03.A.REQUEST OF CITY COUNCIL ACTION COUNCIL AGENDA MEETING ITEM # DATE 4/17/2013 • � PREPARED BY: City Clerk Caron Stransky ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT HEAD **********************��*�*�******************** COUNCIL ACTION REQUEST: Consider approving the February 20, 2013 City Council Special Meeting Minutes. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Approve minutes. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS: ❑ MEMO/LETTER: ❑ RESOLUTION: ❑ ORDINANCE: ❑ ENGINEERING RECOMMENDATION: ❑ LEGAL RECOMMENDATION: � OTHER: Draft minutes. ADMINISTRATORS COMMENTS � f ity Administrator Date *******�*���***�*�****************************** COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN: ❑ APPROVED ❑ DENIED ❑ OTHER V:\nbelscamper\Templates\City Council�Action Form.doc ���� � r �e � Pride ar�d PC��p�rity f��et COT�'AGE GROVE CITY COUNCIL City of Cottage Grove, Minnesota Special Meeting February 20, 2013 CALL TO ORDER The City Council of the City of Cottage Grove, Washington County, Minnesota, held a special meeting on February 20, 2013 at the Cottage Grove City Hall, 12800 Ravine Parkway, Cottage Grove. Mayor Bailey called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. ROLL CALL The following were present: Mayor Myron Bailey, Council Member Derrick Lehrke, Council MemberJustin Olsen, and Council MemberJen Peterson. The following were absent: Council Member Dave Thiede. Also present were: Ryan Schroeder, City Administrator; Caron Stransky, City Clerk; Jennifer Levitt, City Engineer; Robin Roland, Finance Director; and Craig Woolery, Public Safety Director. Mayor Bailey presided over the meeting. Mayor Bailey stated that the purpose of the special meeting was to receive a presentation from Washington County on the 70t" Street Realignment Project (CSAH 19, 20, 22). City Engineer Levitt introduced representatives of Washington County and the South Washington Watershed District who.were in attendance: Autumn Lehrke, Washington County Commissioner, Jacob Grave, Washington County, Cory Slagle, Washington County, Matt Moore, Administrator of the South Washington Watershed District, and Dennis Hanna and Jack Lavold, Commissioners of the South Washington Watershed District. Jacob Grave, Design Engineer with Washington County and Charles Cadenhead of HDR, Inc., provided a summary of the 70th Street (County Roads 19-20-22) Intersection Improvement Project and the Central Draw OverFlow Project. The improvements include grading, aggregate base, bituminous paving, storm sewer, water main, concrete curb and gutter, bituminous path, ADA improvements, signs, striping, lighting and landscaping improvements. CIIY OF COTTAGE GROVE • 12800 Ravine Parkway • Cottage Grove, Minnesota 55016 www.cottage-grove.org • 651-458-2800 • Fax 651-458-2897 • Equal Opportunity Employer Cottage Grove City Council ( 2 February 20, 2013 Speciai Meeting Grave then reviewed the project costs and the project schedule. The total construction investment with all three parties is about $12.7 million with $8 million being picked up by the Watershed; $3.6 million by the County; and a little over a million by the City. The bulk of the cost to the City includes turn lanes for the new developments on 70t" Street and utility improvements and upgrades. The total right- of-way acquisition costs right now is about $1.4 million with about $490,000 being picked up by the Watershed; $440,000 by Washington County; and about $410,000 by the City. Grave stated that they plan on opening bids on March 29, ask the County Board to award the project on April 16 with an open house in mid-April, construction would start on May 1 and go up until the middle of November until substantial completion. The Council then discussed the trail being constructed along Keats Avenue (Co. Rd. 19) in Woodbury. Commissioner Lehrke addressed the Mayor and City Council expressing concern about the trail comments that were made. She stated that if Cottage Grove wanted trails let's talk about it. She expressed concern that we were a month away from getting bids and this is the first that she has heard about this. Mayor Bailey stated that the only reason he brought it up is because he knows that it was in Washington County's Capital Improvements Plan to have a trail that would run all the way from Cottage Grove to Lake Elmo Park. He stated that he was concerned about completing the trail only up to the Cottage Grove border in Woodbury. City Engineer Levitt stated that the trail segment would cost about $500,000. City Engineer Levitt stated that one of the biggest differences between our project and Woodbury's is that Woodbury's trail is in a fully urban section and we are still in a rural section. That is why we have been able to accommodate the trail with a ditch section and carry that same rural feel that we have on the eastern part of Keats Avenue. Council Member Thiede arrived at 7:02 p.m. The special meeting adjourned to the regular meeting. Prepared by, Caron M. Stransky City Clerk