HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-02-20 MINUTES (SPECIAL MEETING)
COTTAGE 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 Member Justin Olsen, and Council Member Jen 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 70 Street Realignment Project (CSAH
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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 70 Street (County Roads 19-20-22)
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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.
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February 20, 2013 Special 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 70 Street and utility improvements and upgrades. The total right-
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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