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COTTAGE GROVE CITY COUNCIL
July 31, 1998
CALL TO ORDER
The City Council of the City of Cottage Grove, Washington County, Minnesota
held a special meeting on Friday, July 31, 1998, at the Cottage Grove City Hall,
7516 80 Street South. Mayor Denzer called the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor John Denzer
Council Member Rod Hale
Council Member Jim Wolcott
Council Member Sandy Shiely
Council Member Cheryl Kohls
Staff Present: Ryan Schroeder, City Administrator
Caron Stransky, City Clerk
• Kirstin Barsness, Economic Development Director
Patti Storby, Public Works Administrative Secretary
Michelle Wolfe, Assistant City Administrator
Liz Johnson, Finance Director
Brenda Peper, Accounts Payable Clerk
Les Burshten, Pubiic Works Director
Mayor Denzer presided over the meeting.
Urban and Rural Tax Districts
MOTION BY WOLCOTT, SECONDED BY HALE, TO ADOPT ORD/NANCE NO.
657, AN ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF COTTAGE GROVE, MINNESOTA,
RELATING TO URBAN AND RURAL SERVICE DISTRICTS BY AMENDING
SECTION 11-5, REMOVING SEVEN (7) PARCELS FROM THE URBAN
SERVICE DISTRICT. MOTION CARRIED. 5-0.
Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) RoadwaLr Improvement
Proposal
Council reviewed the report of City Administrator Schroeder dated July 27
� regarding the roadway improvements proposed by the Metropolitan Council
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Environmental Services staff. The proposal includes funding to:
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■ Upgrade 110 Street South to a 24-foot width, nine-ton roadway;
■ Overlay Ideal Avenue to a 24-foot width; and
■ Improve the 110 and Ideal/100 intersections with 100-foot right turn
lanes and 100-foot merge lanes.
The proposal also includes funding up to $100,000 for any other access road
improvements the City conducts between the site of the Treatment Plant and
Trunk Highway 61.
Following discussion, Council directed City Administrator Schroeder to draft a
counter-proposal to the MCES, as follows:
■ Ideal Avenue should be a 30-foot paved travel surface, to include marking
such as to provide for a laneway system in addition to the turn lanes at 100
and 110 Streets.
■ MCES should shoulder responsibility for all roadway needs befinreen the plant
and the state highway system.
■ The City of Cottage Grove should not be in a position of subsidizing
infrastructure needs of this regional facility to the benefit of the larger metro
system and to the detriment of the local taxpayer.
■ MCES should contribute toward the partial construction of Jamaica Avenue.
� MOTION BY WOLCOTT SECONDED BY HALE, TO ADJOURN THE SPECIAL
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MEETING AT 8:15 A.M. MOTION CARRIED. 5-0.
RespectFully submitted,
Caron M. Stransky
City Clerk CMC
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