12-03-2018 Council Work Session Minutes

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION December 3, 2018 APPROVED 117 - Project related service highlights; 118 - Factors related to proposed increase. 119 5. Peltier Lake Outlet Update — Community Development Director Grochala 120 offered an update. Plans and specifications for the drainage project are being prepared. 121 The project will require some property acquisition for the main channel and the 35E inlet, 122 impacting two properties. In preliminary design, the channel is taking shape (map 123 shown). He reviewed several overhead plan documents as well as side view. He noted 124 that room for trails on both sides of the chamlel will be included in easements but are not 125 funded. The project is on schedule. 126 6. Cedar Street East —City Engineer Hankee explained that the cities of Hugo and 127 Lino Lakes have been discussing the pavement of roadways. She reviewed the current 128 conditions of the roadway on Cedar Street and noted the disadvantages of a having a 129 highly traveled gravel roadway. Staff is also looking at improving the portion of the 130 roadway that is currently paved. Ms. Hankee then reviewed the existing conditions on 131 Elmcrest/24th Avenue. 132 133 Mayor Reinert asked where Cedar Street would have turned up within the City's 134 Pavement Management Plan. Ms. Hankee indicated that she will be reviewing that plan 135 as the next item. He asked what triggers the need coming forward now and Ms. Hankee 136 noted Tart Lake Road issues and other access and use matters. Also maintenance is due 137 again. 138 139 Mayor Reinert remarked that it appears that the sense of urgency may be more for the 140 City of Hugo and it's mostly their traffic impacted. If that's the case, they should 141 contribute more to the costs. 142 7. Annual Pavement Management Report and 2019 Mill and Overlay -City 143 Engineer Hankee presented information on the City's annual Pavement Management 144 Plan. Data is used to produce the pavement condition map. Staff also uses the data to 145 determine streets that will benefit from maintenance and when that will be most effective. 146 She reviewed those streets proposed for the 2019 Mill and Overlay Project. Crack 147 sealing and other maintenance is also included in the budgeted funds for street 148 maintenance. 149 8. Comp Plan Update- Community Development Director Grochala reviewed 150 proposed changes to date. He then explained that, based on council direction, staff has 151 been working through changes regarding mixed use development parameters and use of 152 the PUD process. He reviewed the proposed changes coming forward as included in the 153 staff report. 154 155 If the council is comfortable with the changes, staff would like to bring the plan back to 156 the Planning and Zoning Board for their review and a public hearing (and possibly an 157 open house). Ultimately the Plan goes out to other jurisdictions for review. m