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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />DRAFT <br />1 CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />2 MINUTES <br />3 <br />4 DATE : January 24, 2022 <br />5 TIME STARTED : 5:30 p.m. <br />6 TIME ENDED : 6:25 p.m. <br />7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Stoesz, Lyden, Ruhland, <br />8 Cavegn and Mayor Rafferty <br />9 MEMBERS ABSENT : None <br />10 Staff members present: City Administrator Sarah Cotton; Human Resources and <br />11 Communications Coordinator Meg Sawyer; Community Development Director Michael <br />12 Grochala; City Planner Katie Larsen; City Engineer Diane Hankee; Public Safety Director <br />13 John Swenson; Public Services Director Rick DeGardner; City Clerk Julie Bartell <br />14 <br />15 1. Preliminary Design for the Hodgson/CR J Improvements — Community <br />16 Development Director Grochala introduced representatives from Anoka County and WSB <br />17 and Associates who are working on the project. Anoka County staff reviewed a <br />18 PowerPoint presentation that included information on the following: <br />19 <br />20 - Challenges — traffic operations, closeness of adjacent properties, skew of existing <br />21 intersection, right of way impact; <br />22 - Options — roundabout, signal; <br />23 - Overall Layouts — each option; <br />24 - Traffic Comparisons — looking ahead as well; <br />25 - Alternative Comparisons (charted); more benefits at this point for the roundabout; <br />26 - Next steps — sharing with jurisdictions and public (including website comments <br />27 and live open house); <br />28 - 2023 Construction is envisioned. <br />29 <br />30 Mayor Rafferty remarked that the open house held for Birch Street improvements was <br />31 well received and well handled. <br />32 <br />33 Councilmember Cavegn remarked that there is more space available to the east and he <br />34 wonders why that isn't being utilized. County staff explained that they weighed options <br />35 and are initially presenting a plan they feel is fair and works well with properties. Staff <br />36 then clarified that they are in the process of setting up meetings with the property owners. <br />37 <br />38 Councilmember Stoesz noted north to south direction and that in the SE quadrant it seems <br />39 impossible to get into the gas station without a roundabout. Staff explained how access <br />40 could be provided. Councilmember Stoesz asked about barriers to prevent certain <br />41 movements around the intersection; staff has not looked at that possibility at this point. <br />42 Pedestrian access (with roundabout) would be handled with ramps, similar to what was <br />43 done on Birch Street. Is fixing the trail part of the project? Staff said they are working <br />44 on getting that done. <br />1 <br />