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<br />WS – Item 1 <br />WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />Work Session Item No. 1 <br /> <br /> <br />Date: December 5, 2022 <br /> <br />To: City Council <br /> <br />From: Michael Grochala, Community Development Director <br /> <br />Re: Otter Lake Road Master Plan <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />The NE quadrant of 35E and Main Street has been the focus of a number of planning and <br />infrastructure projects over the past 10 years. These projects included: <br /> <br /> 2012 The Northeast Drainage Area study to develop a drainage route for future <br />storm water management. <br /> 2018 Comprehensive Plan amendment establishing a business park land use <br />district and extending utility staging. <br /> 2019 The City evaluated trunk utility needs and conceptual layouts for the Otter <br />Lake Road extension. <br /> 2021 The City completed the drainage outlet to Peltier Lake, completing the new <br />drainage system from 35E to Peltier Lake. <br /> 2021 Winter Wetland bank evaluation was started. <br /> 2022 Wetland delineations for Otter Lake Road alignment and stormwater <br />management completed. <br /> 2022 The City awarded the construction contract for extending storm sewer from <br />Watermark under I-35E to serve the NE 35E area. <br /> <br />Development along Main Street has reached a point where trunk drainage improvements <br />are required to provide a stormwater route to the I-35E crossing. These improvements <br />also need to consider location and stormwater requirements for the Otter Lake Road <br />extension. <br /> <br />Because much of the infrastructure planning is interrelated, the City Council authorized a <br />master plan covering approximately 400 acres lying north of Main Street and east of 35E. <br />The purpose of the plan would be to determine a preferred alignment of Otter Lake Road, <br />create a regional stormwater plan and routing for the area, determine sanitary sewer and <br />water routing, and obtain land and engineering information necessary to apply for various <br />state and federal funding economic development grant opportunities. WSB and <br />Associates, was retained to prepare the plan. <br /> <br />With completion of the study and selection of a preferred alignment alternative the City <br />will be able to move forward with preparation of construction documents for future <br />improvements to both Otter Lake Road and the trunk stormwater system. Construction