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• • • COUNCIL WORK SESSION MAY 22, 1996 CITY OF LINO LAKES MINUTES DATE • May 22, 1996 TIME STARTED • 5:00 p.m. TIME ENDED • 9:04 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT • Council Members Bergeson, Kuether, Lyden, Neal and Mayor Landers Staff members present: City Administrator, Randy Schumacher; City Engineer, David Ahrens; City Attorney, Bill Hawkins; Community Development Director, Brian Wessel; Parks and Recreation Director, Marty Asleson; Community Development Coordinator, Mary Alice Divine; Solid Waste Coordinator, Jackie Constant; Finance Director, Mary Vaske; Planning Coordinator, Mary Kay Wyland and Clerk -Treasurer Marilyn Anderson. 12TH AVENUE/HOLLY DRIVE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, BILL HAWKINS Mr. Hawkins updated the Council on this matter. The developer of Trapper's Crossing has signed a development agreement which includes a requirement that he pay $250,000 toward the reconstruction of Holly Drive. Ongoing negotiations with the developer regarding the $285,000 commitment for upgrading 12th Avenue/Holly Drive have produced a verbal agreement. However, the developer has not signed the development agreement and is requesting that additional items be added to the agreement including language that says he will never again be assessed for Trapper's Crossing. Staff did not agree with this requirement. Mr. Hawkins proposed that the public hearing be opened, public comment received and then the public hearing closed. The Council would then decide if there will be a road reconstruction project. If there will be a project, the Council should order the improvement, prepare plans and specification and hold an assessment hearing. If the developer does not agree to the assessment, the Council will then decide how to reconstruct Holly Drive and whether a future plat can be denied. Mr. Ahrens presented a second proposal for upgrading Holly Drive. This proposal would provide a reconstructed roadway beginning at North Trapper's Crossing south to Ash Street. The proposal would require the construction of a roadway that would be adequate for the next 20 to 30 years but would not qualify for state aid funding (MSA).Holly Drive will continue to be listed as a MSA roadway and the City will continue to collect MSA funds for the roadway each year. One important reason for this proposal is that the southern portion of Holly Drive is not in the MUSA so therefore sanitary sewer cannot be extended to Ash Street. Mr. Ahrens recommended that a state aid street not be constructed until the south end of Holly Drive is included in the MUSA. It makes better sense to construct the sanitary sewer lines at the time the street is upgraded. PAGE 1