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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/15/1996 Council Minutes• • COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 15, 1996 DATE TIME STARTED TIME ENDED MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT CITY OF LINO LAKES COUNCIL MINUTES : April 15, 1996 . 4:30 P.M. . 5:50 P.M. : BERGESON, KUETHER, NEAL, LANDERS : LYDEN Staff members present: City Engineer, David Ahrens; Community Development Director, Brian Wessel; City Administrator, Randy Schumacher and Clerk -Treasurer Marilyn Anderson. The purpose of the work session was to discuss street configuration in the vicinity of the proposed new Centennial School District middle school on Elm Street. Mr. Schumacher explained that there are three (3) important issues regarding the proposed road that must be considered. These issues are safety, financing and neighborhood impact, not necessarily in this order. This work session provides an opportunity for the City Council to discuss with staff the various road alignment proposals as well as financing. Since it is important that whatever proposal is chosen be eligible for Municipal State Aid (MSA) funding, Mr. Ahrens met with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) this afternoon and another road alignment was prepared. (See attached map) This alignment, titled Fi, would satisfy all criteria required for a MSA project. It does keep traffic flowing near the middle school site without stopping until it reaches Lake Drive. The buses leaving the middle school would have to stop before entering the roadway and buses coming east on Elm Street would have to make a left hand turn into the middle school driveway. Mr. Schumacher noted that this proposal has not been reviewed by the Centennial School District. Mr. Ahrens prepared a cost estimate for street and utility improvements needed for the Centennial School District middle school based on the MnDOT proposal. The total estimate is $483,000.00. The adjacent lot owner would be responsible for $5,400.00 of street construction and the City would be responsible for $73, 333.00 for signal installation. The balance of the costs would be the responsibility of the Centennial School District. Mr. Schumacher explained that he had met with Mr. McClellan last Friday to discuss financing the road realignment. Mr. McClellan does understand that Centennial School District will have to help finance the new road alignment. PAGE 1 COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 15, 1996 Council Member Bergeson said he liked MnDOT's proposal because it makes the roadway the most important aspect of the project, not how it benefits the proposed middle school. Mr. Schumacher explained safety is probably the first issue and this proposal appears to address this concern. Mr. Ahrens explained that it appears that some children will have to cross Lake Drive to get to the middle school. Other children will have to cross Elm Street. He will review the pedestrian study that is being prepared by OSM to determine where to place trails leading to the school. Mr. Schumacher explained that Centennial School District owns a parcel of land located west of the extension of Fourth Avenue north and fronting on I -35W which is zoned Light Industrial. Mr. McClellan has proposed swapping this parcel for some property that will contain the new alignment of Elm Street. This will keep the cost of the improvement down since there will not be a need to acquire street right-of-way. Council Member Kuether expressed concern because parcels acquired by the Centennial School District would not be taxable. Mayor Landers asked if the City Council will get copies of all road options at the Wednesday Council work session. Mr. Ahrens said yes. Council Member Kuether suggested that since the Centennial School District is paying the major portion of the improvements, the City Council should consider their options first and then throw out all options that do appear to be viable. Mayor Landers noted that option B requires the construction of a half -street. Mr. Ahrens will ask the City's consulting planner what a half -street is. Mr. Schumacher said that he wanted to be sure that the City Council knows what option they support. Each option will be evaluated on Wednesday including the options supported by Centennial School. He suggested that street options be narrowed to two or three. Council Member Bergeson noted that Elm Street will soon be the jurisdiction of the City of Lino Lakes. If the street is realigned as proposed by MnDOT, there will be a savings when the roadway is improved. Council Member Kuether suggested that when Elm Street is improved, it could be improved in sections. The first section would start where the extension of Elm Street goes to Lake Drive west to Second Avenue. The balance of the street could be improved at another time. Council Member Kuether suggested that when a road alignment is approved, the approval should contain the dollar amount that will be the responsibility of the City. Mr. Schumacher explained that the continued public hearing on this matter is scheduled for Monday, April 22, 1996. The City Council should take public input and then close the public hearing. There will be no other action on this matter at this time. PAGE 2 • PROPOSED TRAFFIC SIGNAL 50 25 0 50 100 SCALE IN FEET 7 dOiS 1 1 1 • 1 Drown By: P.L.J. Dote: 4/15/96 Orr Schelen Mayeron & Associates, Inc. Engineers . Architects ■ Planners • Surveyors 300 Park Place East • 5775 Wayzata Boulevard Minneapolis.UN 55416-1226 • 612.595-5775 Drawing Title OPTION F1 PROPOSED STREET IMPROVEMENTS PROPOSED CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL SITE LINO LAKES, MINNESOTA Comm. Nc 5666.00 Figure F1 COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 15, 1996 Council Member Kuether asked, has the Centennial School District asked the City to participate in other costs. Mr. Schumacher explained that area and unit charges were discussed as well as other concessions. At this time, staff has not made any concessions. Mr. Schumacher said that it was the Centennial School District who suggested the land swap outlined earlier. He said that the City should get involved in this issue. Mr. Wessel and Mr. Ahrens will meet with Glenn Rehbein's attorney tomorrow to discuss the MnDOT street proposal as well as other issues. Council Member Kuether said that she would not consider any street alignment options until the pedestrian study is completed. Mr. Schumacher asked that the City Council be totally familiar with the proposal from MnDOT. He also asked them to give him a call if they have further questions. The meeting was adjourned at 5:50 P.M. These minutes were considered, corrected and approved at a regular Council meeting held on April 22, 1996. s+/- arilyn G. Anderson, Clerk -Treasurer PAGE 3 Jo L. Landers, Mayor