1998.07.29 CC Minutes - Joint meeting with Lino Lakes & White Bear Township

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JOINT COUNCIL MEETING JULY 29,1998 to Centerville Road in the City of Centerville. The Task Force has been considering different scenarios that would link the west side with the east side of the City with possibly a bridge over I -35E, {not an interchange with ramps). That idea is not popular at this time and will be discussed f ether tomorrow at the regular Task Force meeting. Mr. Kern referred to the northeast quadrant of this area and explained that the Task Force does not see a need for additional bridges or access to I -35E in this area. The emphases in this area is 80th Street where a bridge without ramps is already in place to link with the regional road system. Mr. Powell briefly explained the utility issues for the southeast quadrant of the City. Utility installation in this area was prompted by the development of the Clearwater Creek subdivisions south of Cedar Street. He noted the location of the sanitary sewer lift station and the extension of trunk utilities to the north to Main Street. The sanitary sewer development on the west side of the freeway drains south to a lift station which eventually pumps into the Cedar Street lift station which ends up in the Metropolitan Council interceptor which runs along Cedar Street. Currently Metropolitan Council is in the design process for constructing a new gravity sewer which will pass through Hugo. The City has already constructed a new water tower located near the realigned Otter Lake Road and a well at the southeast intersection of Cedar Street and Clearwater Creek Drive. Utilities for the area south of Main Street are established. Development of the area north of Main Street will just required the extension of the utilities. Acting Mayor Lyden asked Mr. Willenbring to present the "greenway" development proposed for the south east quadrant of Lino Lakes and extending into the City of Centerville to the west, the City of Hugo to the east and White Bear Township to the south. He asked Mr.Willenbring to be frank about what he sees are the issues and how they impact each community. Mr. Willenbring explained the "Clearwater Creek greenway corridor project". It is a perspiration project which has a number of elements associated with it. The general alignment of the Clearwater Creek corridor was highlighted on a map presented by Mr. Willenbring. The corridor extends from the north outlet of Bald Eagle Lake north through Hugo and then west through Lino Lakes under I -35E into Centerville and eventually into the Rice Creek Chain of Lakes. There are three (3) distinct sections of the corridor, one in Hugo, one in Lino Lakes and one in Centerville. The three (3) cities have been working together for the past several years trying to get a grant from the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources to try to protect the corridor and develop it for preservation. The general concept is to take the corridor in Hugo which consists of a fairly narrow creek or ditch where water ponds in the channel and spreads out over a fairly flat flood plain and widen and deepen it, in selected areas, to increase the flood plain storage, develop some additional wetland vegetation along the sides of the channel and provide a trail along one side or the other through the corridor. The purpose is to develop a "greenway" corridor and protect the natural vegetation, protect areas where there may be some agricultural activity, and identify the natural and environmental concerns. This project will not discharge more water down stream but, provide an area for the water that will discharge PAGE 3