HomeMy WebLinkAbout062104 Work Session16200 Eagle Creek Avenue S.E.
Prior Lake, MN 55372-1714
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County Road 12 Improvement Project Issues · Sidewalks
· Frontage Road
· TH13 Intersection
· Burial of Overhead Power Lines
· Stemmer/Tollefson
Economic Development Authority Issues · TIF Policy
· Business Subsidy Policy
Other Business1
4 Adjourn.
~ Please note that the City Council reserves the right to add or delete items from the agenda based
upon time availability.
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6/16/2004
CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP AGENDA REPORT
JUNE 21st, 2004
Bud Osmundson, Director of Public Works
COUNTY HIGHWAY 12 DISCUSSION ITEMS
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The County Highway 12 reconstruction from State TH 13 to County Highway 17
is scheduled for 2006 in both the City and County CIP's. The County as the lead
agency for the project has contracted with Bolten-Menk, Inc. for the engineering
design for the project. The City staff is part of the Project Management Team
for the project. There have been at least two full open house / informational
gathering meetings and numerous individual resident meetings that have specific
design issues along the project corridor in the last year. The schedule is to
complete the design in the next few months and allow the county a full year to
acquire the necessary permanent and temporary easements for the project.
During the public participation the PMT has listened and identified many issues
with the proposed project. The purpose of this work session is to provide the
City Council an opportunity to discuss some of the major issues. Then at the
next City Council meeting, the City Council will be asked to approve the
preliminary design / alignment of the street. City and County staff and the
consultant will provide maps and more details of the issues at the workshop.
Issues
There are five issues that we want to discuss with the City Council tonight that
have major impacts to the design of the project.
Sidewalks: As you are aware through numerous petitions, letters, and
emails, there is considerable discussion regarding the need for sidewalks on
both side of CH 12. Both City and County Staff have recommended that a
sidewalk or trail be placed on both sides of the roadway for safety purposes.
It is also a City policy to place a sidewalk or trail on both sides of collector
streets. Trails and sidewalks are our most used parks amenity.
For most of the eastern and western segments of the project there is plenty of
room to construct a trail on one side and a sidewalk on the other. The issue
is the narrow central segment of the project which we has numerous
driveways and narrow right of way. Many homeowners do not want the
sidewalk as they feel it is too close to their homes. Staff feels that there are
safety considerations that make it worth while. The issue is to either
construct a sidewalk on both sides or on one side, but also then to pick a side
to have the sidewalk.
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Frontage Road: At the west end of Ch 12, but east of Sunset Avenue, there
are numerous homes that have direct driveway access to CH 12. Again for
safety purposes, the PMT has recommended that a frontage road be
constructed and a new CH 12 be constructed adjacent to this so that these
direct driveway access are removed. The issues are that it increases the cost
of the project, and will require the acquisition of additional right of way.
TH 13 Intersection: The PMT has recommended that the new intersection of
TH 13 and CH 12 be moved to the southwest on TH 13 so that CH 12 aligns
between the car wash and the recently remodeled lawn mower sales building.
This realignment and the storm water ponding requirements will require the
acquisition of a majority of the present property. In addition, MnDOT is
providing the county with Access Management Funds for this project. Part
of our access management responsibility is to provide alternative access to
the large commercial property to the west of the lawn mower sales parcel.
The PMT is proposing to provide this access off of CH 12 at Elm Avenue
which will require purchase of a parcel in this area.
Overhead Utility Line Burial: Staff has heard from a number of residents
about the possibility of burying the overhead lines down CH 12. We do not
have any estimates of this cost, but are looking for some direction from
Council about pursuing this possibility.
Stemmer/Schneider Proposal: The developers of these two parcels have
approached staff about the possibility of constructing the segment of CH 12
that will be realigned through Spring Lake Park and on the Stemmer property
along with extending the utilities prior to 2006. This will require special
agreements with the developers and County to advance this construction.
Both City and County Staff feel there are a number of good reasons to pursue
this action.
6/16/2004