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CONSENT AGENDA:
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SUBJECT:
DATE:
INTRODUCTION:
BACKGROUND:
CENSUS '90
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BRUCE LONEY, ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION #90-06
ORDERING PREPARATION OF FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT #90-12
FEBRUARY 5, 1990
On January 16, 1990, prior to the City Council
Meeting, the Economic Development Authority
(EDA) met to discuss the Redevelopment Project
Plan #2 and Tax Increment Financing Plan for
District 2-1. These plans are for the Enivid
Development proposal. The EDA made a
recommendation to set a Public Hearing date on
these plans. At the January 16, 1990 Council
Meeting, a Public Hearing date of February 20,
1990 was set by the Council. Associated with
this development proposal are improvements to
adjacent 'public roadways. The purpose of
this Agenda item is to authorize Staff to
prepare a Feasibility study on the public
improvements associated with the development
proposal.
In conjunction with the proposed Enivid
Development presented at the January 16, 1990
Council Meeting, the city of Prior Lake is
proposing to undertake road improvements near
the development site. The public improvements
shown on the attached map are as follows:
1. The upgrading of Toronto Avenue from
Tower street to Trunk Highway 13.
2. The realignment of Tower Street and Vine
street.
3. The realignment of Duluth Avenue to the
realignment of Tower Street and Vine
Street.
4629 Dakota St. S.E., Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372 / Ph. (612) 447-4230 / Fax (612) 447-4245
A Highway l3 Business Strip study was prepared
by Charles Tooker. This study analyzed the
traffic circulation between the three major
retail areas of Prior Lake which are the
Downtown, Gateway, and Priordale areas.
Recommendations have been made in each area
for improvements in traffic circulation to
faciliate the commercial districts. For the
Priordale area, a "ring road" concept has been
developed to provide an alternate route from
l70th Street to Franklin Trail other than
Trunk Highway 13. A map is included in the
Agenda packet to show this proposed route.
This route is the alignment that the City has
applied for Municipal state Aid designation.
A traffic review and analysis of this
commercial area was performed by
strgar-Roscoe-Fausch, Inc (SRF). This SRF
study also confirmed the contents of the ring
road concept. Approximately fifty percent of
the study area is undeveloped and will be
developed within the next twenty ~ears. The
traffic volume in this area is ant~cipated to
double upon full development. As a result of
the study, SRF developed a recommended roadway
system for the area based upon various traffic
design criteria.
The intersection of Duluth Avenue, Vine
street, and Tower Street is proposed to be
reali9ned to provide a smooth east/west
traff~c movement. The realignment of the
intersection was required to obtain MSA
designation. The District Engineer has
approved the MSA designation and is pending
central office approval.
A portion of the new roadwaf will transverse
through a lowland area wh~ch will probably
require soil correction work. Improvements
for the realignment include storm sewer, soil
correction, street construction, and sidewalk.
The proposed street construction to Toronto
Avenue includes new sidewalks, defined
driveways, and parking areas. The
improvements are much needed to control
traffic. The completion of the rin9 road from
Toronto Avenue to Franklin Trail w~ll depend
upon the development timing of the old
drive-in movie parcel.
DISCUSSION:
The schedule proposed by the Enivid
Development, if the project does proceed, is
for the development improvements to start this
spring and the supermarket to be opened this
fall. Construction of the development
improvements and public street improvements at
the same time would serve the best interests
of the developer and the city. Public
improvements associated with this project will
be financed by a combination of MSA Funds, tax
increment funds, if available, and special
assessments. Assessing local improvements is
done pursuant to Minnesota statutes, Chapter
429.
The Chapter 429 procedure steps for
improvement projects can be summarized as
follows:
1. Ordering preparation of the Feasbility
Report on Improvement.
2. Receive the Feasibility Report and call
for a Public Hearing on the Improvement.
3.
Conduct a Public
Improvement.
Hearing
on
the
Order preparation of plans
Improvement.
5. A~prove plans and order Advertisement for
B~ds.
4.
for
the
All of the procedural steps in the 429 ~rocess
require Council approval before proceed~ng to
the next step. Procedural steps such as the
Public Hearing and Advertisement for Bids
require a specific time interval for public
notices and publications. A minimum thirty
day interval is usually needed to meet the
publication and mail notification requirements
for public hearings and bid openings. staff
feels that the public improvements should be
constructed in conjunction with the
developer's proposed improvements. In order
to have the public improvements built this
summer, staff feels the 429 process should
begin as soon as possible.
If a Feasibility Report is
Council, Staff would have soil
work done in the Tower Street
Avenue intersection realignment
authorized by
investigation
and Duluth
area to
ALTERNATIVES:
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ACTION REQUIRED:
determine more accurately the extent of soil
correction work. The previous cost estimate
for the Tower Street and Duluth Avenue
realignment was done without the benefit of
soil borings. A soil boring investigation
will determine what soil correction method
should be utilized and its associated cost can
be estimated.
At present, City Council has set a Public
Hearing date of Februar~ 20, 1990 on the
proposed Redevlopment ProJect Plan #2 and Tax
Increment Financing Plan for District 2-1 to
further examine the development proposal.
Preparation of a Feasibility Report will
determine the project cost and assessment
rates so that a Public Hearing can be
conducted. The earliest date a Public Hearing
can be scheduled is March 19, 1990. The
ultimate approval of this project is dependent
on the street improvements, the Tax Increment
Financing Plan, the Developers Agreement, and
any other considerations which may occur as a
result of future Council Meetings.
The alternatives are as follows:
l. Approve Resolution #90-06 ordering
preparation of the Feasibility Report on.
Project #90-12.
2. Table this item for a specific reason.
3. Deny approval of Resolution #90-06.
Staff recommends that a Feasibility Report be
prepared to ~ive Council a report on the costs
for the publ~c improvements and to start the
Chapter 429 process so that the improvements
can be constructed this summer in the event
the development project receives approval.
Make a motion, as part of the Consent Agenda
to approve Resolution #90-06.
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CENSUS '90
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RESOLUTION 90-06
RESOLUTION ORDERING PREPARATION OF REPORT ON IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
#90-12
MOTIONED BY
SECONDED BY
WHEREAS, it is proposed to improve the following streets:
1. Toronto Avenue from Tower Street to Trunk Highway 13.
2. Realignment of Vine Street and Tower Street between CSAH
23 and Toronto Avenue.
3. Realignment and extension of Duluth Avenue to the new
alignment of Tower Street and vine Street.
by the installation of storm sewer, grading, aggregate base,
concrete curb and gutter, bituminous surfacing, sidewalk, and
appurtenant work and to assess the benefitted property for all or
a portion of the cost of the improvements, pursuant to Minnesota
statutes, Chapter 429.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF
PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA, that the proposed improvement be referred
to the city Engineer for study and that he is instructed to
report the Council with all convenient speed advising the Council
in a preliminary way as to whether the proposed improvement is
feasible and as to whether it should best be made as proposed or
in connection with some other improvement, and the estimated cost
of the improvement as recommended.
Passed and adopted this
th day of
, 1990.
YES
NO
Andren
Fitzgerald
Larson
Scott
White
Andren
Fitzgerald
Larson
Scott
White
David J. Unmacht
City Manager
City of Prior Lake
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4629 Dakota St. S.E., Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372 / Ph. (612) 447-4230 / Fax (612) 447-4245