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Home My WebLink About01-28-82 _ • .CITY OF LAKEVILLE SPECIAL .COUNCIL MEETING January 28® 1982 The meeting was called to order by P?avor Jensen at 7:30 p.m. 'Mollcall- was taken. present:: Cbunci.lmembers Nelson, Zaun, Sindt, Enright & Mayor Jensen. Alsb present: crank Kriz and Keith Nelson ,.from Consulting Engineers Diversified; Roger Knutson ~.nd-Mary Vujovich from Cranr_is, Grannis, Campbell & Farrel ; Patrick McGarvey,' City Administrator/Clerk; James Robinette® public ~+Jorks Director,. Mayan..Jensenopened the publichearing on the ,proposed improvement of Holyoke Avenue/202nd Street;.. which involves State Trunk Highway SO and' Dakota County 'Highways 64 and°15, and gave a statement to the citizens present. concerning the importance of good .roads and transportation.'' The mayor_alsostatedthat the purt~ose of the hearing was to ~oresent the .project to the citizens and to listen to tkteir ideas regarding it.' The .City Clerk attested to the proper .legal. notice for the hearing.. The City Administrator/Clerk gave a history of the planning for this project which began as far .back. as 1976 and 77 when some of the citizens on the corner requested city. utilities be extended. It was explained that the` utilities could: not be extended, because the sanitary sewer treatment plant capacity was limited at the time and the City could not get hermits to extend the city sewer system until the new Empire Treatment ]?lane taas finished by the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission. planning for the improvement of the roads within the intersection began 'in 1979®; to"-be coordinated with the completion of the utilities once 'th'ey could be. , extended into the intersection. The city did extend sanitary sewer and water into the intersection'n 1981.. The administrator explained...,.that the Dakota County Board of Corr:~mmissioners had .budgeted the county°s share of the road improvement costs for 'County .Roads 64 and 15 in 1981 for the 1982 budget. ~'he county pays a share of the improvement costs on the counttl highways on a percentage sx~lit with the city that the improvement .falls withinJJ The administrator explained that the Minnesota Department of Transportation does not have its share of the costs available in 1982; and for that reason, an agreement would... be•necessary withthe state whereby the city_ may advance the state its ,share of the costs from our MSA fund. and be repaid by the state a later year when M-DOT can fund its share from its budget. At this time ~Mr. Keith Nelson from Consulting Engineers Diversified explained that their firm had been retained by-the city to prepare the encxineering plans on the _nroject, and then. he presented slides showing the layout of the proposed improvements and c~aV`e the breakdown of `the cost estimate. - The estimated, cost of the nrC3 j ect is $756, 400 , ~aitls Dakota County expected to .t?ay approximately $110,(10Q, .Minnesota r~epart?iaent of Transportation to pay $240,000, City. of Lakeville to _pay $211,806,. and $194,594 to be assessed against parcels of property along the'road-right-of-ways. Mr. Nelson stated that the current city .policy for assessing. street. costs on MSA streets is $24 per front foot for. residential property and $36 for Commercial or industrial. and institutional property- The; City of Lakeville owns two parcels within the project area for which the assess- ment based on the above pokey would be apxroximate].y $24,000 out of the $194,000 proposed to be assessed to proner~Cy owners'. At this time Mayor Jensen called upon those wishing to speak regarding the. project. Ms. :Leonard Benison, an attorney, stated that he was representing many of the property owners in,the area, and that there had been a meetingon January 26th attended by most of the people in the area. Their opinion, was that one, they .don°t want to see sidewalks along Hol~~oke Avenue; t~ao, the .project does not need curb and..guttera hree, in their opinion, the ditches will adequately convey drainage water, and they don°t feel the~z should be assessed any of the costs. Mr. ~entson stated that then,felt the intersection does need improvement, but that it is the responsibility of the state, city and county to pay for the imx~rovement costs. -1- • • . CITY b~` LAKE'VILLE SPECIAL COUNCIL TMIEETING January 28, 1982 Mr. Bentson stated that the :people he represented are very ox~posed to ..the project as proposed. ;b2r. Elgersma stated.'.that he lived in the area for `30 years and cauestioned why there-could not just be a four-way stop intersection installed.: Mrs. Stab@rg spoke against the installation of sidewalk and concrete curb and ':.gutter.. .Mrs. Frances..Kraft stated that she had had mud. damage her promerty as a result of :the utility improvement project and. would. not want to go through that again. Mr. Dennis.Kolbrek asked what the. estate ,laws are regarding this type of a project and questions concerning the di~:ensons of the project. Mr. Paul Clark stated that he lived Near the cattle pass on Holyoke Avenue.. and was concerned with the vroposed slope-gf his yard'. Mr. Elmer Morris., representing the ~~nnesott~a. Department of Transx~ortation State Aid Department, stated that :.after .conferring with. the design people at the District 9 office, the protect as proposed. was what `the department was recommending for improving his `intersection. Mr. Keith Nelson stated that if the ,project goes ahead, there would be a detour necessary to 'accommodate the construction of from'four.to six :weeks with access being provided only to local -residents living in the. area.. Pfd'. Bentson asked why the city is loaning money to A4-DOT interest free. Mayor Jensen explained that the: city may loan the ~aoney if it has an agree- ment with PSI-DOT to be repaid at.a future°date, and that the ctv is not receiving'intereston its money directly at this time and by advancing the .construction of the project, both the state and city would save money. because it could be built at today°s costs rather than at an anticipated higrier cast. in later Years . Mr. Babe Murphy asked about the lowering of Holyoke Avenue as it pertains to drainage north of 202nd Street. Mr. David Hendricks stated that he has been a resident along I3olvoke Avenue for 19 years and did not'want to .c~ay for an_y more road improvement projects nor .any assessments. At this time counclmember Sindt-asked if 'Trunk .Highway 50 might be ~°e- located in-the .future... Elmer Morris .stated that there had been some :discussion, but there has been no decisions on it and probably wouldn°t be for some time. Councilman Zaun stated that he felt the design is probably acceptable as is, 'but that he was concerned with the definition of °°benefit°' and would the benefit to the property owners be as proposed. He stated that curb and gutter has not. been along these roads~in the past, and that installation at this time may constitute a benefit. Councilman Zahn also :thanked the peolale for their fine comments during the hearinc°o Councilman Nelson asked if the state would particx~ate for its share in a lesser project. Again, Mr. Morris stated that.. he felt from his conversation. with thedesign people that this was what the state would be requiring as a minimum design for improving the intersection. The city administrator read from the city transportation plan the projected traffic flows at the intersection of 202nd and Holyoke versus 210th and Holyoke. _2r • CITY OF LAKEVILLE ST'EC-AL COUNCIL MEETING January 28~ 982 At this time Mayor.Jensen thanked.. the peot~le for their comments and attenc~ance.at the meeting and suggested that the council. table the 'decision on the project to the first meeting in March. 82.40 motion was made;hv Zaun, seconded by Sindt to continue the z~ublic hearing ao March 1, 1982. Roll ca~.1 was .taken on the motion. Ayes„ Nelson, Jensen, Zaun, Sindt & Enright. Time:' 9x45 xa.m. 82.41 Motion was made by Zaun, seconded by Nelson to approve..a chancre order on `nroject.79.15 for the Dakota Heights. well for the set-un and extra bailing of sand-from the well. Roll call ;was taken: on the motion. Ayes`, Jensen,.Zaun,. Sindt, Enright & Nelson.`. Mayor Jensen adjourned the council meeting at 9:54 p.m. Respectfully submitted, ~ ~ Patrick E'. ?~tcCarvey, City Cler Ro ert:Dense avor -3-