Laserfiche WebLink
<br />:"'" <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />MINUTES <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br />WORKSESSION <br />MONDAY, JULY 19, 1999 <br />4:45 P.M. - CITY HALL, 4364 WEST ROUND LAKE ROAD <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Dennis Probst called to order the City Council <br />Worksession at 4:50 p.m. Present were Councilmembers Beverly Aplikowski, Gregg Larson, <br />Paul Malone, and Lois Rem; City Administrator, Brian Fritsinger; Assistant to the City <br />Administrator, Kevin Ringwald; Public Works Director, Dwayne Stafford; City Accountant, <br />Terrance Post; Parks and Recreation Director, Thomas J. Moore; City Engineer, Greg Brown; <br />and Administrative Secretary, Sheila Stowell. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION ITEMS <br /> <br />a. Hil!:hwav 96/10 Desil!:B <br /> <br />City Administrator Fritsinger provided an overview of the available options and discussion to- <br />date regarding proposed designs by Ramsey County and the Minnesota Department of <br />Transportation (MnDOT) for Highways 96/10; and reviewed the background information staff <br />had provided in the Council packet for the Council's historical review regarding the overall <br />project. <br /> <br />Mr. Post mentioned that in the most recent County TIP, the project letting for this portion of <br />Highway 96 reconstruction was scheduled for March, 200 I. <br /> <br />Mr. Fritsinger introduced Jim Tolaas, Ramsey County Public Works Project Manager, and Mr. <br />Mark Goess, representing MnDOT. <br /> <br />Mr. Tolaas displayed the overall Arden Hills reconstruction design concepts, stating that the <br />County was at a standstill at present as far as developing a final plan to forward to MnDOT, <br />pending Arden Hills' final approval of a plan. Mr. Tolaas stated that Ramsey County and <br />MnDOT had attempted, in this latest design concept, to incorporate regional long-range planning <br />needs. <br /> <br />Mr. Tolaas again introduced Mark Goess, MnDOT Planning/Pre-Design Engineer, and Bob <br />Brown, MnDOT State Aid Engineer, who were both in attendance to share in the discussion of <br />design options for the Highway 96/1 0 corridor area. <br /> <br />Discussion items included the various design options; access points; soil contamination near <br />Round Lake; possibility of relaxing City setback requirements so additional mobile homes would <br />not need to be acquired by the County; noise wall mitigation; trail location and safety; <br />realignment of West Round Lake Road; intersection grades; BRW study; ramp terminals; safety <br />concerns regarding a grade separation at the intersection of Highways 96 and 10; Highway 10 <br />