HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 04-05-1979�tlNUTES OF SPECBAL COUNClL MEETING
Yillage of Arden Hills
Thursday, April 50 1979 - 5:00 p,m.
V191age Hal!
CaB9 to Order
Pursuant to due cail a�d notice thereof, Mayor Crepeau cailed
the meeting to order at 5:12 p.m.
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Roll Call
Present: Mayor Henry J. Crepeau, Jr., Councllmen Ward Hanson,
Robert Woodburn.
Absent: Councilmen Charles Crichton, James Wingert.
Also Present: Englneer ponald Ct�ristoffarsen, Rofand Dant,
Dennis LaFrance, John Rebane, Clerk Administrator
Charlotte McNiesh.
Purpose of Meetinq -
The Special Meettng was caiied to review Storm Drainage Improve-
ment No. T4-! Revised as it rela�es to the Land 0'Lakes site.
REPORT OF ENGINEER DOPdALD CHRiSTOFFERSEN
The detention basins and storm drai�age pipes on the land 0'Lakes
s(te were revfewed In detall. Christoffersen noted that about
I'I 102t acres of land are In detentlon basins on the 48 acre s{te.
Storm drainage plan is compatibie with Land 0°Lakes proposed de-
ve8opment and possible fufiure expansion; cost estlmates in storm
dratnage feasibility report, oot including land costs, are ap-
prox6mately $2,500 to E2,700 per acre. Land 0'Lakes pians cail
for a c{ear water pond at Detention Basin A-3, extra excavetton
to prov�de for clear water pond �ouid be a Land OTlakes responsi-
btlity. Christoffersen estimated there would be about 75,000
cubic yards of excess dtrt from preparing detention basins on the
site; there was some discussion re the possibiiity o4 Land 0'Lakes
using ?his materiaf for bermtng, etc. on their site.
Roland Dant noted that Ordinance requfres dedlcation of St acres,
Land 0°Lakes wbll incur speciaf assessments for the storm
drafnage improvement and extra cost to deepen Basin A-3 to pro-
vtda cfear water pond. Plans are to start constructton in June.
8979, coordinatfon of storm drainage project and Land O�Lakes
site grading seem essentdal. Quastion was raised whether
Land 0'Lakes contractor could do all of the grading and excavating
of ponds and, if so, how could City pay back fhese costs and
tncorporate them in the assessmant roll.
Attorney John Rebane suggested the possibiifty of a joint venture
6etwee� the City and Land 0°Lakes.
Aftes further discussbon, it was determined that attorneys and
engtneers for the City and Land 0'Lakes should meet the week of
�prf! 9th to recommend:
I. Mechantcs of land dedication.
2. Possibility of join�t venture to accomplish grading.
3. Fllternatives as to who does grading.
4. Dleed for appraisa! if purcErase price of site is known.
Note: Fo;Bowing tAe meettng, it was decided that Bond Counsel
Pat�r Popovich also attend the meeting.
Ad.�ournment
M ttng adjourned at 7:15 p.m.
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Ch�rlot��e McNiesh
Cierk A�lmin9strator
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NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE ARDEN HILLS dILLA�E COUNCIL:
Apr81 9, 1979 - 7:30 p.m.