2012-12-12 CC WS Minutes - Not Approved

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City Council 2012-12-12 7:50 p.m. Minutes of Work Session Present were Mayor Tom Wilharber, Council Members D Love, Jeff Paar, Steve King, and Ben Fehrenbacher. Also present were Mark Statz, Stantec and Public Works Director Paul Palzer. The purpose of the work session was to cover a variety of agenda items, the most critical being to meet with representatives of Anoka County regarding improvements to Centerville Road. 1. Centerville Road (CSAH 21). Representatives of Anoka County included Commissioner Rhonda Sivarajah and Doug Fischer County Engineer, along with his Assistant, Curt Kobilarsik Doug Fischer of Anoka County reviewed preliminary plans regarding the possible improvements to CSAH 21. The improvement would be: Main Street to Heritage Street - Mill and Overlay; Heritage Street to Hunters Trail - Full Reconstruction; Hunters Trail to Birch Street - Reclaim Shape and Pave. A section of the road between Heritage Street and Dupre Road would have some curb, but most of the road would be rural section with ditches. Mr. Fischer apologized that his staff had presented plans for a more substantial improvement, but that funding is not currently in place for the higher cost version staff had shared. If the project cost is more than what he described, then the project would need to be part of the county five-Year Capital Improvement Plan and that would delay the project. The project was discussed at length along with the merits of a more substantial improvement to the road. Anoka County would have significantly more right-of-way to acquire, if the design of the road included more urban section. Even so, some right-of-way will need to be purchased. That adds about six months to the project planning phase. The City’s share of the project as described by Fischer, would be about $80,000 and would rise to about $300,000 with the trunk storm sewer being constructed from the downtown to LaMotte Park. If trails were added, that would be entirely the City’s cost. Anoka County would like direction from the City as to the level of improvement that the City desires and whether any trails or sidewalks should be included. It was noted that Lino Lakes has responsibility for part of the southerly end of the improvement. Lino Lakes has indicated that they would not be likely to request that trails be included, but intend to make trails a developer cost when adjoining property is developed. They also need to know whether the City wishes to construct trunk storm sewer from the downtown south to LaMotte Park.