4.5. SR 05-08-2000"ity of
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MEMORANDUM
Item #4.5.
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
Mayor & City Council
Pat Klaers, C~~S~rator
May 8, 2000
City Engineer Update
As the agenda is fairly light, I requested that the city engineer attend this meeting so that
we could have a discussion on the status of the east Elk River project now that the
construction season is in full bloom. The railroad has begun work on its new crossing at
171st Avenue and the curb and gutter for Tyler Street is currently being poured. As an
aside, Terry thinks that by the time the MnDOT tour takes place on Wednesday, May 24,
we will be able to drive on Tyler Street although it will not be blacktopped. Other recent
activities in this area include work at the Wal-Mart and Home Depot sites and the
associated truck traffic onto County Road 12, which has generated some attention and
some concern. Plans are being reviewed for the County Road 12 project and it is still
expected that this construction project will happen later in the summer. Development in
the Trott Brook Farms residential project continues (the final plat for phases 5 and 6 is
going to the council on 5/15) and new home permits are being issued weekly. Plans are
being finalized for the Main Street/Highway 169 improvements associated with the
development project, and when this happens, the city also plans to overlay East Main
Street to the Legion area. A final update on this east Elk River project relates to a
MnDOT/Northstar Corridor meeting in the morning of Monday 5/8 to discuss the Park
and Ride facility at the proposed Northstar Corridor Depot site.
While most of the construction activity in the city is going to be in the east Elk River
project area, the other main improvement project under consideration for 2000 is the
Business Center Drive/Highway 10 proposal. This project is being reviewed by MnDOT
and the updated feasibility study is still being worked on. The city has received a plat for
all of the Wilson property and this identifies the easement location across the Wilson
property for the trunk utilities. The plat is scheduled to go the Planning Commission in
May and the City Council in June. Improvement hearings and assessment public hearings
will be scheduled shortly thereafter.
No other projects of significance are on the horizon for 2000. The city still has not
received the petition for the improvement of the south part of Dodge Avenue, and I think
Phil Hals is going to be proposing a very modest overlay assessment program this year
and it is even possible that this may be delayed until 2001.
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RESOLUTION 00-
A RESOLUTION FOR THE CITY OF ELK RIVER
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING FEDERAL PARTICIPATION IN UTILITY RELOCATION
COSTS
WHEREAS
the City of Elk River has entered into pdor agreements with Mn/DOT and the
Federal Highway Administration involving the construction of a pedestrian bridge
over Trunk Highway 169 in Elk River; and
WHEREAS
federal funds have been made available to reimburse the State and City for
portions of utility relocation associated with the construction of said bridge;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT IS RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Elk River,
Minnesota:
That the Mayor and the City Administrator are hereby authorized and directed for and on behalf
of the City to execute and enter into an agreement with the Commissioner of Transportation
prescribing the terms and conditions of said federal aid participation as set forth and contained
in "Minnesota Department of Transportation Agency Agreement No. 80098," a copy of which
said agreement was before the City Council and which is made a part hereof by reference.
Passed and adopted by the City of the City of Elk River this 8th day of May, 2000.
ATTEST:
Stephanie A. Klinzing, Mayor
Sandra A. Peine, City Clerk
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