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CITY OF
CHANHASSEN
7700 Market Boulevard
PO Box 147
Chanhassen, MN 55317
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Building Inspections
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
FROM: Paul Oehme, Director of Public Works /City Engineer
DATE: July 27, 2015
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SUBJ: Highway 101 Minnesota River Crossing and CSAH 61 Improvements,
City Project No. 13 -04: Approve Temporary Extension of Work
Hours
PROPOSED MOTION:
"The City Council approves a resolution for temporarily extending regular
working hours for the Highway 101 Minnesota River Crossing and CSAH 61
Improvements Project No. 13 -04.
City Council approval requires a simple majority vote of the City Council present.
BACKGROUND
Park & Recreation
On February 24, 2014, the City Council approved a Joint Powers Agreement with
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Carver County and approved plans and specifications. Included in the approvals was
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extension of working hours to have the project completed by November 25, 2015.
Recreation Center
WORKING HOURS
2310 Coulter Boulevard
Phone: 952.227.1400
Fax: 952.227.1404
This project requires a lot of pile driving for the bridge piers, abutments and retaining
walls. For just the 4,100' long Minnesota River bridge, 408 piles are required. As
Planning &
the bridge piling work progressed, weaker than expected soils were encounter in one
Natural Resources
area. In this area the testing specified by MnDOT and used by the contractor was not
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adequate to determine if the resistance of the pile was met or if the pile needs to be
driven deeper. MnDOT and the contractor completed a static load piling test to
Public Works
determine the right piling design for the area where weaker soils were encountered.
7901 Park Place
This change in condition delayed the bridge project several months. Now that a new
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design for the piling is complete, pile driving work can began again in the weak soils
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areas. However, in order to meet the proposed schedule to achieve the November
completion date, temporarily extending workings hours will need to be considered.
Senior Center
Phone: 952.227.1125
Fax: 952.227.1110
The City of Chanhassen's normal working hours are from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Monday through Friday and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with no work on
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Sundays or legal holidays. The City of Shakopee's normal working hours are from
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7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and between the hours of 9:00 a.m.
and 9:00 p.m. on weekends. It is important to have the same working hours for the
project between the two communities. MnDOT feels the project cannot be
Chanhassen is a Community for Life - Providing for Today and Planning for Tomorrow
Todd Gerhardt
MN River Crossing Project: Approve
Temporarily Extending Work Hours
July 27, 2015
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constructed by the end of November without temporary extension of normal working hours.
MnDOT and Carver County are requesting the working hours be extended Monday through
Saturday from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. from July 28, 2015 to September 5, 2015. This extended
time is needed mainly to drive the remaining piles for the Minnesota River Bridge.
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If extended working hours are granted the following is the planned schedule:
Flying Cloud Drive (CSAH 61) from Highway 101 north to East End of July, 2015
project limits including the roundabout open to traffic_
Flying Cloud Drive (CSAH 61) from Highway 101 to Bluff Creek End of September, 2015
Drive open to traffic
Highway 101 Minnesota River Bridge open End of November, 2015
Highway 101 Minnesota River causeway removed F_ Winter, 2015/2016
Final grading, restoration and plantings Spring, 2015
Attachment: Resolution
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DATE: July 27, 2015 RESOLUTION NO: 2015 -XX
MOTION BY:
SECONDED BY:
A RESOLUTION APPROVING TEMPORARY EXTENSION
OF WORKING HOURS FOR THE HIGHWAY 101
MINNESOTA RIVER CROSSING AND CSAH 61
IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT NO. 13 -04
WHEREAS, representatives of MnDOT, Carver County and the Cities of Chanhassen and
Shakopee have discussed the need for temporarily extending the working hours for this project to get
the project back on schedule and to meet the contracted completion date of November 25, 2015.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Chanhassen City Council:
1. The temporary extended work hours will be as follows: Monday through Saturday from 5:00
a.m. to 11:00 p.m. from July 28, 2015 to September 5, 2015 for the Highway 101 Minnesota River
Crossing and CSAH 61 Improvements Project No. 13 -04.
2. The City reserves the right to change the working hours if it is deemed the best interest of the
City.
Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this 27h day of July, 2015.
ATTEST:
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
Thomas A. Furlong, Mayor
YES NO ABSENT