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News Alley ~ ,.,.,.' <, ,.,,"---.::;,..,...... Updates from City Hall--February 4, 1998 ~ -:} .::' Planning Department . The city is in the consolidated pool for the CBDG dollars. This is good new/bad news. The good news is that we have the opportu- nity to compete with other cities for $100,000. The bad news is that we are not guaranteed any funds at all. Staff is working with Carver County to submit an application for low interest home improve- ment loans. The hearing date before the city council will be on March 9. . Postal Service Annex: The 8 ft. high fence on top of the berm on the south side of the Postal Ser- vice Annex building has been completed. The two remaining items, which are the city's respon- sibility, include the landscaping and trail construction. Public Safety Department . Formal charges should be filed soon regarding the arson fire of the seminary building. . Bids for the new rescue truck came in over budget. The truck committee is reviewing their specs and we hope for a March rebidding. . Beth has received her first application for the Citizens Police Academy. Lots of interest being generated. . Newly elected Fire Chief, John Wolff is completing a review of input/evaluation forms for the membership, which he will be reviewing with them and using to continue moving in a positive forward direction. Administration · Attached is a letter from Triax indicating that they have issued 503 customers credits in the city. · Attached is a letter from Bob Lindall, Southwest Corridor Transportation Coalition. · The GIS demonstration given to the Lake Minnetonka Area Coop- erating Cities and the Metropolitan Council on January 30 was very well attended. Joleen, Vicki, Rick, and Don did an excellent job in demonstrating the capabilities of Chanhassen's GIS system. Staff provided several examples using Arc View Explorer and answered questions about what software and hardware would be needed to run a GIS system. Examples of how GIS has been used in Chanhassen were also on display so as to give par- ticipants ideas about the different layers that can be created and used with a GIS system. Park & Recreation Department · February Festival is a week from Saturday at Lake Ann Park from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Jerry Ruegemer will be contact- ing council members to see if you would like to volunteer for the event. · Neighborhood meetings to work on park improvements associated with 18 of our parks have been scheduled. Resident notification letters will be mailed over the next three weeks. Public Works Department and Engineering Department · A stop work order was issued Friday, January 30, 1998 to Lundgren Bros. Construction for Lot 6, Block 2, Woods at Longacres 2nd Addition due to deviation from approved Certifi- cate of Survey and Development Plan. If staff receives a survey and development plan, we will lift the stop work order on February 5, 1998. LARKIN, HOFFMAN, DALY & LINDGREN, LTD. / ATTORNEYS AT LAW /1)'; ,-' . Jane E. Bremer DIR DIAL (612) 896-3297 E-Mail jbremer@lhdl.com 1500 NORWEST FINANCIAL CENTER 7900 XERXES AVENUE SOUTH BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA 55431-1194 TELEPHONE (612) 835-3800 FAX (612) 896-3333 RECEIVED fES 0 2 1998 CITY OF CHANHASSfJ\ January 30, 1998 Mr. Don Ashworth, City Manager City of Chanhassen P.O. Box 147 Chanhassen, MN 55317-0147 Dear Don: On behalf Triax Midwest Associates L.P., we wish to inform you that we have granted credits to 503 customers totaling $2,741.43 in the City ofChanhassen. This amount does not include the many refunds provided to Chanhassen customers over the summer months. The key points of the credit as implemented are below: 1. Triax credited all active customers on the streets as originally proposed to the City. 2. We also included the additional streets Council Member Senn was interested in having included. 3. The credits granted were 20% of that month's bill. We came to this conclusion by reviewing the accounts and determining that many customers had already received service credits for the outages during the time frame and, in some cases, credits of up to 2 months worth. Any customer that had received a credit which was less than 20%, we credited the remaining portion. Triax looks forward to a continued positive working relationship with the City of Chanhassen and appreciates the Council's input and advise regarding this project. ane E. Bremer, for LARKIN, HOFFMAN, DALY & LINDGREN, Ltd. cc: Brian Grogan, Esq. Ric Hanson Paul Pecora Tom Bordwell 0366916.01 SOUTHWEST CORRlDOR TRANSPORTATION COALITION 470 Pillsbury Center Minneapolis, MN 55402 (612) 337-9300 ," /. J "'," i-<:. I /- l...~';? .._-...... ,-~ '. to-. " " RECEIVED rEa 02 1998 CITY OF CHANHASSEN January 30, 1998 Southwest Corridor Transportation Coalition Members Dear Members: Enclosed is a notice of meeting of the Coalition scheduled for Tuesday, February 10, 1998, in Chaska City Hall, beginning at 4:00 p.m. Also enclosed is a proposal to retain the Minnesota Transportation Alliance as coordinator for the Coalition. Very truly yours, Robert J. Lindall President RJL :jms Enclosures RJL137257 LN400-51 .<~., SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR TRANSPORTATION COALITION Agenda Tuesday, February 10, 1998 4:00 p.m. Chaska City Hall I. Introductions 2. Election of Board of Directors 3. Legislative Report 4. Project Status Report 5. Transportation Fly-In 6. Proposal to retain Transportation Alliance as Coordinator for the Coalition RJL137314 LN400-S1 SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR TRANSPORTATION COALITION Election of Board of Directors Tuesday, February 10, 1998 ProDosed Candidate Community /Representing Brad Johnson Robert Johnson Rick Kjonaas Judy Larson Robert LindaU Chanhassen Glencoe McLeod County Hennepin County Chaska Chanhassen Chaska/Industry Southwest Metro Transit Comm. Carver County Eden Prairie Nancy Mancino Del Ploen Kate Garwood Tracy Swanson Ross Thorfinnson Nominations will also be accepted from the floor. RJL137314 LN400-S1 Since 1893 January 28, 1998 Mr. Robert J. Lindall, President Southwest Corridor Transportation Coalition c/o Kennedy & Graven 470 Pillsbury Center Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 Dear Bob: RE: FACILITATOR CONTRACT PROPOSAL The Minnesota Transportation Alliance is the largest transportation advocacy group in the state of Minnesota. The Alliance membership includes both public and private sector membership across the state. The Alliance works with many communities interested in positioning improvements to their transportation infrastructure for programming and funding at the federal and state levels. The Alliance would like to offer its services as the facilitator to the Southwest Corridor Transportation Coalition for the coming year. The Alliance would work with Coalition leadership to lay out a strategic plan for the Coalition in the coming year, would organize regular meetings for the coalition (including sending out meeting notices) preparing meeting minutes and notes, preparing agendas and notifying invited speakers, and maintaining correspondence for the Coalition. The Alliance would ensure that the strategic plan was implemented including organizing opportunities to meet with state and federal policymakers and agency representatives, coordinate coalition activities with coalition members and local units of government, and work with area officials to position coalition projects in regional and state plans and programs. The Alliance cannot act as a lobbyist for the coalition but can arrange and attend meetings with policymakers and coalition representatives. The Alliance will be represented by Fred Corrigan at Coalition meetings. An Alliance staff person will be assigned to the clerical aspects of this contract. We estimate the cost of these services to be between $15,000 and $20,000 per year, depending on the extent ofthe strategic plan and the level of activity included in that document. We look forward to discussing this proposal with you, and are excited about the opportunity to advance the transportation projects that are so badly needed in the southwest metro area. Sincerely, ,?' ../ /) ~""'."-/ I ,. / / _:"~~.:,j';~' h1 Fred J. Corrigan / ./ Executive'Vice President 672 Transfer Road · Saint Paul, MN 55114-1402 612/659-0804. Fax 612/659-9009 Email: CORRIGAN@MNTRANS.oRG FRED J. CORRIGAN Executive Vice President ~~::- Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Southwest Corridor Transportation Coalition October 10, 1997 Chaska City Hall Council Chamber The meeting of the Coalition was held at the Chaska City Council chambers on October 10, 1997, beginning at 8:00 a.m., with Bob Lindall, President, presiding. Others in attendance were as follows: Gene Ranieri, Coalition Coordinator Darrell Sudheimer Bob Johnson Lee Carlson Don Patton Gene Dietz Shelly Johnson Del Ploen Also in attendance were Evan Green of MnDOT and Natilio Diaz of Metro Council. Evan Green reported the current proposed letting dates for portions of New T.H. 212: Event Letting Date Location(s) Stage 1 February 1998 Prairie Center Drive/T.H. SINew T.H. 12 intersection improvements Stage 2 June (?) 1998 Prairie Center Drive to East Wallace Road Stage 3 1999 Wallace Road to Eden Prairie Road (Stage 2 is at risk of being delayed because of difficulties in obtaining right of way. A couple of major parcels remain to be acquired. Stage 3 was delayed because MnDOT moved money from that project to what MnDOT perceived to be a more immediate need for reconstruction or repair of the Lexington Avenue Bridge in St. Paul). Stage 4 2010 (?) Eden Prairie Road to Lyman Boulevard A major threat to the project is the recent dramatic increase in land values in the project. The value of the Gilk property increased by 400% in five years. A major priority for the Coalition needs to be identifying sources of right of way funds to preserve the corridor until the project can be constructed. If we do not, it is possible that the cost of right of way will become .-:;.' RJL131614 LN400-S1 so dramatic that we will not be able to afford to build the project by the time construction funds are available. RALF Le!!islation Gene Ranieri has prepared a proposed bill which would appropriate money to purchase highway right of way throughout the State. He is seeking a meeting with MnDOT representatives to seek support for the concept. Bob Lindall urged that members give consideration to creative new ideas that might generate a local source of funding for purchase of right of way on 212. One possibility would be the creation of a local option increase in the State deed tax and mortgage registration tax in Carver County with the proceeds dedicated to purchase of right of way in the 212 corridor. Gene Ranieri is going to estimate the amount of annual proceeds that might be generated from such a tax. Hennepin and Ramsey Counties obtained the enactment of such a local option increase in the tax for their counties as a source of funding for clean up of contaminated property and re- alignment of a railroad track from a residential neighborhood. Bob Lindall also mentioned the possibility of giving fresh consideration to issuance of local bonds to create a fund for right of way. McLeod County had previously proposed that Carver County and McLeod County issue bonds for the total cost of construction of New T.H. 212. Lindall's idea was a more modest one to instead fund only right of way acquisition in this manner at this time. Ranieri will do some projections of what the current estimate is of the cost of remaining right of way and the debt service which would be necessary on such a bond issue. Traffic Evan Green reported on the most recent available traffic data on roads within the project area. His data was from 1996 and speculation was that these numbers were not reflective of current conditions. They showed the following: Road Data T.H. 5 (east of Prairie Center Drive) 54,800 AD.T. T.H. 5 (west of Eden Prairie Road) 44,000 AD.T. T.H. 5 (between County Road 17 and T.H. 101) 33,000 AD.T. T.H. 5 (east of T.H. 41) 23,500 AD.T. T.H. 212 (near Eden Prairie Center) 40,000 A.D.T. T.H. 212 (at T.H. 101) 25,000 A.D.T. ..:>T.H. 41 (at River Crossing) 17,000 AD.T. RJL131614 LN400-S1 T.H. 41 (at New T.H. 212) 17,000 A.D.T. * Pioneer Trail (west of T.H. 101) 4,200 A.D.T. Pioneer Trail (between Mitchell Road and T.H. 212) 9,600 A.D.T. Pioneer Trail (at Audubon Road) 7,200 A.D.T. * More recent counts have indicated 19,000-20,000; local reports indicate between 20,000 and 25,000 (?) In connection with the long waiting periods for people entering from T.H. 212 onto 1-494 eastbound in Eden Prairie, Gene Dietz reported that the entering stacking lane is full throughout the rush hour and that waiting periods of 25-30 minutes to get onto 1-494 at this location during rush hour are typical. Evan indicated that original pre-opening estimates for traffic flow on the Shakopee Bypass were that it would carry 15,000 A.D.T. on the date it opened. It is believed that a certain amount of this traffic previously took Old T.H. 212 or even T.H. 5 or Pioneer Trail. Devolution Evan Green mentioned that the central office of MnDOT is now focusing its more limited funds on maintenance of the existing principal arterials and is encouraging the transfer back of minor arterials to counties and cities whenever possible. Typically, this involves some upgrades or repairs at the time of the transfer. He advocated this as being an opportunity for local units to then have control of the decision of when the roads will be improved, as well as an opportunity to qualify for ISTEA funds which are specifically focused on this program. He offered to arrange for a speaker about the program. Lindall indicated that the Coalition would be receptive to hearing the presentation. Gene Ranieri also mentioned that Minnesota Chamber of Commerce has a significant study that relates to a similar approach. He offered to arrange for a speaker about the study. There being no further business, the meeting of the Southwest Transportation Coalition was adjourned at 9:30 a.m. p;;jom Robert J. Lindall President and Reporting Secretary RJL:jms RJL131614 LN400-51