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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DATE: September 26, 2016
MOTION BY: McDonald
RESOLUTION NO: 2016-60
SECONDED BY: T*ornhom
A RESOLUTION APPROVING A PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT
FOR LAKE HARRISON 2-" ADDITION
WHEREAS, Lh(,, City of Chanhassen has applied for approval of a preliminary and final
plat for Lake Harrison 2n8 Addition; and
WHEREAS, the Chanhassen Planning Commission held a public hearing on September
6, 2016, and found the preliminary plat consistent with the Chanhassen Comprehensive Plan and
Zoning ordinance and recommended approval of the subdivision.
WHEREAS, the City Engineer and City Planner recommend approval of the preliminary
and final plat of Lake Harrison 2 nd Addition. under the conditions provided herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Chanhassen City Council hereby
approves the preliminary and final plat of Lake Harrison 2d Addition subject to the following
conditions:
1. Existing drainage and utility casements on these properties must be vacated prior to
recording the final plat.
Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this 261 day September of 2016.
ATTEST:
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Tokid Gerhardt, City Clerk/Manager
YES
NO
MAMMA
ABSENT
Laufenburger Campion None
McDonald Ryan
Tjornhorn
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
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COUNTY OF CARVER )
1, Kim T. Meuwissen, duly appointed and acting Deputy Clerk for the City of Chanhassen,
Minnesota, do hereby certify that I have compared the foregoing copy of Resolution No.
2016-61 "Vacating a Drainage & Utility Easement Lot 1, Block 4 and Outlot A, Lake
Harrison Planning Case File No. 2016-21" adopted by the Chanhassen City Council on
September 26,2016 with the original copy now on file in my office and have found the
same to be a true and correct copy thereof
Witness my hand and official seal at Chanhassen, Minnesota, this 5' day
of October, 2016.
Kim Meuwissen, Ddk.�tyClerk
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER COUNTY, MINNESOTA
DATE: September 26, 2016 RESOLUTION NO: 2016-61
MOTION BY: McDonald SECONDED BY: Toornhorn
RESOLUTION VACATING A DRAINAGE & UTILITY EASEMENT
LOT 1, BLOCK 4 AND OUTLOT A, LAKE HARRISON
PLANNING CASE FILE NO. 2016-21
WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 412.851, after two (2) weeks' published and
posted notice of the hearing and after mailing written notice of the hearing at least ten (10) days before
the hearing to each property owner affected by the proposed vacation, the Chanhassen City Council has
conducted a hearing to consider the vacation of the public drainage and utility easement legally described
on the attached Exhibit "A": and
WHEREAS, following the hearing and consideration of the proposed vacation, the Council has
determined that it is in the public interest to vacate the public drainage and utility easement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chanhassen:
The public drainage and utility easement legally described on the attached Exhibit A is
hereby vacated.
2. The vacation shall not affect the authority of any person, corporation, or municipality
owning or controlling the electric or telephone poles and lines, gas and sewer lines, water pipes, mains
and hydrants thereon or thereunder, if any, to continue maintaining the same or to enter upon such way
or portion thereof vacated to maintain. repair, replace, remove, or otherwise attend thereto.
3. The City Manager is directed to file a certified copy of this Resolution with the County
Auditor and County Recorder of Carver County.
4. This resolution shall be recorded prior to but concurrent with the recording of the final
plat for LAKE HARRISON 24' ADDITION.
Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this 26' day of September, 2016.
ATTEST:
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager b—enny Laui%nburger,/Aayor
YES NO ABSENT
Laufenburger Campion None
McDonald Ryan
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WEST WATER TREATMENT PLANT:
A. APPROVE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT FOR LAKE HARRISON 2NU
ADDITION; AND SITE PLAN FOR A 16,950 SOUARE FOOT WATER
TREATMENT FACILITY.
B. APPROVE BID DOCUMENTS AND AUTHORIZE ADVERTISING FOR BIDS.
C. PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER VACATION OF DRAINAGE AND UTILITY
EASEMENTS TO OUTLOT A AND LOT 1. BLOCK 4. LAKE HARRISON.
Mayor Laufenburger: This item, west water treatment plant is actually 3 items and let me tell
you how we will be addressing this. Item (a) and item (c) are linked together in that item (a) is a
proposal for a new plat or a final plat for the property designated for the west water treatment
plant and item (c) is vacating the current drainage and utility easements. Those two are linked
together so we will address those two first. We'll move then to council action on that and then if
the action is to move forward with items (a) and (c), then we will consider item (b) which is
approve the bid documents and authorize advertising for bids okay. So let's begin with a staff
report. Oh by the way what I will do, I made some notes here I want to share with you folks. So
this is the sequence we will follow. First of all I will ask for a staff report on items (a) and (c)
and then that will be followed by questions from council to staff or the consultant. Andthenjust
a reminder that the council has seen all correspondence on this item. We have the verbatim
minutes from the Planning Commission meeting and the public hearing that was conducted
earlier this month. We also have, the council has had the opportunity to review all materials in
the public record including most recently a September 2 1 ' letter from Mi. Mueller which was,
there was some question as to whether or not the council has reviewed that. And then at the
appropriate time I will invite comments from visitors who would like to speak. Emphasis should
be on presenting information that is new information and not part of something that we've
already seen. The council, if you choose to speak you will address your comments directly to the
council. The council will listen respectfully. Don't expect questions or answers to your
comments at that time, though they may occur. And then after the public comment is concluded
I will bring it back to the council for ftn-ther questions to staff. Possible motion and further
discussion. And lastly I would just ask that you respect one another, city staff and council just as
you have during this entire process so I look forward to a very meaningful presentation. Let's
begin with a staff report. Mr. Oehme, are you starting this?
Paul Ochme: Actually Ms. Aanenson is.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay.
Kate Aanenson: Thank you Mayor, members of the City Council. As you indicated Mayor
there's a couple action items besides the subdivision. There's a site plan review. The vacation
of utility easement and then ultimately potentially approve bid documents. The subject site is
located at 2070 Lake Harrison Road and just a little bit of history on that. This plat was recorded
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in July 120'of 2005. At that time there was, the City acquired Lot 1, Block 4, the subject site to
be used for a future water treatment plant and that's why we're here today. In addition a raw
water main was extended through the development from the well fields to the north and to the
west in anticipation of this water treatment plant. The site is zoned RSF and public utilities are a
permitted use in that zoning district. At the Planning Commission meeting on September 6th
they did review this proposal. The commission voted 4-0 to recommend approval of the
subdivision and the site plan subject to the conditions of the staff report. Again the vacation
doesn't go to Planning Commission. That goes straight for a public hearing here tonight. So the
Planning Commission did recommend approval and they did have just a couple of general
comments and that was that the available technology, including other potential systems.
Incorporate one that might provide good health, high quality, safe services and that this is the
best alternative available and not just the easy choice. So the subdivision itself, again as I stated
this was an outlot again with the intended purpose of creating the site for a water treatment plant.
So the site is 4.13 acres and it's being replatted in order to accommodate the building itself and
then also some additional park property and a wetland so it will be outlots for the wetland and
the park facility. To rezone the site and the site plan itself, so it will be an extension of a street
on the top and the end of the cul-de-sac and then there'll be a trail coming down and the building
orientation coming off of Lake Harrison. The building itself is 16,950 and it will have back
wash tanks on the northeast side of the building, again a future neighborhood park being
proposed so this would be the back wash tanks. As I stated access will be off of Lake Harrison
Road with a driveway to access the site and then access again would be on this side of the
building. Talked about the 2 wetlands on the site. Although there appears like there's no impact
to those the site must still accommodate buffer setbacks which will be accommodated. It does
exceed all the requirements of the RSF district. The minimum lot sizes and the like so it is
compliant with the zoning district requirements. The architecture of itself, time was spent
looking at the size. Portion placement so it does have a pitched roof design. We have the
building materials here. It's a heavy, primarily a reddish brown veneer with tan stone and the
height of the peak is 21 feet. Again that's 35 feet is permitted in the RSF zoning district. While
the architecture itself looking at transparency of trying to put windows in to give a more
residential look. And here are the elevations of the building itself. Again it meets all the
requirements of the district. One of the comments from, regarding landscaping is that there are
more evergreens on the site and it was felt that that was better screening as opposed to some of
the understory shrubs so it exceeds that requirement and the fact that it was felt that the
evergreens. In addition trees were saved to try to locate the building to provide a better buffer on
the site. So again in your staff report is the compliance table of the zoning district and this site
plan does meet the standards of the district. Again the landscaping plan. So with that I'll turn it
over to the City Engineer to go through the technical part of the water treatment plant itself.
Paul Oehme: Thanks Ms. Aanenson, good evening Mayor, City Council members.
Mayor Laufenburger: Is your mic on? Is your microphone on?
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Paul Oehme: It is. Thank you so I just wanted to point out that the playground facility
improvements are not part of this project. That will be handled by the parks department as the
project is completed and anticipation of that park opening up in 2018 sometime.
Mayor Laufenburger: But your plans include the assumption that there will be a park there.
Paul Oehme: Correct. We're planning to grade out the park area. Put in the trails. Put in the
cul-de-sac. Put in the landscaping but not the actual play structures.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay.
Paul Oehme: With that just wanted to talk briefly about the purpose and need for the project. As
you know we have had numerous complaints about the water in the west part of the city. This
project is proposed to remove the iron and manganese and also the ammonia. The natural
occurring ammonia that is in our west well field. That is the source of the rusty water calls that
we have. The filtration of the plant would be similar to what we have on the east side of town.
We currently have a filtration plant that services our east well field. This west water treatment
plant would also, would filter the wells on the west side of town. The east plant was built in
2006. Iron manganese again is the source of the complaints that we have, between 20 and 30
complaints are documented annually and we alleviate the rusty water we ask that property
owners let their water run and then we also, the utility department also comes out and flushes
hydrants in those areas to try to clean out the lines but this is only a temporary measure. I just
wanted to step back. With me tonight is Kevin Crooks, the City Utility Superintendent and also
Greg Johnson with WSB. So the design again is to remove the iron manganese and also the
ammonia. Naturally occurring ammonia. ne plant is not a softening plant. Most plants in the
metro area are not softening plants. It's more of an aesthetic thing that residents have different
levels of taste for how much they want their water softened. They still can have softeners in
their houses to soften the water to their liking. The plant is designed, proposed for 8.64 million
gallons. Capacity that's almost the exact same size of operational plant as the east water
treatment plant and the process again is similar to the east plant but includes a detention tank.
Underground detention tank that I'll get to later. And that is requested to help the efficiency of
the plant operate a little bit better and get a little bit more better water quality. The plant will
pump both to the low zone and the high zone. The different pressure zones within our city based
upon the elevation of the topography of the area so this gives the city a lot of flexibility and Mr.
Crooks' group a lot of flexibility. We can actually would be able to shut the east plant down and
have the west plant the city if the cast plant needs some maintenance and vice versa as well so it
has a lot of, takes a lot of risk out of the city and gives the plant operators a lot of flexibility in
how to best treat and provide potable water for the community. The project is also designed to,
for the full capacity of the city so right now we're about 24,000. Population we're going to be
going up to about 35,000 in 2040 projected so this plan is designed for that future growth within
our city so we won't have to add on treatment plants down the future or have additional plants
built within the community. This will be the last plant that would be proposed to be built. Just
want to talk about the site selection. Ms. Aanenson had talked about the purchase of the site with
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the Lake Harrison development back in 2005. Since that time the City has, we have studied the
purchase of that site prior to the purchase so staff did write a cost benefit analysis and report
identifying several sites within the area that potentially would be suitable for a treatment plant.
However this site was chosen based upon it's location. It's cost effectiveness for the community
and it's operational flexibility as well. When the site was purchased the council at that time did
put the water treatment plant at this location in the 2008 Comprehensive Master Plan so that was
studied back in 2008 too and approved by the council at that time. There's been a lot of
questions too about water treatment plants in residential areas. Staff did a quick look at other
communities within the metro area here and I kind of listed just a brief summary of some of the
plants that are in residential areas in other communities. They include Savage, Plymouth,
Minnetonka, Bloomington, Eagan, Coon Rapids, Chaska, Victoria, Edina, and Maple Grove and
there's a myriad of other plants that are out there that are in residential areas that fit well into the
neighborhoods. Treatment plants do make good neighbors. I just wanted to stress that. First
thing is obviously safety. These plants are safe. They generate little traffic. They are not noisy.
They have little external lighting, especially this, the plant that we're looking at and they do not
generate any odors as well. Just wanted to briefly show you, the council some of our neighbors
treatment plants. Here's Chaska's treatment plant is shown right here at the comer of Victoria
Drive and Engler Boulevard. Residential houses to the west and to the south and then also to the
east and so very close proximity to this plant. The highlighted reds, shaded reds are just
basically the market values of those properties so. This picture shows the City of Victoria's
treatment plant off of Highway 5 and 80' Street. Again the red shaded areas are valuations of
households so the darker the red the more expensive the houses are.
Mayor Laufenburger: Could you go back one?
Paul Oehme: Sure.
Mayor Laufenburger: What else is on, is that the site of the fire department there too?
Paul Oehme: It is ajoint use facility, right.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, alright.
Paul Oehme: City of Savage again off of Highway 13 and McColl Drive. Basically this
treatment plant backs up to residential neighbors and cul-de-sacs as well and just showing you
again the valuations of those houses per the County's assessment information that we pulled off
the website.
Councilwoman Tjornhom: Paul, can you go back to Victoria again. That looks like that water
treatment facility is just a flat roof, industrial looking building is that correct?
Paul Oelune: T'hat's correct.
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Councilwoman Tjomhom: And is that what Chaska has too? I mean what was the last slide you
showed us? Chaska.
Paul Oehme: This is Chaska's. I think they have more of
Kevin Crooks: Chaska's got a similar design I would say in concurrence with the east water
treatment plant that we currently have.
Councilwoman Tjomhom: Okay.
Kevin Crooks: They did their best to work themselves into the surrounding community but not
to the length that we're proposing to do here.
Councilwoman Tjomhom: Okay, thank you.
Paul Oehme: So those are the 3 neighbors that we've looked at. I could bring up more but for
interest of time I'd like to move on. So the City did hire an appraisal firm to complete a report
comparing residential property values next to water treatment plants to those farther away to
determine if there's any discernable difference and that information is in your packet and that's, I
think it's exhibit number 3. The conclusion and I think they looked at 5 different plants that are
in the report but they also looked at 4 other ones that weren't in the report because there is no
data or houses that were sold in close proximity to plants. But in conclusion that report
determined that there was no noticeable different between property values that are right next to
treatment plants versus ones that are farther away so if there's any questions regarding that.
Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. Oehme why did you do that report?
Paul Oehme: Well we did receive some comments from property owners regarding that specific
question so, and staff did not have the answer to that so we decided to take the initiative and hire
an appraisal firm to find out what the answer is so.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, thank you. Councilwoman Tjomhom.
Councilwoman Tjornhom: Looking at the plans that the City has prepared for this water
treatment facility in the neighborhood that's proposed to be in, can you tell me the extra cost or
maybe Kate can that we are proposing to spend on this facility versus putting in a regular water
treatment plant? FKade.
Paul Oehme: Sure so what our original design called for a similar I would say, somewhat similar
exterior to our east water treatment plant so that has brick veneer and then also stone so we
wanted to use natural materials and good durable materials for the west plant as well. Going
through the neighborhood meetings and dialogue that we had with the community it was you
know one thing that we did hear most at those neighborhood meetings was the concern that try to
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blend it into the neighborhood as best as we can so we tried to do that. We built, we have the
design of the treatment plant built into the hillside as much as we can to try to screen it. To try to
hide it as much as we can. We also, one of the big outcomes of the whole process was to look at
building, adding a sloped roof to the facility so we did add that and propose to add that, that
sloped roof in and use some very durable shingles. The cost difference between what you know
we originally had envisioned versus what it is today I think it's probably a couple hundred
thousand dollars more. When you take off the flat roof and the flat membrane roof versus the
truss system and the pitched roof I think it's probably $150,000 to probably $200,000 more but
the exterior, the finishes on the building are pretty much the same. We did add spanrow glass
which is maybe I don't know $10,000, $20,000 more at the most so, so we did try to address
some of the property owners concerns with aesthetics with those treatments.
Councilwoman Tjomhom: And does that include the landscaping, extra landscaping or the
additional landscaping?
Paul Oehme: You know going into this we knew that we were going to want, we wanted to plant
more trees than are out there. The property right now is pretty bare to begin with. We did know
that there was going to be a park going to be constructed in the future so we wanted to add more
trees to try to blend it into other parks in the community as well. Have more of a natural setting
than it is today so I don't think we added any more trees than we had originally budgeted for in
the project.
Councilwoman Tjonihom: Okay, thank you.
Mayor Laufenburger: Councilwoman Ryan.
Councilwoman Ryan: Mr. Oehime, I know I've asked you this again but if you could just clarify
it. I know in some of the other photos you showed the entrance to the neighborhood as coming
off of a highway. It's a little bit different approach to a neighborhood versus what is proposed at
Lake Harrison you know with the monument entrance. Is there, and what did you discover? I
know I had asked about a potential entrance off of Galpin to kind of.
Paul Oehme: Sure. Yep.
Councilwoman Ryan: I'm trying to, you know so it's not the same entrance because I know with
the monument there and that turning radius and having trucks go down that street versus coming
off of Galpin.
Paul Oehme: Right so we did talk about that extensively during the preliminary design phase of
the project. We didn't want to come off of Manchester Road to the north because of the
topography. We know we were going to build a treatment plant into the hillside and where we
wanted to have the deliveries taking place, we knew that was on the south side of the facility just
because Of the way the treatment process works going down so going off of Galpin was not an
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option we didn't think because of just the topography we'd have to build a huge retaining wall
along the pond area and cost wise it really didn't make sense. Going to the east off of Galpin we
have a big wetland complex there and actually there was more, actually the wetlands there are a
mitigation of some of the impacts that took place with the Lake Harrison development so those
wetlands we knew we can't touch and we know there's bad soils over there too so, and also
Galpin Boulevard is a county road and the spacing requirements for driveways or access points
would not be met by the county standards.
Councilwoman Ryan: And even with the anticipated potential road widening of Galpin at some
point? I think that was projected maybe 2018, would that turning radius change at all?
Paul Oehme: No. No there's a right hand turn lane into Lake Harrison Drive going southbound
off of Galpin and we don't want to put a driveway right in a turn lane there.
Councilwoman Ryan: Thank you.
Mayor Laufenburger: You have more slides?
Paul Oehrne: I have a bunch more slides.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay just related, a bunch more? Just related to the cost. So let me just
clarify, so the things that you did Mr. Oehme to the design working in conjunction with WSB,
Greg nice to have you here tonight.
Greg Johnson: Yep, good evening.
Mayor Laufenburger: You modified the roof You adjusted the landscaping slightly but you, is
that right?
Paul Oehme: We did.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay.
Paul Oehme: And we also saved trees too.
Mayor Laufenburger: Was that a request of the neighborhood?
Paul Oehme: That was a request of the neighborhood to try to save as many of the on site trees
as we could.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. What about the, there were other requests they made. You
mentioned the glass or the word I'm going to use in the next time I get Scrabble is fenestration is
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that right? So that fenestration, that's a word that's used to described making something look
more residential or look more Re a house is that?
Paul Oehme: Yeah adding windows and doors, that type of thing.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, ahight. But the windows are not functional windows because you
don't want people looking in there right?
Paul Oehme: Yes. Well most of the windows that you see on those renderings are not real
windows.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. But it's to help it look like it's a window.
Paul Oehme: It helps it look more residential.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. So you said your estimation is between $150,000-$200,000 is what
you're doing. Is that, Greg is that a question for you?
Greg Johnson: I would say that yeah, good evening Mr. Mayor and members of the council. I
would say that's a fair estimate, yep.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Okay well let's move onto the rest of those slides.
Paul Oehme: So I'll hand it over to Greg at this time to talk about some of the more internal
components to the project.
GregJohnson: Sure. I'm just going to talk about the treatment process and this first slide here
shows the chemicals that are going to be used at the plant and the first one is fluoride and that's
required by Minnesota Statutes. That's for dental care. We have sodium pomegranate. That's a
an oxidant for manganese so manganese is the black colored stuff you see in your water and we
have orthophosphate which is used for copper corrosion control so that's mainly the plumbing
systems in your house so you don't get copper in your water. We have a polymer settling aid
and that's to settle out iron and manganese to make the back wash process more efficient. And
then we've got chlorine and chlorine is actually serving 3 purposes on this project so that the first
purpose is to oxide iron. It's actually a very effective and inexpensive chemical to be using to
treat iron and it's also used as a disinfectant so once we put chlorine into the water it actually
leaves a residual in the distribution system. It's something you can actually measure out in the
system. Unlike any other disinfectant you can measure chlorine so you know that it's actually
working for you. And another important thing that we're using it for is to treat ammonia so.
Mayor Latiferiburger: Why ammonia? Do you put ammonia in the water?
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Greg Johnson: The west well fields contain natural ammonia that's in the water and j ust like
some of the wells on the cast well field as well and the issue with ammonia is that if you don't
treat it and it goes into the system it has the potential to nib* so you can actually create nitrite
and nitrate and when it reaches that state those are actually maximum contaminants or
contaminants at a maximum contaminant level and so now you're going from treating a
secondary contaminant to a primary contaminant that actually impacts your health. So it serves 3
purposes and it's a very effective chemical for doing that.
Mayor Laufenburger: Back up just a bit. How many of, what of those chemicals remain in the
water after the water is completely treated?
Greg Johnson: Just free chlorine.
Mayor Laufenburger: That's all.
Greg Johnson: Free chlorine and fluoride and orthophosphate, yep.
Mayor Laufenburger: Oh the orthophosphate, that's what you have in the water to keep the
copper tubing in homes.
Greg Johnson: Yeah what the orthophosphate does it builds up a real thin layer on the inside of
your plumbing systems so it prevents, if you have that slightly corrosive water it prevents that
water from coming into contact with your copper so it actually extends the life of your copper
and keeps that out of your water. Your drinking water.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Councilman Campion.
Councilman Campion: Mr. Mayor, one quick question on the chemicals. Which of these
chemicals are being used today without the presence of the treatment facility?
Greg Johnson: Each, good question. Each of these chemicals are being used today at the east
water plant.
Paul Oehme: The west side.
Councilman Campion: On the west side.
Greg Johnson: Oh yeah, I'm sorry the question is which ones will be used?
Councilman Campion: Today as is...
Greg Johnson: Yeah the current design includes each of these chemicals that are on this list.
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Mayor Laufenburger: The current design of the east water plant.
Greg Johnson: It includes all these chemicals.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay think about the west wells that don't have a treatment plant...
Greg Johnson: Oh I'm sorry ... yeah so currently we're not, the west wells are not being treated
for iron and manganese and so currently you're just feeding chlorine and fluoride and I think
yeah polyphosphates. That would be polyphosphates so correct.
Councilman Campion: Okay so the top and bottom ones.
Greg Johnson: So really there's basically no iron or manganese removal that's occurring at this
time.
Councilman Campion: Okay.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, continue.
Greg Johnson: So to verify the treatment process we did what's called a water treatment pilot
study and the method that we piloted it's called Green Central filtration and it's actually a very
common treatment process that's probably used in a majority of all systems across probably the
Midwest that treat for iron and manganese and so it's a cost effective system and it's the same
process that's being used at the cast water plant and where that comes into play is that we're
trying to provide a consistent water quality so we want the water leaving the east plant to be
similar to the water quality at the west plant because that water's going to blend in the system
and the most consistent we make those 2 plants the most consistent water quality we'll achieve.
There's other treatment systems such as reverse osmosis, Nano filtration, ultrafiltration that are
used in water plants. These systems are typically used in desalination plants. Surface water
treatment plants where they're dealing with different types of contaminants and the important
thing about this, these systems is that they, reverse osmosis for example has a certain amount of
reject water that comes off it so it's typically 10 to 20 percent of the water that comes into the
system gets rejected to the sanitary sewer system so that water would go directly to Met Council
for example and then you have to offset that loss with additional ground water wells. One thing
it does require a bigger building footprint because you typically still have to remove iron and
manganese upstream of these processes so next slide please. So back in April one of the first
things that we did was, we conducted this chlorine system analysis and we looked at sodium
hypochlorite, chlorine gas, and on site generated sodium hypochlorite. Other disinfectants that
we evaluated but we didn't review are ultraviolet ozone chloramine and chlorine dioxide and we
did, we received some questions on ozone and at the request of the Planning Commission we did
look at some different technologies and the one thing about ozone it's not actually a new
technology. It's been around for over 100 years and looking at what it would take, we actually
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got some costs from some vendors and we would have to expand the building to accommodate
ozone.
Mayor Laufenburger: Make it bigger?
Greg Johnson: Make it bigger and because ozone is not an approved disinfection method.
Mayor Laufenburger: For the State of Minnesota?
Greg Johnson: The State of Minnesota. It does not leave a residual in the distribution system so
if you feed ozone you still have to feed chlorine as well so basically you'd have 2 treatment
systems.
Mayor Laufenburger: Remind us again why is that residual chlorine important?
Greg Johnson: Because you want, with chlorine you want to have a way to actually measure a
residual in the system to actually verify that the disinfectant exists. Ozone for example has a half
life of about 15 minutes so after you inject it it's gone within 15 to probably 20 minutes.
Chlorine once you put it in the system it can leave a residual for up to days and so you can
actually measure and verify that it's actually there. So we looked at the cost and to expand the
building it was approximately about $3 million dollars minimum to put ozone. But probably the
most important thing about ozone is that ozone by itself does not treat ammonia. Unlike chlorine
that you can treat ammonia with that, ozone does not treat ammonia so that's another key thing.
There's only one, or take a step back here. Ozone's predominantly used on surface water
systems and the reason surface water systems, they have organic matter in the water where if
they add chlorine it forms disinfection byproducts. I apologize for getting technical here but
that's why you don't see it in ground water because ground water doesn't have the same organic
levels and the only treatment plant in Minnesota that uses ozone that also treats ground water is
the Moorhead water plant and the reason they do that is because they also treat surface water so
they actually blend the 2 waters and that's why they use that chemical.
Mayor Laufenburger: And that's the only one in Minnesota?
Greg Johnson: That's the only one in Minnesota correct.
Councilwoman Ryan: Can I ask a quick question?
Mayor Laufenburger: Sure can. Especially if it's related to this.
Councilwoman Ryan: Yes and specifically with the systems that were not evaluated, without
going, your depth of knowledge I know is vast, can you give a high level of understanding what
those other systems are? The other 3 that were not evaluated.
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Greg Johnson: Sure so like ultraviolet for example?
Councilwoman Ryan: Yes.
Greg Johnson: UV again is used predominantly for surface water systems for the most part and
again the disadvantage of LJV, it's a high maintenance cost. There's actually these bulb systems
that have to be replaced on a periodic basis. It takes high energy use and again it doesn't leave a
residual like chlorine so because of that UV is not an approved disinfection method by itself.
Chloramine is a system that some surface systems use but in the case of chloramine you're not
fully oxidizing ammonia in the system so the concern of the Health Department is if you're using
chloramines there's still potential for nitrates to form in the system so that's a disadvantage of
chloramine. Chlorine dioxide is just a chemical that just isn't commonly used anymore and it's
more expensive.
Councilwoman Ryan: Thank you.
Paul Oehme: So staff did complete the report for chlorine analysis back in April 26 of this year
and that's in your staff report too, attachment 4 so is there any questions with that report before
we move on?
Mayor Laufenburger: That was the report from WSB correct?
Paul Oehme: Correct. Yeah it was kind of, it looked at again the 3. The sodium hypochlorite,
the chlorine gas and the on site sodium generation and we looked at safety issues regarding each
of those systems. We looked at availability. We looked at cost and then we looked at different
applications too and life cycle costs.
Mayor Laufenburger: So council specifically do you have any questions related to that 14 page
report from WSB? Councilwoman Ryan do you?
Councilwoman Ryan: If you give me a second to look through my notes here.
Mayor Laufenburger: While you're looking may I ask a question? Mr. Oehme or Mr. Johnson,
how do you make sure that the chlorine level in the water that leaves the water treatment plant
isn't too high?
Paul Oehme: Maybe that's a question for Kevin Crooks.
Mayor Laufenburger: Oh Mr. Crooks.
Kevin Crooks: Mr. Mayor, we have an online process analyzer and what that does is it, every 60
seconds it analyzes the effluent water, the water leaving the treatment plant for it's chlorine level
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and then to back that up we also take a lab sample every day to make sure that machine is
reading correctly.
Mayor Laufenburger: The lab sample is that required by the State or not? Do you have to send
water to the State for inspection?
Kevin Crooks: We do yeah. We do. There's annually there's a big, there's a slew of
constituents that we test for as well as bacteria and that's 3 5 samples a month so there's a long
list of contaminants that are, that we're constantly guarding for but going back to chlorine there's
again an online process analyzer that tests constantly as well as fluoride too and those are
monitored closely and then excuse me. The machine itself is again checked against another
machine to test for it's accuracy to make sure what it's telling us is correct.
Mayor Laufenburger: How long have we been putting chlorine in the water in Chanhassen?
Kevin Crooks: Since the dawn of the first well. That'd be Well I back in, yeah. At least since
'72. 1 said 173 but at least '72. 1 have some paperwork that says 1972 on it and it's chlorinated
but it's really the only way to have a residual as Greg said and a residual is required by the
Minnesota Department of Health at a level of .2 to .5 parts per million in the distant points in the
distribution system so that doesn't mean just outside the well or the treatment plant.
Mayor Laufenburger: All the way.
Kevin Crooks: In the far reaches exactly.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, alright. Councilwoman Ryan, did that give you enough time?
Councilwoman Ryan: It did, thank you. Well done. I know safety has been a big concern and
in the report it talked about some of the storage requirements for chlorine gas and it mentions the
risk management plan and Mr. Oehme I know you put a piece of that into the response from the
consortium but if you could just explain a little bit further about you know what the plan is if
there was a leak. Some of the, I've learned so much but you know the different techniques used
for scrubbing and just your general plan for safety.
Paul Oehme: Great question. We have slides on that actually.
Councilwoman Ryan: Oh, well there you go.
Paul Oehme: We could maybe...
Councilwoman Ryan: Yes of course.
Mayor Laufenburger: Just a moment. Mr. Campion did you?
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Councilman Campion: I had a follow up question. Maybe this is answered in the slides later. In
terms of the chlorine that's already stored at the well houses in the west field, how is that storage
maintained? Is it brought in by truck on a periodic basis?
Kevin Crooks: Correct it's, in much the same way as the west plant. It's a gas. It's in 150
pound cylinders. The cylinders are smaller so as a result we have more of them and they're in
kind of a series inside the well house. It's older technology and I'm glad you brought that up
councilmember because the west water treatment plant has a lot of upgrades and safety measures
that the existing wells currently don't have. The technology of course has gotten a lot better
since these well houses were built and they'll have chlorine detectors which will immediately
notify us in the event of a leak. We don't have that now. They're going have automatic shut off
valves that we don't have now so it's definitely an upgrade in security and safety as far as the
chlorine goes but to answer your question yeah it's delivered by truck. The cylinders are
smaller. They're kind of man handled into the well and the empties are taken away by the
chemical vendor.
Councilman Campion: But the frequency of their replenishment is that, will that be, is it similar
now as it will be with the?
Mayor Laufenburger: Daily, weekly, monthly'?
Kevin Crooks: Well of course it's seasonal and this year's been an easy year obviously with all
therain. We're just kind of like farmers. We're heavily dependent on the weather so we're
talking Wells 3, 9, 7 and 8 which are on the west side. 7 and 8 are the prime movers because
they're the best quality. We're talking probably 8 to anywhere between 8 and 17 times a year.
You know it's again very seasonal. In summer it could be as much as twice, 3 times a month.
Not this year and in winter it's very infrequent as the flow from those wells goes down. You
know 66 percent in winter so.
Councilman Campion: So would you expect that if the west treatment plant is put in there the
frequency of replenishing or at least similar number of times that's it replenished but it's going to
one facility instead of you know spread out to those 4 well houses.
Kevin Crooks: That's exactly right. We're consolidating the chemicals to one site and a safer
site but the frequency of the chemical delivery will go way down like almost 80 percent. We'll
take in a large amount in a larger cylinder and there'll be less handling per se of chemicals.
Deliveries will be far less with a new facility.
Councilman Campion: Okay.
Mayor Laufenburger: And just Mr. Crooks, what will happen to the chlorine injection systems at
the wells? Are they just going to be dismantled or are they going to be left in place as a back up?
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Kevin Crooks: No they'll be dismantled. It's just, it's easier not to have them. The equipment,
none of my equipment likes to sit so just leaving it in place isn't really a true redundancy.
Mayor Laufenburger: So you'll remove them.
Kevin Crooks: Correct, they'll be disassembled and then removed.
Mayor Laufenburger: We're invading your timeframe Mr. Oehmc. You want to continue?
There are kids that want to go to sleep. Some of them are already by the way.
GregJohnson: Sure I'll just continue on here. So for the chlorine system analysis, that's a report
that we were referencing earlier. The report determined that when stored with the methods that
we're using, chlorine gas is a safe chemical to use and the data that we looked at looked
specifically just at water waste water plants which you need to be kind of careful because
nationwide water waste water plants use only about 5 percent of the total chlorine and it's
actually industry and pharmaceutical that use the vast majority of chlorine so it's important when
you look at data to look at data that's focused specifically on water and waste water treatment
facilities. And so we actually found it based on our data to be safer than other chlorine methods
such as sodium hypochlorite. There was actually more spills. And we found it have the lowest
20 year present worth life cycle cost and again because we're feeding chlorine to treat ammonia
the life cycle costs come into play. Currently the western wells use chlorine as a disinfectant like
we were saying earlier and they've been used since 1973. The City has not experienced any
safety problems at those wells and city utility staff members are familiar using chlorine gas and
they're trained for emergency responses. Chemical deliveries can be scheduled any time of the
day and I think at one of the neighborhood meetings that we had someone expressed the concern
about this site being located near a bus stop and the, we can get around that by scheduling the
deliveries after kids are picked up from school to get around that so. Just some examples of
chlorine use. Again the vast majority of water systems in Minnesota use chlorine and chlorine
gas and significant quantities of chlorine gas are safely stored and used at Minneapolis Water for
example. They actually bring chlorine in on big tankers and their plant's actually located in
close proximity to residents. Chlorine gas is the most effective way to protect water against
pathogens again because it leaves that residual in the system. We know it's always there
working. Some more slides. It's a proven technology. It's less than half the cost of liquid
chlorine and it has the longest chemical life and with the liquid systems you can only store so
many days of sodium hypochlorite on site because after about 30 days it loses it's potency so
that's another disadvantage of liquid chlorine. There's other operational issues such as off
gassing with liquid chlorine and next slide please. So what Kevin was mentioning earlier is that
this plant is going to have, which is approved by the Uniform Fire Code are emergency shut off
valves that mount on each of the cylinders and these came out probably I'm guessing like 15 to
20 years and since the time this has really increased the safety of chlorine gas. Basically if
there's a chlorine leak inside the plant these valves will shut instantly. Talking to the
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manufacturer Robo Control they have over 5,000 installations with this valve and there's not a
single case where this valve has failed. That's just an incredible statistic.
Mayor Latifenburger: How long did you say9 How many years?
Greg Johnson: 15 to 20 years.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay.
Greg Johnson: Guessing yeah. I think that's about right. Some other safety precautions that
inside the plant the chlorine gas is not a pressurized system. It actually works under a vacuum so
if a line were to rupture or get cut or break, the vacuum would be lost instantly and no chlorine
would leak into the plant. Tliere's going to be multiple chlorine gas sensors located through the
plant that can measure down to well less than I part per million. And if a leak was sensed by the
gas sensors these valves would shut off. The ventilation system would shut down and there'd be
no gas vented to the atmosphere. And again most importantly staff is trained to address a leak if
one were to occur but we are confident that a leak will not occur.
Paul Oehme: So Councilwoman Ryan do you have any more questions regarding the safety?
Kevin Crooks is going to address some, if there were to be some leak we are trained in how to
manage those type of leaks and to address them even before fire department would arrive.
Councilwoman Ryan: You're going to talk about those right now?
Kevin Crooks: Yeah we'll just cover the RMP quickly.
Councilwoman Ryan: Sure yes, please.
Kevin Crooks: The RMP is the EPA mandated risk management plan and it covers everything
from the training of employees to the type of equipment that's used to the type of maintenance
schedules of the equipment that we have on hand and all that needs to be approved from the EPA
and that's required before we receive the first chemicals so I'll basically begin drafting that about
5 months before start up should council move forward with the west plant so that's the schedule
for the RMP.
Councilwoman Ryan: And so someone from the State comes out or?
Kevin Crooks: Tbat's actually federal.
Councilwoman Ryan: Oh federal, okay.
Kevin Crooks: Yep.
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Mayor Laufenburger: Are you about to conclude your discussion on chlorine or not?
Paul Oehme: Yep we'd like to move on...
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, any other questions on chlorine?
Councilwoman Ryan: Not at this time no.
Mayor Laufenburger: Just one Mr. Oelune. Is anybody else using chlorine in Chanhassen? Any
manufacturing facilities, Kevin do you know9
Kevin Crooks: I know that the school was. Minnetonka Middle School had a chlorine cylinders
and after their remodel they may have moved to some kind of dry pellet because.
Mayor Laufenburger: Is that for a pool?
Kevin Crooks: For their pool.
Mayor Laufenburger: Oh alright.
Kevin Crooks: Manufacturing, again Lifetime might be another one for their pool as well.
don't know of a manufacturer currently using chlorine.
Mayor Laufenburger: General Mills, big plant?
Kevin Crooks: I don't think they use chlorine.
Mayor Laufenburger: So if somebody did use substantial amount of chlorine they would be
required to make, file that risk management plan?
Kevin Crooks: Tbat's absolutely correct.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay.
Kevin Crooks: Even if they're using 150 pound cylinders they would have to still fill out the
RMP. However it wouldn't have to be re-evaluated every 3 years. You would only have to do it
once.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay so there's a threshold of usage that requires the re-application or the
updating of the RMP, is that correct?
Kevin Crooks: Correct Mr. Mayor. Although the threshold is based on your amount of storage
on hand rather than just usage.
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Mayor Laufenburger: And so will Chanhassen based on it's storage, will it be required to update
that RMP on an annual basis do you know?
Kevin Crooks: It's not annual. It's every 3 years we'll be looking at it.
Mayor Laufenburger: Every 3 years.
Kevin Crooks: Yes we will.
Mayor Laufenburger: Alright good. Okay let's move on Mr. 0ehme.
Greg Johnson: So just one more slide for.
Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. Johnson go ahead.
Greg Johnson: I have to preside for myself here and I just want to talk a little bit about plant
security and security is something we take very seriously when we design a water plant and for
security it's up to the agency's discretion as far as what's required and the plant is going to have
an advanced security system consisting of exterior video cameras on all sides of the building.
Window sensors and door contact switches that monitor the plant 24 hours a day so if there is an
intrusion it's going to go through the alarm system and the police department will be notified.
Operation staff. As far as homeland security we've had discussions with, there is a person, an
engineer at Minnesota Department of Health that is their representative for homeland security
and his name is John Grothe and so talking with Mr. Grothe, what he came back to us with is that
he said the regional homeland security protective supervisor and the chemical facility anti-
terrorism program supervisor informed the Minnesota Department of Health security coordinator
that there is no regulatory language or directive originating from homeland security which
requires the provision of security fencing around the plant. That's kind of a long sentence there.
But we did check into that and a fence is not a requirement around the site and actually the
opinion from the contact person at the Health Department is that, his opinion on fences is that if
a person is determined a fence is not going to stop someone. They're either going to go through
it or around the fence.
Mayor Laufenburger: Well the same could be true of a wall couldn't it?
Greg Johnson: Correct, yeah.
Mayor Laufenburger: Hence the intrusion technique.
Paul Oehme: One item to add too about the building itself There's only going to be 2 doors that
will actually have swipe cards that you can actually enter into the plant so most of the doors
around the plant are just for exit only. There's only like I said there's only going to be 2 doors
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you can actually enter into the plant so that adds another level of security to the facility. And one
thing we forgot to add here too is there are going to be motion sensors within the plant so for
whatever reason somebody gets into the plant, those triggers would be alarmed to the police
department for investigation.
Mayor Laufenburger: You referenced, Mr. McDonald.
Councilman McDonald: What kind of security does the east plant have?
Kevin Crooks: I'm cringing a little bit because we're getting into a little bit of means and
methods here publicly but.
Mayor Laufenburger: That's a good comment Mr. Crooks.
Kevin Crooks: Everything. We have everything.
Councilman McDonald: Has there ever been an intrusion into the east plant?
Kevin Crooks: No absolutely not.
Councilman McDonald: Has there ever been an attempt that you're aware of?
Kevin Crooks: There has not been.
Councilman McDonald: Okay thank you.
Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. Crooks there's reference to a city's supervisor control and data
acquisition system. Who monitors that?
Kevin Crooks: All of utilities monitors that. Someone monitors that from the utility department
24 hours, 7 days a week.
Mayor Laufenburger: There's a person.
Kevin Crooks: A human being yep.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Alright, any other questions on this? Okay Mr. Oehme.
Paul Oehme: So we talked about the EPA risk management plan a little bit so I can skip over
that. If there's no other questions about the building interior itself I'd like to move on to talk
about some of the other topics that were brought up along with the neighborhood meetings and
some of those concerns so one of the things that we looked at was the traffic. How much traffic
would be generated by this plant. We're projecting there'd be maybe, there's going to be one
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operator running the plant during regular business hours. The plant will run autonomously after
hours and on weekends so with deliveries and Mr. Crooks had indicated there would probably be
between 2 and 4 trips per day from the plant. And if you look at what a residential, single family
residential house generates there, the International Trip Generation Manual estimates out to 10
trips per day is generated by one single family property so this plant is going to be generating
less traffic than a regular residential household would. Noise and odors. Like I indicated again
very little noise would be coming from the plant. The only noise generating, significant noise
generating equipment would be the on site generator. This generator would be sized to run the
plant if the power were to be interrupted in the area and it would be run at least once a month just
for checks. Making sure that the generator's running as it should be. There would be a muffler
system that would be included with this generator as the east plant does have, it's a pretty
massive muffler system and the manufacturer states that the muffler gets the noise levels down to
about 75 decibels so looking at what other levels ofjust for context what other levels of noise
that generates, that's like a vacuum cleaner from 10 foot away or a toilet flushing so pretty
minimal. We're not expecting to have the generator heard by any of the neighbors in the area
and like we indicated the plant does not give off any odors. Exterior lighting is proposed to be
minimal. We're going to have some down lit LED lights at some of the, at the openings of
windows or some of the doors. Just some wall pack units just for accenting. This will help with
some security system. This will add to the security system of the plant as well. The utilities, like
Ms. Aanenson had indicated most of the raw water mains for the west wells are already stubbed
to this facility. The wells along Galpin and along Lake Lucy Road will be extended to the plant.
That's this blue line here if you can see it. And then also from the wells along Galpin so there'd
be little over about a mile of raw water main that would be brought to the site and then there's
some distribution main that will also be brought or extended to the water mains that are in the
area so the beauty of this location is that the low zone water main is right at the intersection of
Galpin and Lake Harrison Road so there's very little extension of utilities that would be needed
to connect to the low zone. The high zone pipe would be connected from Lake Lucy Road all
the way down to I think it's Longacres Road.
Councilwoman Ryan: Paul?
Paul Oehme: Yes.
Councilwoman Ryan: Mr. Oelune. Could you explain, instead of asking this later, can you
explain the difference or the importance of high and low zones and what that actually means
please?
Paul Oehme: Sure. So if we would just have a blanket pressure zone for the entire city, the areas
in the higher elevation locations of the city would have very little pressure in the system and the
areas in the lower areas, say south of say Highway 5 or Highway 212, they would have a lot
more pressure just because of the elevation changes so we try to keep the pressure in the system
to around 80 pounds per square inch so in order to do that we have to zone off different parts of
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the city to allow for pressures to become static. Static in those areas so that's why we have those
different pressure tiered zones within the community.
Councilwoman Ryan: And is that how you choose different locations is the proximity to high
and low zones or?
Paul Oehine: Well in this case it's, we know the water in the high zone is not treated so we want
to definitely have a treatment plant in that location and then in order to supplement some of the
low zone water we wanted the plant in close proximity to that distribution main so that's the
reason why this site is in particular very advantageous for us because it has, would have less pipe
extension needs to be, to hook up to our existing distribution mains.
Councilwoman Ryan: Okay thank you.
Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. Campion.
Councilman Campion: Just to feed off of that. There were comments that you know for the site
selection that this treatment facility needed to be in that high zone north of 5 and you know south
of 5 or south of 78'. Is it that it's just not an option or if it were moved to the, that southern low
zone area that it would just be exponentially more costly?
Paul Oehme: It would be more exponentially costly to move it to any other location than this
one. We had planned for the utilities to be brought. We actually put in some of the utilities to be
brought to this location in anticipation for this plant being built. To move it to any other location
we're going to be extending you know 24 inch pipe along Galpin or wherever. That's very
expensive pipe and there's more risk in terms of operations because there's more pipe in the
ground. You might have, there's more potential for that pipe to break or somebody to hit it,
those type of things so we did look at you know revisited the 2005 land purchase study that the
City completed. We looked at a property along Highway, just north of Highway 5 along Galpin
and 78'h Street and just to bring it down to that location which was I don't know, three quarters
of a mile away, that was a little over $2 million dollars just to bring it to that location. Now if
were to move it farther to the south, say south of Highway 5 to maybe a business park area, your
costs are going to be going up exponentially from there.
Councilman McDonald: Mr. Mayor?
Mayor Laufenburger: Councilman McDonald.
Councilman McDonald: In 2005 when this decision was made, how much of this infi-astructurc
was in place?
Paul Oehme: In 2005 none of the infrastructure was in place. At that time the Lake Harrison
development was not built at that time. The council did not approve the plat or any of the
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development so at that time none of the extensions, water main extensions were stubbed to this
facility. Ile distribution mains along Galpin were there before 2005 but none of the planned
infrastructure for a treatment plant was there prior to 2005.
Councilman McDonald: So then since 2005 all prior councils have in one way or another
approved part of the infrastructure development and placement and cost so there's always been a
plan that this was going to become the west water treatment plant?
Paul Oehme: Right yeah. I mean in 2008 when the master Comprehensive Plan was approved
by the City Council this site was approved for that west water treatment plant so that council
approved, you know re-established that this is the preferred location for that west plant.
Councilman McDonald: Okay thank you. No more questions.
Mayor Latifenburger: Mr. Oehme this relates to Councilwoman Ryan's question. You talk
about the high zone and the low zone and maybe this is a question for Mr. Crooks. How many
accounts or homes are served by the east water treatment plant? Or first of all how many homes
do we have in Chanhassen? Ms. Aanenson you know that answer. How many9
Kate Aanenson: Probably close to about 10,000.
Mayor Laufcnburger: Okay so 10,000. Some of them are served by their own wells right?
Kate Aanenson: That's correct.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. So Mr. Crooks how many are served by the east water treatment
plant?
Kevin Crooks: Everyone except for, well we don't have a map but of the high zone.
Mayor Latiferiburger: I'm looking for a number is what I'm looking for.
Kevin Crooks: Yeah and that's a great question Mr. Mayor and I don't have it unfortunately but
it's just using generalities yeah I'm going to say three-quarters.
Mayor Laufenburger: So 75 percent.
Kevin Crooks: Yeah I think that's pretty accurate.
Mayor Laufcnburgcr: So 75 percent of 10,000 or something less than 10,000. So your estimate
the high usage is going to be probably in the neighborhood of 2,000. 2,000 homes primarily plus
Mr. Oelune you said that the west water treatment plant when it's completed it will actually
mingle water into the east treatment plant houses too is that correct?
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Kevin Crooks: Yes that's correct, yeah.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay.
Kevin Crooks: It will, to give you an idea of the numbers. An average day let's say for the east
water treatment plant will be about 4 million gallons while in the high zone the zone currently be
covered, not covered currently is about a million so and then as the city grows of course and we
develop fur-ther the load will be picked up again by the future, by the west water treatment plant
is going to pick up that extra capacity as the city goes forward.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Mr. Oehme back to you.
Paul Oehme: Thank you. So storm water improvements in conjunction with this project. The
site is, has some very tight clay soils so it's very hard to infiltrate water and treat that water. It's
also a lot of topography of the site so we are limited to some, a few best management practices to
treat the water and to treat the water and to store it on site before it leaves the area so one of the
techniques that we talked with the watershed district about and has been approved is to re -use the
runoff from the site and, which is all going to be directed to the pond on the west side of the
plant and re -use that for irrigation so the lighter kind of lime area shown here and along the
boulevard, along Lake Harrison Road, that's all proposed to be irrigated with the water, the
runoff water that would eventually come into the pond on the west side of the plant so that's a
BMP that the watershed district has approved. And also the runoff from the cul-de-sac up on
Manchester Drive is also going to be directed down to the storm water pond. So in summary the
conclusion that staff has come up with is the water plant is, are commonly built in residential
areas. Ran off a bunch of communities that have water treatment plants within a residential
areas. The plant will be located and has been approved since 2005 and is part of the 2008
comprehensive master plan for water. Water plants again they make good neighbors. They are
prevalent within residential areas in the metro area. They're safe. They do not irnpact property
values. They generate little traffic. They're not noisy. They are little, this plant will have little
exterior lighting. There's not going to be any parking lot lighting or any additional lighting
besides what's on the plant or the building itself. They do not generate any noise and they do
not, they're not going to be impacting the environment and the plan itself does not impact any of
the wetlands adjacent to the project. We're not going to have to mitigate any of the wetlands.
The design includes a robust security system that we touched on. The water filtration is, that
we're proposing with the green is the most cost effective technology for removing the iron
manganese and addressing the ammonia issues that we have in the west wells. Just touching on
the chlorine gas, it is safe. We've used chlorine gas in our west wells since 1973 when Well
number 3 was drilled along Galpin Boulevard so it's been there all this time. The City has not
had any safety issues with using gas within the community. It is the most common used form of
chlorine system for water treatment plants in the metro area and nationally. It's the cost effective
system for disinfection of the water and chlorine is required by Minnesota Department of Health
for disinfection and for that residual that we had talked about. Making sure that we have the
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chlorine in the system for disinfection and pathogen treatment. So with that, that's the end of our
presentation. If there's additional questions by the City Council be more than happy to try to
answer them for you.
Mayor Laufenburger: So just to clarify Mr. Oehme we have now from your standpoint
completed the staff report of (a), approve the preliminary and final plat and site plan for a water
treatment facility.
Paul Oelune: That's correct.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Ms. Aanenson are you prepared to speak to the vacating of the
drainage.
Kate Aanenson: The City Engineer will.
Mayor Laufenburger: Oh, Mr. Oehmc.
Paul Oehme: Sure. So let me try to find.
Mayor Laufenburger: Before you do that, are there any other questions related to the site plan
and the water treatment plant? Okay I do have just a couple. Do you have the materials that it's
going to be built out. Can you show us that? You made mention to that.
Kate Aanenson: Set them right on there, yep.
Mayor Laufenburger: Nann's going to slide that out a little bit.
Kate Aanenson: Oops upside down.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay so these are natural colors.
Kate Aanenson: Yep there's two choices.
Mayor Laufenburger: Consistent with other city buildings as well.
Kate Aanenson: Correct and that's some of the color schemes that we had talked with property
owners and neighbors about using that. It's kind of that prairie building flavor that we're trying
to address used in this project.
Mayor Laufenburger: Regarding iron and manganese, Mi. Johnson maybe this is for you. Does
the presence of iron and manganese in the water, in what we call the high zone or that area that's
not getting filtered water, does that affect water softener performance do you know?
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Greg Johnson: It can.
Mayor Laufenburger: How would it do that?
Greg Johnson: The residents side of a softener actually has an affinity towards iron and
manganese particles so I think you should get more efficient.
Mayor Laufenburger: Without iron and manganese?
Greg Johnson: Without iron and manganese correct.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay.
Paul Oehme: Mr. Mayor?
Mayor Laufenburger: Yes.
Paul Oehme: If I could talk about that specific item too. So if the project were to move forward
we're going to do a mass mailing and notification to the property owners about potentially
reducing the level of your softeners especially, in particular in the high zone area just because
there could be some adverse effects with the softeners working a little bit harder than they need
to.
Mayor Laufenburger: So what you're saying is the water softeners generally have a, there's a
setting as to how much, what the mineral content of the water is. Mr. Crooks can you explain
that?
Kevin Crooks: Correct Mr. Mayor. It's the grains per gallon setting.
Mayor Laufenburger: Yeah.
Kevin Crooks: And typically people in the high zone have to have it artificially high because as
Greg said softeners, water softeners weren't made for iron removal but that's what they have to
do so they set the pounds, either the pounds of salt. Pounds per regeneration or grains per gallon
up higher -
Mayor Laufenburger: So people will use less salt, does that make sense?
Kevin Crooks: That's correct yeah.
Mayor Laufenburgcr: Okay, alright. Savings for them. Let's see one last question. Mr. Oehme
you didn't speak to this but in 2005 when the west water treatment plant was essentially plans
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were put in place, there was a preliminary visual depiction of what that water treatment plant
would look like. It was on the website. It was, did you also have something at the site?
Paul Oehme: We did. We had a board with a rendering of the plant as preliminary drawings had
indicated.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. So the final design that you've now come up with in cooperation
with WSB, how would you compare the size of the final building with the depiction of the
preliminary building?
Paul Oehme: So back in 2005 the City did have I would say multiple preliminary designs drawn
up for different scenarios so.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay but there was one that was placed on the website is that correct?
Paul Oehme: Yeah well there was, I think there was more than one. There was one depicting
more of a park setting but the ones that we looked at were preliminary kind of set into the
hillside like the plant we are looking at. That particular building is, the preliminary drawings I
think it's about 30 feet shorter than what we're actually proposing.
Mayor Laufenburger: So we're 30 feet longer...
Paul Oehme: ... and but the width is about the same. I think the parking lot back then in 2005,
the parking lot is shown a little bit bigger but we did show berms. We did show landscaping I
think so it's, it was a preliminary design.
Mayor Laufenburger: But it was clearly identified on the, it said preliminary design right?
Paul Ochmc: Yeah I believe it did.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay ahight. Okay let's move to vacation.
Paul Oehme: Sure. So this itern is a request to vacate drainage and utility easements for the west
water treatment plant site, Lot 1, Block 4, Outlot A of Lake Harrison development. So this is the
plat that's shown, that's currently out there today. There's a drainage and utility easement
shown in yellow along the outlot and then also along the perimeter along Lot I as well. The
purpose of the vacation for the easement is to include the park area in the new lot. There's going
to be, there's proposed to be a picnic shelter in the new park so typically structures would have
to be a lot setting instead of an outlot. The realignment, the final alignment of the building
would fit better with the vacation and realignment of the property lines as a, versus what the lot
shows today. And then also the underground back wash tank from a preliminary design was on
the west side of the plant. Now it's shifted to the east side but it does cross the property line
between the outlot and the lot for, or where the plant is supposed to go so in order to, typically
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we don't like structures crossing property lines so that's the reason for the adjustment of the
property lines. The plat and then in order to do that we need to vacate the existing easements
because we just can't replat it without vacating the easements. So this is the proposed plat here.
This blue. This is the new lot. It would be dedicated drainage utility easements around the
perimeter of the new lot and then also over the new outlots as well A and B and shown in yellow.
So with that if there's any questions for the vacation I'd be more than happy to try to answer
them.
Mayor Laufenburger: Council members any questions regarding the vacation of the easements?
Paul Oehme: Mr. Mayor, with this item there is a public hearing that is being requested.
Mayor Laufenburger: Alright, very well. Okay Ms. Aanenson is there anything you need to add
on item number c?
Kate Aanenson: No.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Alright so we have completed staff report and council questions
related to items (a) and (c) which is the preliminary and final plat of Lake Harrison 2nd Addition.
The site plan for a 16,950 square foot water treatment facility. And the vacation of the drainage
and utility easements on Outlot A, Lot 1, Block 4, Lake Harrison. At this time I'm going to open
a public hearing specifically related to the vacation of the outlots. However I recognize that
there are many people here in the council chambers this evening and I would ask that if, we will
take a couple of public comments related to the water treatment plant so let's, let me just offer
this. If you would like to make a comment to the City Council you're welcome to do so. Step
up to the podium and what I'll do is I would ask that you state your name, your address and
whether you're speaking in favor of or in opposition to (a) or (c), okay. Who would like to be
first?
Robert Kline: I would Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Laufenburger: Alright, please state your name and address.
Robert Kline: My name is Robert Kline and I live at 2175 Lake Harrison Road.
Mayor Laufenburger: And are you speaking in favor of the items (a) or (c) or in opposition?
Robert Kline: I am speaking not in favor of either one.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay so that would be in opposition.
Robert Kline: I am in opposition to both.
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Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, go ahead Mr. Kline.
Robert Kline: First of all good evening Mr. Mayor and fellow council members. I just want to
thank you for the opportunity to present comments from the public at this time. I've been
involved in this community for 30 years and I hope to continue my involvement for another 30
years. I'm speaking tonight as a vested resident, president of a homeowners association and a
member of a 400 plus household consortium as well as an architect. I would like to share with
the City Council members 2 significant issues of concern that continue to remain even to this
very moment for over 1,000 residents regarding this proposed west water facility and site.
Because of these 2 major issues we firinly believe that ftirther due diligence and study are
required to determine if this proposed project, proposed site and proposed filtration technology
system should move forward at this time. Before I discuss these 2 issues of concern I just want
to tell you something. As an architect or as an engineer for that matter we are required as
licensed professionals to take into consideration the health, safety and welfare of the public for
every project we design. The proposed west water facility as currently designed and located has
2 major issues that cause serious concern regarding the health, safety and welfare of the public.
The first major issue of serious concern is the proposed site location. Careful consideration and
thoughtful design would place this type of facility in a commercial area. Not in the middle of a
100 percent residential area. Because of the potential safety and security issues associated with
this type of facility homeowners health, safety and welfare would be better protected in a
commercial area. Earlier this evening the City referenced 10 other communities that have water
treatment plants in residential areas. As I studied those and you look at them closely every single
one of those facilities are all on the very edge at most of residential areas and are adjacent to
large commercial zones. They are never in the middle of a 100 percent residential area. In fact
as I studied this a little bit more I found it very interesting that there was only one city that
located it's water treatment plant completely in a commercial zone. The absolute best location
from a health, safety and welfare standpoint. That city was Chanhassen and it was the current
east water treatment plant. The City got the location right for the east water treatment plant and
now over 1,000 residents encourage you to get the location correct for the west water treatment
plant. As a problem solver.
Mayor Latifenburger: You have about 2 minutes Mr. Kline.
Robert Kline: As a problem solver I can think of 4, probably more potential alternative sites for
the west water facility and I would just fike to put a drawing up here that I did a quick sketch that
just shows these 4 potential sites. As alternatives. They're labeled 1, 2, 3 and 4. Number I I
find interesting because it's where the City already owns some property. They have a
maintenance facility sitting there. It's large enough. You could take that building down. Put the
west water treatment plant there. 2 is land available by Southwest Transit and they own it. The
City has a good relationship with them I'm assuming. You could build it there. 3 and 4, similar
sites. Since it sounds like I'm going to be limited on time tonight I'm going to move ahead to
the second and probably the most important major issue of concern and that's the proposed
filtration technology. The use of chlorine gas in this facility could have serious health, safety
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and welfare outcomes for the public. Again because of the safety and welfare. I'm sorry, again
because of the safety and security issues associated with this type of facility homeowners health,
safety and welfare would be better protected if chlorine gas was not used in the filtration process.
The filtration process is what I'm talking about. Not disinfectant. in fact everyone would be
better protected from a health, safety and welfare standpoint if chlorine gas was not used in the
filtration process. Think about that for a second. Everyone. That's residents. Plant workers.
Other citizens. Business people. Visitors to our city. Park goers and children. They all would
be better off without chlorine gas. I'm left to conclude only one thing when you look at the
health, safety and welfare of the public. Wherever this facility is built it should not use chlorine
gas filtration technology. But the great news is there are some 21' century technologies that are
available and they don't use chlorine gas and some of those are going to be highlighted by Mark
Wagner so I'm not going to talk about them right now but they are available. They are real.
They're viable. You know and I just want to say one thing, I appreciate all the talk that we just
had and the discussion on chlorine gas. I think it was extremely important for everybody here to
see what's involved when you use chlorine gas. And the simple answer is, it all can be avoided
if you don't use it. And you don't have to use it in the filtration process so I just would like to
make that point.
Mayor Laufenburger: You want to bring this to a conclusion Mr. Kline?
Robert Kline: Yeah I will.
Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you.
Robert Kline: I think, I do want to acknowledge that I think some great progress has been made
on the aesthetics and the size of the facility. I mean I think that's really important. I've worked
pretty closely with Paul Oehme and I think some great progress has been made but I think what
you cannot lose sight of, and this speaks directly to the health, safety and welfare of the public
and that is you can make a building look as good as you want but it's how it functions. It's how
it affects the health, safety and welfare of the public that's the most important thing so I just
don't want to lose sight of that. So in closing as an architect as I mentioned, as a vest community
member I take an approach where I truly want the best for people. People are my clients. I love
people. When it comes to the health, safety and welfare of the public I just believe you should
never, ever put anyone in jeopardy and I'm just asking you on behalf and I reassure you there's
thousands of residents that are concerned about this. I'm asking you Mr. Mayor and council
members that we are trusting you and encouraging you to make a decision that places this
proposed facility in the correct location like the east plant and use 2 1 ' century technologies that
don't use chlorine gas so I thank you for your time tonight and I will answer any questions if you
want to ask me any of those.
Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Mr. Kline. Any questions of Mr. Kline? Okay, thank you
very much. Mr. Kline has spoken in opposition to this. Is there anyone that would like to speak
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in support of the west water treatment plant? Just a moment please. Just a moment.
Councilwoman Tjomhom.
Councilwoman Tjornhom: I'm sorry. I appreciate that we're going to have people speak in
favor or against the water treatment plant but I also would like to hear their opinion of if they
really think the water needs to be treated. If there is a problem with the water and if there really
needs to be something done to be beneficial to the whole community.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. State your name and address please.
Mark Wagner: Yes my name is Mark Wagner. My address is 6945 Lake Harrison Circle in
Chanhassen where I reside with my wife and 2 daughters. I've been a resident of the city of
Chanhassen for the last 26 years.
Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. Wagner are you speaking in favor of or in opposition to?
Mark Wagner: I'm speaking in opposition to both items (a) and (c).
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay.
Mark Wagner: I'd like to highlight the critical issues regarding safety and security which still
need to be addressed before this council makes a decision to move forward with the west water
treatment plant at it's currently proposed site. Jag Reddy is a Vice President of Water
Technologies at Pentair Corporation. A global water technology company.
Mayor Laufenburger: Just a moment Mr. Wagner you made reference to something on the
platform there. Do you want Nann to show that? Can you show that?
Mark Wagner: That would be great. I would like to have that because there are several slides
that we're putting up there.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, alright.
Mark Wagner: Mr. Reddy is one of the homeowners in the 400 plus HOA consortium most
directly impacted by this proposed plan. Mr. Reddy has offered the City his professional
services pro bono to assist in creating and implementing the best possible plant for the city of
Chanhassen. There is no need to rush the building of this plant, which until very recently was
not slated for completion until 2023. We have been told that the primary purpose in building this
$20 million dollar plant is to remove the manganese and iron in the city water. The City has
indicated it received 20 to 30 telephone calls per year complaining about the color of the city
water. We are not dealing with a water safety issue because the water is safe for all of
Chanhassen to use and consume. instead it is an issue of aesthetics. There are multiple ways to
remove manganese and iron from water and I refer this council and the guests in this room to the
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April 26, 2016 report from Greg Johnson, the project manager at WSB. And Mr. Johnson's
letter is found as Attachment 4 in agenda item G- I (a) entitled Chlorine System Analysis letter
from WSB. Based on this letter it is very clear the City's request was for WSB to took only at
the use of chlorine to remove manganese and iron. WSB did not look at the availability of many
other options because that was not the City's directive. There are better options to treat
manganese and iron than chlorine particularly in terms of safety. 21 st century technology and the
options it provides must be studied by the City before moving forward with any treatment plant
regardless of where the plant is ultimately located. As noted on the slide the best treatment
options include oxidation with aeration and oxidation with ozone both of which have proven
success in terms of environmental friendliness, total cost of operation and safety. To the
contrary the use of chlorine is the least environmentally friendly and the most importantly it is
the least safe as you can see by the attached slide. The use of better technology to treat city
water does not require a bigger sized plant. The chemical free ozone injection shown in this
slide, in the lower right hand comer is an excellent alternative and uses 2 1 st century technology.
Based on information shared by the City and WSB regarding the proposed plant there will be
semi trucks entering a residential neighborhood at a location where multiple buses from various
school districts pick up and drop off our children. These trucks will be delivering at least 6 one
ton tanks of chlorine gas the size of which are represented by the yellow tanks in the center of
this slide. WSB has indicated there will be at least 2 such deliveries of chlorine gas tanks per
month. We think it reasonable to expect that the company delivering those 6 large tanks will
have more than 6 chlorine tanks on the truck so it's efficient in it's delivery process to other
locations. The reality of using chlorine gas is that it is dangerous. It is very dangerous and this
danger is real. A chlorine gas leak occurred very close to home in Coon Rapids in 2012 and
resulted in injury to 3 employees and evacuation of the local community. Imagine if that were to
happen in the middle of residential homes in Chanhassen where more than 1,000 residents live.
The City has proposed a city playground directly adjacent to this proposed plant. Does the City
really want our children to play in an area surrounding a plant using chlorine gas when this can
all be avoided by simply using 21" century technology. While the Minnesota Department of
Health might not mandate specific security methods other cities have gone well beyond the
minimum requirements to protect it's citizens. What is the City of Chanhassen going to do?
These photographs represent the reality of what other cities are doing to protect their water
treatment plants. Many of us have seen this level of security imposed by one of our neighboring
cities at the Eden Prairie treatment plant on Mitchell Road near Highway 5. It is significant to
note that Eden Prairie officials felt it important to secure this plant in this way to protect the
safety of it's residents despite the fact the Eden Prairie plant does not even use chlorine gas and
that plant is located in an industrial park. Not among residential homes. Mr. Oehme referred
earlier to other communities with treatment plants but nothing was noted as to whether those
treatment plants use a dangerous chemical like chlorine gas. Why would the City of Chanhassen
want to take changes with the health, safety and welfare of more than 1,000 residents by placing
this commercial plant in the middle of 400 plus homes? In other words why would it put unlike
things together? Why would the City use technology which is outdated where there are other
technologies which are better and readily available? This City can avoid these problems
completely by putting this plant in another location and using 21' century technology. And at
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the September 6, 2016 meeting the Chanhassen Planning Commission requested the City
consider available technology including other potential systems and it implored the City to use
the best alternative available, notjust the easy choice. And as I mentioned earlier Jag Reddy of
Pentair Corporation is an expert in this area. Mr. Reddy could not attend this evening's meeting
as he's out of town on business but Mr. Reddy prepared by brief summary he wanted to share
with the City and I conclude my comments with Mr. Reddy's message. Mr. Oehme if you'd be
kind enough to play that message.
Mayor Laufenburger: Are we prepared to play that message Mr. Oehme?
Paul Oelune: Yes.
Mayor Laulenburger: Did you have anything else Mr. Wagner besides this?
Mark Wagner: No.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Thank you.
Jag Reddy: Hello. My name is Jag Reddy. I'm a resident of 6925 Lake Harrison Circle in
Chanhassen. I come before the City Council today to raise my concerns regarding safety and
security of the upcoming...
Mayor Laufenburger: Can you stop that Mr. Oehme?
Mark Wagner: Can that be turned up any louder?
Paul Oehme: That's as high as it goes.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay but I just want to make sure it's visually showing because it stopped
showing there for a second.
Paul Oehme: That's as much volume as we can get.
Jag Reddy: I have prepared some information for the council on safety and security of water
treatment plants. There are multiple methods...
Mayor Laufenburger: Let's pause just for a second until we get the visual. Okay go, proceed.
Jag Reddy: Water oxidation with ozone is one of the best methods because of it's safety record
and total cost of operation. There are many new technologies to treat water including ozone with
chemical free injection which is better than chlorine. Do we really want hazmat trucks with
chlorine cylinders driving through a residential neighborhoods? That does not make any sense.
Chlorine has really poor record on accidents including 612 accidents over the last 15 years.
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There are many accidents continue to happen across the country including in Coon Rapids in
2012. The Department of Homeland Security and EPA in addition to MDH require water
supplies to be properly protected including intrusion prevention. Page 25 of the 10 state standard
used by MDH also requires these standards to be followed. I'm amazed that City of Chanhassen
has not conducted a threat assessment and has not looked at potential threats in areas that could
happen in the city. Cities such as Anoka and Eden Prairie have done much more to go above and
beyond MDH requirements. Why not Chanhassen? Take a look at additional security
requirements at other water treatment plants including Eden Prairie. Chanhassen must earn the
right to be one of the best places to live in the country. We have to earn that. Let's best
technology for our water treatment plant. Let's make sure there's no chlorine gas being trucked
around in residential neighborhoods. Let's secure our water supply. Let's not take any chances.
Let's plan for the future with a master plan and let's make the best decision not just an easy one.
We need visionary leadership for the future. Thank you for your time.
Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Mr. Wagner.
Mark Wagner: Thank you.
Mayor Laufenburger: As a result of Mr. Wagner's presentation, any questions of council to staff
or to Mr. Wagner? I just have one Mr. Oehme. Are you familiar with the presentation that Mr.
Wagner gave and Mr. Reddy gave as well?
Paul Oehme: I am.
Mayor Laufenburger: And are you familiar with the locations that were cited as accidents?
Paul Oehme: We are.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Can you, do you have any information about Coon Rapids?
Paul Oehrne: We do. So we made a phone call up to Coon Rapids and talked to their utility
superintendent. I also talked to their retired public works director as well so if you want to.
Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. Johnson what did you learn?
Greg Johnson: Yes so talking to Coon Rapids, the leak that occurred was due to a faulty valve
and the quantity that leaker was less than 2 pounds and it was neutralized instantly. It never left
the plant. There was no city evacuation.
Mayor Laufenburger: Anybody injured?
Greg Johnson: No, no one was injured and we asked the question if they had the emergency shut
off valves.
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Mayor Laufenburger: In place.
Greg Johnson: In place, they did not.
Mayor Laufenburger: These are the emergency shut off valves that you plan to put in place in
the west water treatment plant?
Greg Johnson: That's correct yes. We also talked with the staff at the Minnesota Department of
Health that have worked there for over 30 years.
Mayor Laufenburger: At the Minnesota Department of Health?
Greg Johnson: Ile Minnesota Department of Health and the staff there, the Coon Rapids leak
was the only facility in the metro area that they can recall with a chlorine leak, yeah and this is a
person that's worked there for 30 years.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay and this person that you talked with at Coon Rapids is somebody
that was there during the time of this leak?
Greg Johnson: This person was not. This person actually worked in Fridley but he was
informed of this leak from other staff.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay so this is, you consider that to be reliable information?
Paul Oehme: We also backed it up with the retired public works director who also had that same
information. That no one was injured. The chlorine never left the plant and it was contained in
the facility itself.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, alright thank you very much. Now is there anybody that would like
to speak in support of the west water treatment plant? Please step to the podium. State your
name and address.
Paul Theis: Good everyone, I'm Paul Theis. 6520 White Dove Circle and I've lived in
Chanhassen for 24 years. I think one of the council members asked if there are others besides us
that have water quality issues. I've talked to a couple of the neighbors and at one point someone
at the City represented well we don't really get much for complaints. I related the story to a
couple neighbors and they indicated well they haven't talked to me. Another one said well they
haven't talked to me. I said well do you want to come? One of them who had some health
issues did come to a workshop and there was no public input at that but you know as his wife I
had talked to and she indicated they had problems. A neighbor across the circle has had
problems. You know quite frankly I think people that live in the high side where we do think it's
kind of the silent majority of our area that there's problems. Now I read the report issued by
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WSB dated April 26, 2016. 1 think it was very thoughtfully and thoroughly prepared. I listened
to the comments tonight from the consulting engineer. The City's engineer and I think the chief
operator of the plants. I think they were all persuasive. I think the technology is safe. I think
we've got unfortunately a case of NIMBY. You know I've lived in Chan for 24 years. That sign
outside of what is now Harrison Lakes development has been up for since 2005. 11 years. I
think the site selection process was, started in as early as 2003. We're not rushing into this. I
don't think the City, the engineer, consulting engineer and the staff could be accused of rushing
into anything. I think on the contrary I think this probably all would have been accomplished
had the so called great recession of 2008-2009 not have happened. Currently we're in a low
interest rate environment. Now the municipal bond market is somewhat different than the
general market but I think this is an advantageous time to go ahead and finance this. You know
in effect people on the high side have been subsidizing the treatment plant on the east side. The
so called east side for years since this acquisition through user rates, hook up charges and so
forth. In the meantime we sit idly by having water quality issues. We think we deserve the same
protection that other people do in other parts of this community. We're asking for no more.
Some people are asking for a different technology. I'm convinced that this technology is safe,
effective and economically viable and something the City should go forward with. So you know
we could rehash a lot of this but I think the City needs to move forward. I think the questions
that we've posed in terms of the safety and security and so forth have been answered. You know
if Eden Prairie has got a fence around their plant and it is determined later that we should put a
fence around our plant, so be it. It can be an add on later. It's not a big deal but I think you
know a lot of the technology's improved. The vacuum thing with the automatic shut offs and
such it's, you know we've got chlorine that's apparently being used at the wells now. I think we
can in effect some of that diminishes the risk. I think it's been proven, at least if you believe Mr.
Johnson's report, I think to be a safe methodology for treating the water so I would urge the
council to go forward on this. Let's get this project done. I think we're not rushing into
anything. I think to the contrury I'd like to see the project go forward. We thank you for your
time and hopeftilly support and vote on this project. Thank you very much.
Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Mr. Theis.
Councilman McDonald: Mr. Mayor?
Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. McDonald, did you have a question of Mr. Theis?
Councilman McDonald: I do not have a question of Mr. Theis but what I do have is a question
that came up about the perspective new locations. Everything I've seen to this point and that Mr.
Oehme has addressed has been down across from where the daycare center's at. That's $2
million dollars. We're now looking at someplace over by Lake Ann. I'd like to know what is
the increment cost of going there because you're making quite a move to move everything there.
There's got to be a lot of increases as far as the infi-astructure of getting piping there. Not
looking at the sites themselves, that's a different issue but estimate. Can you give me an
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estimate of what's the increment cost of moving everything over there to you know the Lake
Ann area?
Greg Johnson: Looking at the map I guess I wasn't able to get a good handle on the distance but
that's basically what it boils down is the distance and the cost to get utilities back, I mean to that
location and when I saw utilities you've got the raw water lines from the wells. You've got the
treated water lines. You also have the sanitary sewer lines. And then there's probably fiber
optic lines you have to get out there for the plant control system so it's hard to give an estimate
just based on that information right there but it's something that we could estimate if we needed
to.
Councilman McDonald: Well it's $2 million to move it roughly half a mile to the west is where.
Mayor Laufenburger: South. South of the current plant.
Councilman McDonald: South of the current plant but west of the proposed locations. It's about
a half a mile, maybe three-quarters but to go there at that point you come down the road. Now if
we go over to Lake Ann you're not going to be coming down a road or else you're going to be
going under Highway 5. What would be involved? I'm trying to get a feeling for what's the
complexity of trying to move it there.
Greg Johnson: You could look at it in terms of it being proportional to the distance. So if it's
double the distance it'd probably be double the cost. If you're going under highways or roads
they're going to have different requirements for jacking casing pipe underneath and anytime you
jack casing pipe that's very expensive.
Councilman McDonald: Okay, thank you.
Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Mr. Theis. Any other comment?
Paul Theis: Just water's in our rivers, streams and lakes are important. I think coming out of our
tap is more important. Thank you.
Mayor Laufenburger: Before I close the public hearing is there anybody else that would like to
speak at this time?
Barbara Hegenes: Yes I would.
Mayor Laufenburger: I would just remind you that, I'm happy to have you speak ma'am. You'll
give your name and address but there was a public hearing specifically related to this at the
Planning Commission so state your name and address.
Barbara Hegenes: Yes I was there. At that Planning Commission meeting.
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Mayor Laufenburger: So state your name and address.
Barbara Hegenes: Barbara Hegenes, 6845 Lake Harrison Circle and I am in opposition. I am a
new resident to Chanhassen and when I purchased here which was just in April of this year I was
excited to be in this city for many reasons. What I did not know coming into the neighborhood
in April I quickly learned about this proposed development. I have some questions that maybe
everybody else in this room knows but if the east well field was built in 2006 in the area that that
it's in now, which is my understanding commercial zone, why was at that time or whenever this
in 2008 when this plan was revised, why wasn't a commercial zoned area looked for instead of a
residential area? That's one question I have. And the other question that I have is if the
residential property value report is based on no leakage occurring so it didn't affect the property
values, what consideration has been made if a chlorine gas leak were to occur, how is that going
to affect the residents? Not only financially but if a leak occurs and like luckily for these cities,
if you said Coon Rapids hasn't had a drastic result from their leak but what happens when a leak
occurs and after the fact? You know our kids are playing in the playground next door and the
chlorine gas, it's too late. The leak is out and let's hope that all the valves hold but what if they
don't? You have 400 homes with children in them to be considered here and if it was in a
commercial zone we wouldn't have that concern. So to me.
Mayor Laufenburger: Do you think, Ms. Hegenes do you think the people who have businesses
in that commercial zone would they be concerned?
Barbara Hegenes: Yes but why was it put there? Like if it's not safe in the business zone why
was it put there in the first place?
Mayor Laufenburger: Yeah I think that you've heard comments from some people that the plant
operating where it is very safe. Has been safe. We've had no incidences. Mr. Crooks have we
had any incidences?
Kevin Crooks: Not at all no.
Mayor Laufenburgcr: Okay.
Barbara Hegenes: And is that in a residential zone?
Mayor Laufenburger: The way the plant was designed was to be safe and it's in a commercial
zone but it's safe which means that all of the businesses that are around there are also safe
because it's designed safely.
Barbara Hegenes: But that's in a commercial zone.
Mayor Laufenburger: That's correct.
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Barbara Hegenes: Which is not what we're talking about here. This is in a residential zone is
that right?
Mayor Laufenburger: That's correct but we're also talking about, Ms. Hegenes we're talking
about securing a plant in much the same if not even better than the current plant that resides in a
geographically appropriate place for the east wells and a commercial zone.
Barbara Hegenes: Well.
Mayor Laufenburger: Did you have any other questions or comments?
Barbara Hegenes: Yes I would like to know what in the last 3 to 5 years what specific
considerations and other locations were studied and researched for this.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Did you have any other questions Ms. Hegenes?
Barbara Hegenes: No.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, thank you very much. We'll answer that question. Thank you.
Mr. Oehme, you've spoken to and there's been a report related to why this site was selected in
2005, is that correct?
Paul Oelime: That's correct.
Mayor Laufenburger: Were you with the City at that time?
Paul Oehme: I was.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Can you talk a little bit about what was the criteria that were
established both the site of the east plant as well as the site of the west plant. Can you talk about
that?
Paul Oelune: Yeah sure, I'll start with the east plant.
Mayor Latiferiburger: Please do.
Paul Oehme: The east well field had our worst iron manganese issues at that time so the council
at that time directed staff to look at treatment of the east well field first and those are some of our
older wells and again they had some of the worst iron and manganese problems. The site
selection for the east plant was based upon availability pure and simple so the whole east side of
the city is basically 100 percent built out so with residential and commercial, except for this
small little pocket of property that the City owned along Highway 5 and that's basically the
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criteria we used, that was die only available site for that plant so that's the one we went with.
That site is very small. It's actually smaller than the site that we're looking at for the west water
treatment plant so that's what the City directed the staff to look at and that's the plant that we
have built. Moving onto the west side of town the site selection there was a little bit more
available.
Mayor Laufenburger: Why, why was it more available?
Paul Oehme: Well just because there's land that's available that wasn't developed as intensely
as the east side of town here so we, staff did look at 5, 1 believe 5 sites along Galpin that made
cost. Made financial sense to look at because again we want to look at placing a plant close to
the high zone area. Close to the low zone along Galpin Boulevard where we can put water, push
water to where it is needed. We also looked at land availability in that study. Several of those
properties were not for sale at that time. Others were maybe a little too small. Maybe some had
some wetland issues. Some soil issues that we looked at so basically based upon that study the
site at Lake Harrison was the site selected for that west plant so there's a bunch of different
criteria's that we evaluated.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. And Mr. Oehmc one of the sites that was reviewed most recently
was a site at 780'and Galpin which is now occupied or it's being built out. Can you talk a little
bit about that site. Why was that site reconsidered?
Paul Oelune: So that was reconsidered by the request of some of the residents to re-evaluate that
site specifically. We did, we did complete a cost analysis on that site. There is I think 2 V2acres
still available that's not being developed at this time next to the daycare center. However the
property owner's not in a selling situation right now.
Mayor Laufenburger: So wait a second, you used a term. You said it's available but it's not for
sale.
Paul Oehrue: Yeah. Okay so it's, the size is available. The size is large enough to fit a plant on
but the property owner that when we contacted him he is not in the market to sell the property to
the City.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay so it's not available.
Paul Oehme: It's not available correct.
Mayor Laufenburger: Alright. Okay. Thank you Mr. Oehme. I'm going to allow another one if
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Todd Allard: Sorry I just have one additional I guess consideration to add Mr. Mayor. My name
is Todd Allard. I live at 7168 Fawn Hill Road. Just up the street from where the proposed plant
is going to be built.
Mayor Laufenburger: Up the street, can you say directionally?
Todd Allard: We are south so right off of Galpin and Fawn Hill, or Longacres Drive. So we've
talked about safety and I'm not going to rehash any of those issues. Mine is I guess more of just
a math equation so if we look at the value of the land that this plant sits on, knowing that it could
be resold, it's about $930,000, is that about right?
Paul Oehme: That's, I'm sorry that's the estimated value of the property at the intersection.
Mayor Laufenburger: By the assessor?
Paul Oehme: By Galpin and 78h Street I think that's.
Mayor Laufenburger: Who makes that valuation?
Paul Oehme: I think we looked at the sale value of what the daycare bought that property for.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay.
Todd Allard: And then the value of the enhancements that you've made to the building to make
it aesthetically pleasing to the neighborhood was about what, $200,000? $300,000. Something
in that range.
Paul Oehme: Roughly.
Mayor Laufenburger: I would ask that you address your questions to us okay.
Todd Allard: Sorry.
Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you.
Todd Allard: And then the overall work that had to be done to the land itself because of the poor
quality of the soil I think was about a half million. So we're looking at about a million six, a
million seven of cost related to and/or savings from potentially relocating this plant to land that
the City already owns at Lake Ann where they wouldn't have to enhance the building because
it's in a non-residential area so the cost savings to re-route that over to that location to put it on a
piece of land that the City already owns could effective solve the problem and the additional cost
to move it is covered by the savings that we would have from either selling the land and/or not
having to make enhancements to the soil or the building so just a consideration. And then I just
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had one other question because it was mentioned earlier that the east water treatment plant
covers 75 percent of Chanhassen.
Mayor Laufenburger: Just a second. I think that was an estimate from Mr. Crooks is that right?
Kevin Crooks: Yeah that's correct. It's an estimate but I think it's a fair one.
ToddAllard: I just want to clarify that we're spending $20 million dollars on a plant that's going
to treat 25 percent or the remaining 25 percent of our water for 20 calls a year that we get on the
poor quality of water. Do we really want to make that investment in light of that math? So
thank you.
Mayor Laufenburger: Anything else?
Todd Allard: That's it.
Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Mr. Allard, okay. I think we could probably go on here for
quite a while. I'm interested in hearing new information so. Please, state your name and
address.
John Lorence: John Lorence, 2195 Lake Harrison Road. I'm in commercial real estate so.
Mayor Laufenburger: Could youjust step in front of the microphone.
John Lorence: I'm in commercial real estate so I deal with a lot of projects of this nature. Not to
say I've ever dealt with a water treatment facility. I've looked at a lot of property in and around
5 and Galpin and Arboretum for clients, there's a lot of available property out there so when
someone says that they're not willing to sell a piece of land there's a reason for that. Because
they don't want to locate it next to a child care centerjust like people don't want it relocated next
to a bunch of residential neighborhoods. I don't know how they went about assessing the
viability of the site. If they used a professional or was it the City, did the City run the process? I
guess that's a question. The second would be a lot of things have changed in the last 10 to 15
years ftom a cost standpoint. I don't know I mean has anything be value engineered? You talk
about we're kind of cavalierly throwing around $2 million dollars here and there but has anyone
done their due diligence?
Mayor Laufenburger: Yeah I don't think it's a cavalier. If you're talking about the cost of
moving the plant that's not cavalier at all. That's been clearly assessed by city staff in
cooperation with the consultant.
John Lorence: But I'm talking about the cost differential from building what was previously put
there to the new site so you're talking about creating a more residential feel. $150,000 to
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$200,000 creating from the first plan to this plan. It seems like a very low number based on my
estimation and I do this for a living.
Mayor Laufenburger: So you're thinking that the original plant design in 2005, the delta
between that and the plant that's now.
John Lorence: I think going from $150,000 to $200,000 is a very low number.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, well let me just verify that. Did you have any other comment Mr.
Lorence?
John Lorence: I don't, thank you.
Mayor Laufenburger: Alright, thank you. Could youjust answer that question again Mr.
Oehme? What was the basis for $200,000 difference based on the input from the neighbors? Or
$150,000 to $200,000.
Paul Oehme: Yeah so the difference mainly is in the roof structure so previously we had a
membrane flat roof proposed and if you eliminate the flat roof. Put in trusses and there's no
additional structural needs for the truss roof is my understanding because the concrete roof is all
planked. And then adding on the shingles you know what WSB just told us is roughly around
$200,000 for that change. From the flat roof membrane to the sloped roof with the shingles.
Mayor Laufenburger: And landscaping and anything else?
Paul Oehme: Yeah very similar to what was originally proposed back in April.
Mayor Laufenburger: Alright would you just answer this question. Do you support a roof that
has the slant to it as opposed to a flat membrane, do you support that?
Paul Oehme: It really doesn't matter either way if it's sloped or flat. We're going to get, well
actually the sloped roof they're telling us is a little bit longer life expectancy than.
Mayor Laufenburger: So there is some advantage...
Paul Oclune: There might yeah. From a life cycle perspective there might be a little bit so that
number for the sloped roof might actually come down a little bit.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, and one other question. You gave an estimate ofjust over $2
million dollars. If the spot at Galpin and 78h were available and if it could be moved, where did
you get that number?
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Paul Oehme: So we did an analysis about what it would to extend raw water main basically from
where it is today down to the new proposed site and then also what the additional cost would be
to extend the transmission mains to the high zone pipes. Connect the high zone into the low
zone pipes so we looked at that. We also did talk to the builder, RJM. Is it RJM?
Mayor Laufenburger: On Creative Leaming?
Paul Oehme: Yeah Creative Learning site and they have some significant soil issues on that site.
They actually had to do some pilings and some soil corrections out there for that facility and
that's why that facility's a little bit delayed right now but so based upon what they had indicated
to us, we assumed that the same level of soil correction and stability would have to take place on
that 2.5 acre site if the plant would be moved down there so that's how we came up with those
numbers. And then again Todd Gerhardt had come up with the valuation for the property itself
and I believe he had actually talked to the property owner who purchased this site for the daycare
center. I think he just more or less used those numbers.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, alright thank you. I think we have somebody who would like to
speak to us. Please state your name and address.
Karen Wagner: My name is Karen Wagner and I live at 6945 Lake Harrison Circle and I wanted
to address the question that Ms. Tjornhom brought up earlier about the level of concern that the
residents feel about the water and from my perspective, a stay at home mom, I'm home a lot.
The concern is very small. I have seen it discolored. Maybe the last time might have been a year
ago and if it is slightly discolored it dissipates in less than half an hour. It has never interrupted
our lives. We have clear drinking water. It's never stopped me from doing a load of laundry at a
certain time. It's very, very insignificant. But if this plant is placed where we're discussing it
will be right across the road. We will look at it every day and my children will play in our yard
right next to it. And to tag onto what Mr. Theis said, I'm asking for the same level of protection
as other parts of Chanhassen where kids can play without the threat of a chlorine leak. Where I
don't have to even be concerned at all about the safety of my family living next door to such a
plant. My husband and I moved our family from the south side of 5 to the north side of 5 in
2012. At that time we did, we saw the sign before we purchased our lot. We checked out the
website and what I remember is that it was portrayed quite differently than the way it's panning
out with, we felt at that time that it visually, aesthetically from what was portrayed wouldn't be a
problem for us. It was featuring the park is what I remember and the build date was further out
so we moved forward with our home purchase on the north side of 5 at that time. So and
nowhere on the website did it mention a chlorine plant. Had we known that we would have
stayed probably in our home south of 5. Thank you for listening.
Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Ms. Wagner.
Dave Erickson: Hi my name is Dave Erickson. I live at 7095 Northwood Court. Mr. Mayor,
council thank you very much. I'm standing up to reply specifically to the councilwoman's
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earlier request of anyone seeing the problem or else other opinions on the severity of the
problem. And my view I have seen the discolored water. I have seen you know copper in my
house that looks probably like it shouldn't that in a more pure water situation probably wouldn't
be that way. I love the proposed benefits of the plan but if I look at the risk reward of that
neighborhood, of that site it doesn't add up for me. If I had you know a rodent problem I
wouldn't bring in a cobra. I have a lot of reservations about that site for the reasons listed so I
would encourage the City to pursue die plan but at a separate site in my opinion. I also would
like to add onto the list of potential savings from looking at a different site that the previous
speaker brought up. Anything related to the park that was built in or planning for the future park
would also add to that total of you know of a cost that would come off that bottom line so I agree
with that line of thinking of all the things you can take off. Take off of the plan if it's not to
blend into a neighborhood. To not to build a park. I can tell you as a parent my kids would have
to be behaving pretty poorly for me to tell them to go play at the chlorine plant so I'd like to
thank the mayor and the City Council for this and all the planning and the questions that you
have answered but that's the answer to your question.
Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Mr. Erickson. State your name and address please.
Marsha Theis: My name is Marsha Theis. We live at 6520 White Dove Circle. In answer to
your question Bethany, yes we do need water treatment. I've shown this picture. You've seen it.
Lots of people have seen it. Maybe there are other people here that haven't seen it. That's about
3 inches of water in a wash basin in my bathroom. I have white marble countertops that are now
orange. I've talked to Paul Oehine on several occasions flushing out the hydrants because of the
location of where we are does not help. I have, we have water softeners, all kinds of stuff. There
are weeks at a time when I don't wash because I won't wash in that water. And so yes it does
need to change. I think it's a matter of equal protection. Other people in the city have water that
is treated. I think we deserve that also. The other thing I'd like to say is that I think that the use
of chlorine, if people bought land or a house in Lake Harrison they certainly saw the sign that
there was going to be a water treatment plant built there. 98 percent of all water treatment plants
in the United States use chlorine. What did they think we were going to use? I don't know that
they did their homework very well. And the question of safety, I think that yes. That water
treatment plant that we have in a commercial zone is on Highway 5. Thousands of cars, I don't
know how many thousands but whenever I'm on Highway 5 it's pretty busy. Thousands of cars
drive by that water treatment plant every day. I think if there was even the remotest danger that
there would be a leak the State of Minnesota would have closed it down. There's no way they
would have allowed the public to be so endangered. I think it is a safe system. I've done my
homework. I also looked at the Coon Rapids accident that Mark Wagner alluded to earlier.
Quoting the newspaper they said the leak was miniscule unquote and they did not have the safety
valves that we are going to have so we have an additional measure of protection. Move forward.
This is not a rush to judgment. You've had the sign up since 2005. Tbankyou.
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Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Ms. Theis. Ladies and gentlemen I'm going to allow one
speaker and you may consider me rude on this but I think that the information that we've been
looking for has been exposed so state your name and address please.
Elise Lorencc: I'm Elise Lorencc, 2195 Lake Harrison Road. Ijust have a question orjust
maybe a thought that I haven't heard anybody say today.
Mayor Laufenburger: Sure, direct it right here.
Elise Lorence: Considering that there's a large piece of land on the other side of Galpin owned
by Prince.
Mayor Laufenburger: His estate.
Elise Lorence: I'm wondering you know now that we know what's going to happen with that
land in the next, you know we're thinking this plant was going to open in 2021 and a lot of
changed since 2004. Whenever, 2006. What's going to happen when we start to develop that
land? Are we already going to put these pipes in that no one wants to pay for now? Are they
going to have to go in if there's home there? So are these inevitably going to go in anyway and
maybe this location on 5 or the 4 potential locations are a better location considering what could
happen in the future. Obviously nobody really knows but maybe we could wait and see what
happens with this plot of land if we're going to have to do all this work anyway. I just, I don't
know if anybody's thought of that or.
Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Ms. Lorence. In fact we are aware of land that's coming
available as a result of that but we can only speculate when the outcome of that land will be
known. It's obviously in the courts at this time and so though that land is zoned, Ms. Aanenson
the land directly, Prince's property or the estate of property that belongs to Prince's estate. I
think it's like 150 acres or something. How is that land zoned?
Kate Aanenson: Low density residential. The same as the property we're talking about tonight.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay so it'd be similar. Similar.
Kate Aanenson: That's correct.
Mayor Laufenburger: And Mr. Oehme with the infi-astructure that we have in place today in
anticipation of the west water treatment plant would that infi-astructure likely serve the water
usage in that land area?
Paul Oehme: It would.
Mayor Laufenburger: It would, okay. And we know that it has the capacity to do that?
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Paul Oehme: We do.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, alright. Thank you. Alright with that I'm going to close the public
hearing on the items (a) and (c) and I'm going to bring it back to council. First of all are there
any questions of council, the council has of staff?
Councilman McDonald: Mr. Mayor?
Mayor Laufenburger: Councilwoman Ryan I'll start with you. You got my attention first.
Councilwoman Ryan: Thank you Mayor. Just some follow up questions from some of the
comments from the residents. One that really jumped out at me is why did city staff direct the
question to only look into oxidation with chlorine and not other alternatives.
Paul Ochme: I can answer that one. So the other options as Greg had indicated are very
expensive. Ozone and some of the other ones that were looked at, or that are out there are you
know exoncrably more expensive. There is a reason why ozone is not used by municipal water
providers in the state of Minnesota. Ozone, there's only one provider. Only one agency that
uses ozone in the whole state.
Mayor Laufenburger: Is that Moorhead?
Paul Oehme: Yeah that was Moorhead right.
Mayor Laufenburger: And they use both ground water and surface water?
PaulOehme: Right exactly and they use ozone for a different reason than just for chlorination or
for treatment. Ozone again as Greg had indicated does not address our ammonia issue at all.
The other options are more expensive and to my knowledge those options that we had listed arc
not even used in the state of Minnesota.
Councilwoman Ryan: Are there other options other than the 4 that were listed? I mean if the
question is that there is a lot of 2 1 ' you know technology, what are those other options and have
we explored them to the point not onlyjust you know is it used in the state or is it something that
we would do but have we done any sort of cost analysis with it?
Paul Oehme: We have and that was the memo that WSB put together for looking at all the
chlorine options. I don't know Greg can talk about what other options are available and the cost
and you know how big the plant would be but the 3 options that the City looked at are the most
prevalent in the state of Minnesota and what other communities have used. For example
Shoreview is just building a gravity filtration plant to address their iron and manganese issues
too. They're using chlorine gas. Minnetrista, there's 2 plants that are being built right now. One
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over by Game Farm Road which is by Westonka High School and there's a middle school right
there. Residential to the south. They're using gas. There's another plant Minnetrista is building
as well along Kings Road just north of Highway 7. That's a new development. That plant is
going to be using chlorine gas. The other option that most, or other cities have used is a sodium
hypochlorite. That's the basically the other major use of chlorine in the state of Minnesota.
Those are basically the 2 options that most communities use and that are most cost effective.
Councilwoman Ryan: Okay, thank you. And then I know we've gone round and round for this
in terms of the site location and just a couple questions. ltjumped out at me when you said that
the reason why we chose the one for the east side was based on availability. And then when it
came to the proposal for the west water treatment plant and you looked at a couple places and it
was potentially availability. I went back and I was reading through some of the old Minutes of
the council meetings when it was approved and I know it was, you know the land owner at that
time didn't have the vision for having the west water treatment plant but that was the agreement
that he came to with the City. Is it you know, was it availability? Was there any consideration at
that time anywhere along 78' Street and are those 4 sites that were proposed, I think it was Mr.
Kline that did it.
Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. Kline.
Councilwoman Ryan: That proposed it, are those viable options? Is that something that we
should consider looking at? Not necessarily going with but doing the due diligence and taking a
look at it when it comes to safety. Doing a cost analysis and just exploring other options in
addressing this site location.
Paul Oehme: Sure, so I mean it's at obviously the council's discretion where, if you want to
direct staff to look at different sites. I just want to make sure that you understand that those sites
that he had looked at, you know there's property available just to the west of there that's going to
be residential so eventually if the plant would be built by Lake Ann there's residential property
right around there in the future as well so if it's a safety issue, if it's a distance from residential
property, we're not going to be that much different than what we're talking about today with our
site on Galpin.
Councilwoman Ryan: But not at all of the 4 sites that were.
Kate Aanenson: Yeah well can I just comment on that? Two of them are on Prince's property
across the street and I don't think they're interested in selling any of that at this time so that
would.
Mayor Laufenburger: I think.
Kate Aanenson: 3 and 4.
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Mayor Laufenburger: 3 and 4. Is 3 Prince and 4 is the?
Kate Aanenson: Well it's the Love for Charities which is Prince family so.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Again that falls in the same category of who knows how long
before that will be available.
Kate Aanenson: Correct. Correct and I don't.
Mayor Laufenburger: What about the sites I and 2?
Kate Aanenson: So the other sites, one was the City's public works adjacent to Lake Ann and
then you're adjacent to Mr. Gorra's property. And the other property Southwest Transit is also
adjacent to Mr. Gorra's property which is also, some of that is guided medium and some of that
is guided high density so.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, alright. Further questions.
Councilwoman Ryan: I mean I understand the I guess the quick answer on why we might not
consider them right now but in the back of my mind there are, I know we don't know what
Prince's estate's going to do or Gorra, you know that piece of property is going to do but my
question is, is it worth exploring and that's is what's brought into my mind with those different
sites so just.
Todd Hoffinan: There's one that has an existing public works building on it. The reason that
was sited in Lake Ann Park is because the primary use of that building is to maintain Lake Ann
Park so if you want to consider that site you need to tear down that building. Remove it.
Rebuild it. Buy another piece of land somewhere and then you take away that advantage of
havtng that building in Lake Ann Park so at least from my viewpoint.
Mayor Laufenburger: How many visitors to Lake Ann Park every year Mr. Hoffinan, any idea?
Todd Hoffman: Thousands.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay thank you.
Councilwoman Ryan: But it also could be built, a facility could be built where a portion of that
would be of service to Lake Ann. I mean part of the facility could still be used for servicing
Lake Ann while the other part is the water treatment plant so it could go both ways.
Mayor Laufenburger: Any other questions of staff at this time? Mr. McDonald, yes sir.
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Councilman McDonald: Yes I wanted to just clarify one thing that Mr. Oehme, we talk about
the east water plant being in a commercial zone. How far is that from the residences that are on
West 780' Street?
Paul Oehme: Just a wild guess maybe 500 feet. 600, something like that.
Councilman McDonald: And again in all the time it's been there there's never been an incident
with that plan where those residents were put in any kind of jeopardy or harm.
Paul Oehme: There has never been an incident.
Councilman McDonald: So we had in fact really placed a plant in proximity to a residential
neighborhood.
Paul Oehme: There is a neighborhood to the north of this plant. The east plant.
Councilman McDonald: About 500 feet away just across the railroad tracks. The other I've got
about the new sites that came up over by Lake Ann. Is that even in the high zone?
Paul Oehme: No it's not. That's the low zone so the problem with that site is you have to bring
the water down from the wells along Galpin and then you'd have to push it back up to Galpin to
feed the high zone.
Councilman McDonald: Okay, thank you.
Mayor Laufenburger: Any other questions of stafP
Councilwoman Tjomhom: I just have one question.
Mayor Laufenburger: Councilwoman Tjornhom.
Councilwoman Tjornhom: Another issue that was raised was security and the fact that some
water treatment plants have fences around them and when the east water treatment plant was
built right along Highway 5. A very public area that's seen by all, was that ever a concern or has
there ever been an issue with security with that plant? Or facility.
Kevin Crooks: Again no we haven't had a security issues there. It's very pronounced security
profile. In other words when you walk by it you know you're being watched. There's 7 cameras
just on the exterior alone and I'm not going to talk about anything on the interior but we haven't
even so much as had any tagging. I mean I jokingly say and it's actually true, people walk
across the street because they don't want to walk by the thing. It just kind of gives them, it's a
bunker essentially. As we discussed before there's only one entrance into this plant. There's
exterior doors but they don't have handles on them. You can certainly, you could blow a hole
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into it but you're setting off a number of alarms in doing so and you'll soon meet the our finest.
It's happened. If we even enter the plant the wrong way and our staff has done that, the sheriff
meets them in short order so again there just hasn't been any security issues to speak of with our
east facility thus far.
Councilwoman Tjomhom: Thank you.
Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. Campion.
Councilman Campion: One question. What would be the impact of performing additional site
analysis? You know the cost of these other sites. Say Lake Ann which sounds like the most
viable. What would be the impact of performing that analysis? I don't know if it would delay us
3 months. 6 months. What would be the delay impact?
Paul Oehme: Sure so I mean city staff has always tried to hit the fall bidding date. We've been
talking to contractors, 4 to 5 of them over the last 2 years basically about this plant coming up
and we've talked to them about hey you know we know Shoreview's building a plant. We know
Minnetrista's building a plant. We know other plants are coming down the road too. This
window that we're trying to hit we felt that it would give a best bidding environment for the City
to take bids on because we don't know of any, not aware of any other large scale projects, water
treatment type of facilities that are going to be built here in the metro area that specifically these
contractors would be able to bid on so we just had penciled in this timefi-ame, October.
September -October -November as a window to bid it out just from a pure standpoint of we think
we'll get the best bids if we bid it out at this time.
Greg Johnson: Just to kind of expand on that. There are a number of projects around the state
that are actually on hold right now because of the hold up with the State bonding bill because a
lot of that money is appropriated towards the public facilities authority so right now contractors
are hungry looking for work so it's a competitive environment right now.
Paul Oehme: That's not to say they won't be hungry in spring but we would anticipate there's
going to be, I know there's going to be other plants going to be bidding out in the spring so we're
going to be competing against those plants for contractors and for bids.
Mayor Laufenburger: Is Mr. Sticha still here? Did he leave? We also have an attractive
financial market at this time. Are you able to speak to that Mr. Oehme?
Paul Oehme: Very high level. There, I know well the City is AAA bonded rating. We have
very good credit and if the finance director was here he would indicate that we are anticipating to
be at a very optimal low interest rate when we.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay you can stop for just a moment. Yeah Mr. Sticha would you answel
this question? Yeah please. How do we intend to finance this treatment plant if it goes through?
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Greg Sticha: Municipal bonds. General obligation revenue bonds.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay and do you have any speculation on the interest rate that we might
be able to achieve with that at this time?
Greg Sticha: At this point in time with the historically low rates of municipal bonds, potentially
even below 2 percent on 20 year bonds.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay.
Greg Sticha: Be real close to 2 percent for sure with our AAA rating.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Is that in our favor?
Greg Sticha: Yes.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Ahight. Do we have funds to pay for this ourselves?
Greg Sticha: Cash?
Mayor Laufenburger: Yeah.
Greg Sticha: No. Not 20 million dollars.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. So this is a debt that we incur. Have we planned for that?
Greg Sticha: Yes we have. We've done, we do an annual utility rate study as council knows.
Mayor Laufenburger: Right.
Greg Sticha: We plan with our connection and our operating fee increases each year and we've
been planning for this treatment plant as well as our previous treatment plant on funding each of
those with 50 percent connection costs and 50 percent operating costs SO.
Mayor Laufenburger: So the people, people who build new in the city that would be the
connection costs and the people who use the water that would be the operating cost, is that
correct?
Greg Sticha: Yep, that's correct.
Mayor Laufenburger: Or the usage fees.
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Greg Sticha: Yep.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, ahight.
Councilman Campion: Now just to, Mr. Mayor a follow up question of Mr. Sticha.
Mayor Laufenburger: Sure.
Councilman Campion: So if the fed were to raise rates in this, you know if we were to took at
other options and say it was delayed til this spring, any estimate on what that impacts would be
on the $20 million dollars?
Greg Sticha: Let's say a quarter of a percent could, just a quarter of a percent could have
hundreds of thousands of dollars of impact. Unlikely that they would change by more than a
quarter of a percent in that short timefi-ame considering the environment we've been in for the
last 2 years but it's possible if a quarter percent change could cost the City multiple hundreds of
thousands of dollars.
Mayor Laufenburger: Any events between now and spring that could impact that?
Greg Sticha: The election.
Mayor Laufenburgcr: Alright, thank you Mr. Sticha. Any other questions?
Councilman Campion: No.
Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. Oehme could you just place that motion in front of us. This, we are
dealing with points (a) and (c) and we've talked a lot and we've questioned a lot and if anybody
is prepared to make a motion I would entertain that at this time. Anybody?
Councilwoman Ryan: Mr. Mayor?
Mayor Laufenburger: Councilwoman Ryan.
Councilwoman Ryan: I'd actually like to make a motion that the City Council requests a delay
on the project by 3 months to get further information on alternative site locations as well as more
information on the filtration technology options.
Mayor Laufenburger: So I think in a formal nature what you're asking for is the motion be
tabled, is that correct?
Councilwoman Ryan: For 3 months.
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Mayor Laufcnburger: Okay.
Councilwoman Ryan: With coming, and if I can explain why 3 months because to
Councilwoman Tjornhom's comment.
Mayor Laufenburger: Just a moment.
Councilwoman Ryan: Okay.
Mayor Laufenburger: I just need you to state your motion. Just state the motion.
Councilwoman Ryan: To table it for 3 months.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, very well. Is there a second?
Councilman Campion: Second.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay we have a motion and a second. Let's open that for discussion.
Anybody like to make comment on, the motion is to table this decision for 3 months. Anybody
like to speak about this?
Councilman McDonald: I'll speak to it Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. McDonald.
Councilman McDonald: You know this has been going on for a number of years and I guess
where it all comes down to is we've asked all these questions. We've gathered all this
information. I've read everything everybody's given to me and I've even asked some questions
outside of council. I do not see what adding 3 months is going to do except to delay the project
and again potentially cost the City more money so I would not support that motion for those
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Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Councilwoman Ryan did you want to speak further to why you,
why the motion to table for 3 months?
Councilwoman Ryan: Yes please, thank you Mayor. I think that by tabling it 3 months there
have, there are other sites that we can look into and in reading all the material it comes back to
that we re-evaluated sites that we looked at, that were looked at in 2005 and there haven't been
any, it hasn't been explored sites that weren't studied in 2005 and 4 potential sites were brought
to us tonight. There could be others and I think that by looking at those and doing a cost
analysis, 3 months is a pretty quick tinieftame but one that I think that could be met and it
doesn't delay it indefinitely because I do believe that this treatment plant should move forward in
this zone where I would like to have treated water not only for the aesthetics of it but because
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we've been, as Mr. Theis said we've been subsidizing the east side of water treatment plant so I
would just like those things looked into.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Anybody else have discussion points? Councilwoman Tjornhom.
Councilwoman Tjornhom: I would just like to add to what Mr. McDonald said. I'm in
agreement with him. If you go and talk to anybody on that side of town they're going to tell you
what Mr. Theis and his wife said. That there is an issue with the water and it's time now to do
something about it. This has been in the motion since 2005. It's been in discussion now for at
least 3 to 4 months, maybe even longer with neighborhood meetings. Meetings with staff.
During that time if there needed to be or should have been more thought or looking for different
locations that was the time to do it. I don't feel that 3 months is going to really give us any more
answers than we have today and I think that we just need to move forward with this tonight.
Mayor Latifenburger: Okay. Anybody else, Mr. Campion?
Councilman Campion: So I believe strongly that this water treatment facility is something that's
needed. Back in 2014 when I was campaigning and I saw this as a major issue and while
knocking on doors I did get a lot of feedback that there was an issue with the rust colored water
you know more people along Minnewashta and in that high zone. So I think we need to move
forward. I do feel good that we're expediting it from 2023 going online which was the, I think
the previous plan so I think we've pulled it quite a bit but personally I mean I hadn't heard the
extensive discussion on the sites that were considered in 2005 and I think there are a couple of
sites that we can look at and I don't think that 3 months would be detrimental to the project.
Mayor Laufcnburger: Okay. Mr. Knutson I have a question for you. We are a 5 member
council. Does my vote count in a decision like this?
Roger Knutson: Mayor it does count yes.
Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you. Okay. Any further discussion? Councilwoman Ryan.
Councilwoman Ryan: I would just like to make one more point in response to the question about
that over the last 3 months was the time to bring forward those requests and I did attend some of
those meetings and I did make those requests so not only myself but I know that a lot of
members of the community, not just the consortium but members of the community had brought
those forward so, and other sites were not looked at and that's why this is being brought back up
so I just wanted to address that.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, very well. I have a question of you Ms. Aanenson if you don't
mind. How many properties are there north of 5 and west of say Lake Ann. North of 5 and west
of Lake Ann that are sized that would accommodate the west water treatment plant. Just I'm
looking for your best guesstimate.
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Kate Aanenson: Well there is residential. Pretty much everything is residential. If you took at
the intersection.
Mayor Laufenburgcr: I don't care what it's zoned. I'm just looking for the size wise. How
many properties? Any guess? Go along 41, anything on 41?
Kate Aanenson: No you have to get over to Children's Leaming Adventure over there.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay.
Kate Aanenson: And then going west, I think the other sites were identified so you've got.
Mayor Laufenburger: What I'm wondering is, is there really only 4 sites that perhaps could be
evaluated?
Kate Aanenson: No there's a lot of sites but the challenge is, we've looked at this internally.
Mayor Laufenburger: Yep.
Kate Aanenson: Is trying to find a willing seller because they don't want to break up a piece of
property where they've got 100 acres that are going out to bid on.
Mayor Laufenburger: Right.
Kate Aanenson: So.
Mayor Laufenburger: So somebody doesn't want to part off, what's the acreage of the land?
Paul Oehme: About 5 acres.
Kate Aanenson: So then you go to condemnation which is the other alternative which is more
complex.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, alright. Any further discussion? Okay the motion is to table this
decision for 3 months.
Councilwoman Ryan moved, Councilman Campion seconded that the City Council table
the preliminary and final plat for Lake Harrison 2"d Addition and site plan for 3 months to
get further information on alternative site locations as well as more information on the
filtration technology options. Councilwoman Ryan and Councilman Campion voted in
favor. Councilwoman Tjornhom, Councilman McDonald and Mayor Laufenburger voted
in opposition. The motion failed with a vote of 2 to 3.
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Mayor Laufenburger: That motion fails. Is there any other motion?
Councilman McDonald: Mr. Mayor I'll make the motion that the Chanhassen City Council
approves the preliminary and final plat for Lake Harrison 2 d Addition and site plan for a 16,950
square foot water treatment facility subject to the conditions of approval and adoption of the
Findings of Fact. Also adopt a resolution approving the vacation of the dedicated drainage and
utility easements which lie within Lot 1, Block 4 and Outlot A, Lake Harrison according to the
recorded plat thereof, Carver County, Minnesota contingent upon filing Lake Harrison 2nd
Addition.
Mayor Latifenburger: Okay we have a motion that incorporates both item (a) and (c). Is there a
second?
Councilwoman Tjomhorn: Second.
Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Councilmember Tjomhom. Is there any discussion?
Councilman McDonald: Mr. Mayor if I could.
Mayor Laufenburger: Yes Mr. McDonald.
Councilman McDonald: Again as I said before I have read all of this. This has not been a static
decision as it's been portrayed. It's been very dynamic since 2005. Every council thereafter has
had resolutions that came before it which led to the finalization of this plant so it's not as though
it was just created in 2005 and forgotten about until 2016 when it suddenly comes back up. I
was in the last council before this one and we addressed the issue at that point. When we looked
at the current water tower movement and the whole thing about where we were going to put
water mains and everything in relation to this treatment plant so this has been an ongoing plan
since 2005 and every council has addressed issues with it so to say that we're new to this is not
entirely true. The other thing in looking at all of this, and I do want to commend you for your
presentation and the fact that you have brought up a number of points. As I said I've read every
one of them. I have asked staff to look into them. Tonight the whole thing about Lake Ann is
brand new but we have looked at other sites. I do not think Lake Ann buys us anything because
it's not even in the high zone and so now we're really creating a problem. You're just adding
money to a problem that doesn't need to be there. The concern about safety and your children,
there are children already involved in this over at the east treatment plant. To this point no one
has been harmed. There has not been any incidents or anything such as that at that plant so we
have a long history of dealing with chlorine gas. It is not as though we're brand new to this. It is
not as though we're novices. We can deal with it. If I didn't think we could I'd definitely would
not vote for this but we have come to the point where I think we're capable of running this plant.
The other thing we've talked about, about campaigning. I've been in 2 previous, well 3 previous
campaigns and every time I go to Lake Minnewashta the first thing everybody wants to jump on
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me about is why aren't you doing something about the water? Why are we treated as though
we're outcasts and all you care about is taking our money so this has been an issue that has been
a real sore spot to people on the west side of town. And I think that again I can find no reason to
not follow the recommendation of staff only in the order to support what the people have told me
they want. I understand that in your particular neighborhoods you don't want a water treatment
plant. I can understand that but the water treatment plant will be a good neighbor. This is not
going to be something that is going to destroy your home values. We're not going to poison
anyone. We're going to take great care to make sure that we build a quality product. I think that
in looking at everything you have presented, again I've gotten answers from either staff or from
investigating things on my own. You raise a lot of good issues and like I say I tip my hat to you
for that and I thank you for that. I think what you have done is you've added to the process.
You've made this whole thing much more transparent. I think you have put City Council feet to
the fire in the fact that we have had to learn and understand this issue and part of that means we
need to understand how a water treatment plant works and for that I think that everyone on this
council has done their due diligence. We've asked questions. It's not as though we just showed
up and we're shoved this and I'm not just voting for this because staff recommends it. Again
there is a long history and that is what I'm looking at and that is why I would support this. If I
thought there was anything here that would put anyone's child in jeopardy I would not vote for it
and it's just right now I do not see any evidence that that is a possibility so that's why I'm in
favor of this motion and that's why I would support it.
Mayor Latifenburger: Okay, thank you Mr. McDonald. Anybody else wish to comment at this
time? Mr. Campion.
Councilman Campion: Yeah I don't mean any disrespect towards staff or the other council
members you know in voting against this. I think the water treatment facility is something that
needs to go forward. I simply feel that looking at the cost analysis of moving it to another site
would be worthwhile.
Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Anybody else? Councilwoman Ryan.
Councilwoman Ryan: Mr. Mayor and council, I can't support this motion and I too appreciate
all the hard work that is done by staff and the consultants that have been involved in this process.
The presentation tonight was very helpful in understanding the safety issues because that was a
big concern of mine. However it still does remain a concern of mine and there have been issues
where there have been problems, maybe only one in the state but there were examples given
tonight that there are accidents and all it takes is one and I don't want that to be the one that is in
a residential area. 100 percent residential area which was pointed out again tonight and itjust, it
causes me concern for that reason. And I also have not heard of any of the other sites that have
been explored since 2005. That was not ever brought up in any of the conversations that I have
had so I was hoping to hear that tonight and I didn't and for that reason I can't support this
motion.
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Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Thank you Councilmember Ryan. Anybody else? Councilwoman
Tjornhom.
Councilwoman Tjornhom: I'll just start by thanking staff and actually the people that came
tonight to present to us. This is an issue that everyone really cares about. I think wateris oneof
those things we all know we can't live without and it's critical that we have quality water for our
residents and for our children and for our businesses and anybody else who's here. The fact of
the matter is, is no matter where you place a water treatment plant like this it's going to be
around people. If it's in a commercial area it's going to be around businesses where they have
hundreds of employees that are parents of children. Or if it is in a neighborhood it's around
neighbors I guess. I feel confident in the criteria that staff had laid out when it came to the water
treatment facility. How it would, how the chlorine will be delivered. How it will be dispensed.
How it will be used. The safety precautions to if something did happen that were in place. I
think that staff and the engineers that facilitated those plans did their due diligence. I think that
in life nothing is necessarily 100 percent sure and I think though that we do know that having a
water treatment facility for our residents, especially in the Lake Minnewashta area is beneficial.
I actually was concerned about the fact that if you looked at the slides that Mr. Oehme had
showed us earlier, I drive by the Savage plant every day and that looks like a water treatment
facility plant if you look at it. If you look at the one in Chaska, Victoria, that really is an
industrial looking plant and I think the City has gone above and beyond to make sure that this
does fit in to an area that already was planned for it. Later on after we vote on this we're going
to be talking about our budget and we look at ways we can cut back and expenses that we don't
need and you know $200,000 in a budget for us is a big deal if that's what we had to somehow
find to make our budget work for this coming year and so I actually think that we are doing
above what normal cities would do for their residents by making this treatment facility look
residential and so I think that like Mr. McDonald said you will find that the water treatment
facility will be a good neighbor and it will be beneficial for this community so I am in favor of it.
Mayor Laulenburger: Thank you. Any other comment? Before we take this vote I want to talk
about a couple people. First of all Mr. Kline, Mr. Wagner and Mr. Miller, you were the first
dialogue that I had back in June and I thank you for the manner in which you've conducted
yourself You are passionate about your views, as I would expect you to be and people support
you and that's worthwhile. I also want to thank the people who stood in front of that
microphone. I know that that can be very intimidating. I thank you for taking time to do that. I
want to echo something that you said Robert, Mr. Kline. You commented that the changes in the
design have been valuable, and I think that's a reflection of the dialogue that occurs when
citizens care what happens in their community and this isn't just, it's not only in a water
treatment plant but it occurs with dialogue about any of a number of things that come along. The
plant has much more aesthetic presence now as a result of your dialogue. Your dialogue, all of
your dialogue elevated the discussion around security. Yes your dialogue as Mr. McDonald
pointed out, elevated the discussion around understanding what chemicals do to prepare water
for our potable use in the community of Chanhassen. Yes, if a mistake is made on Highway 5,
on 212, wherever it might be made because of misjudgment of somebody there's a consequence
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that's very harmful and it can be harmful to us in the community of Chanhassen. That's why we
all must be vigilant and diligent about insuring that we take steps to live in an environment
where, as Councilwoman Tjornhorn said, not everything is predictable. Bad things can happen
but we have to be vigilant and your dialogue in my view, your dialogue holds us as elected
leaders and as city staff accountable to the performance of our duties. That's what your dialogue
does for us. This plant is planned to be in place since 2005. Yes it's different. Yes those of you
who bought homes in the area were anticipating that perhaps it wouldn't be the size it was going
to be. It wouldn't have the same look. But the vision that was put in place over 10 years ago by
the City Council that was present at that time and reaffirmed repeatedly as Mr. McDonald has
said, is vision that looks to the future of our city. It doesn't look only to the present of our city.
One last comment. One of the hardest things that we experience here as your elected leaders
when we face decisions that are visible and controversial, we know that we're going to make
some people happy and some people disappointed and unfortunately the disappointment seems to
resonate and stick with people a little bit longer than I'd like it to be. I have some very good
friends that are on both sides of this issue. I consider them to be good friends now and I want to
consider them to be good friends in the ftiture so I would ask that whatever outcome you see
tonight, don't judge your friendship with those people up here based on this decision that we are
making in what we believe is the best interest of the community and I'll leave that up to you.
Resolution #2016-60: Councilman McDonald moved, Councilwoman Tjornhom seconded
that the City. Council approves the preliminary and final plat creating one lot and two
outlots for Lake Harrison 2,d Addition; and site plan for a 16,950 square foot water
treatment facility subject to the following conditions and adoption of the Findings of Fact:
SUBDIVISION
Existing drainage and utility easements on these properties must be vacated prior to recording the
final plat.
SITE PLAN
Building
1. The building is required to have an automatic fire extinguishing system.
2. Building plans must be prepared and signed by design professionals licensed in the State of
Minnesota.
3. Retaining walls over four high must be designed by a professional engineer and a permit
must be obtained prior to construction.
4. Detailed occupancy related requirements will be addressed when complete building plans
are submitted.
5. The owner and or their representative shall meet with the Inspections Division as soon as
possible to discuss plan review and permit procedures.
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All existing trees to be preserved shall have tree protection fencing installed at the
driplincs or a minimum of 15 feet from the trunk, prior to any grading.
2. Proposed landscaping will be field located.
Engineering
I . The existing drainage and utility easements must be vacated prior to recording the final
plat.
2. Curb and gutter are required around the parking area.
3. An ADA -compliant curb ramp must be installed from the parking area at the Manchester
Drive cul-de-sac to the 8 -foot wide trail.
4. The following comments must be incorporated into the final grading plan:
a) The bottom of wall elevation of the northerly retaining wall is mislabeled (shown as
914.0', appears to be 10 14.0'), and
b) The 984' contour southwest of the parking area is mislabeled (shown as 884').
5. The Metropolitan Council Environmental Services Sewer Access Charge (Metro SAC)
must be paid with the building permit.
6. The West Water Treatment Plant is not subject to the City Sewer Access Charge and
Water Access Charge (City SAC and WAC).
7. The applicant shall prepare a Surface Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) and
submit to the city for approval prior to the issuance of any permits.
8. A stormwater management plan, including a hydraulic and hydrologic model, volume
reduction methods, a water quality model (either P8 or MIDS Calculator), and Walker
calculations demonstrating adequate capacity within the existing and proposed
conveyance system shall be submitted and approved prior to issuance of any permits.
9. The applicant shall submit and receive all applicable permits from the Riley Purgatory
Bluff Creek Watershed District prior to commencement of any work on the site.
10. The applicant shall submit and receive all applicable permits from the Minnesota
Pollution Control Agency prior to commencement of any work on the site.
11. The plans shall be modified to clearly demarcate the wetland boundary and the edge of
buffer.
12. A vegetation management plan shall be prepared and submitted for review and approval
prior to the issuance of a building permit.
13. The plan shall indicate placement of wetland buffer signs.
All voted in favor, except Councilwoman Ryan and Councilman Campion who opposed.
The motion carried with a vote of 3 to 2.
Resolution #2016-61 Councilman McDonald moved, Councilwoman Tjornhorn seconded
that the City Council adopts a resolution approving the vacation of the dedicated Drainage
and Utility Easements which he within Lot 1, Block 4, and Outlot A, LAKE HARRISON,
according to the recorded plat thereof, Carver County Minnesota, contingent upon filing
Lake Harrison 2"' Addition. All voted in favor, except Councilwoman Ryan and
Councilman Campion who opposed. The motion carried with a vote of 3 to 2.
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Mayor Laufenburger: Let's move to item (b). Mr. Oelune, is this your action?
Paul Oehme: Thank you Mayor.
Mayor Laufenburger: This will be quick right?
Paul Oehme: Yeah I don't have a slide for that but this is to approve the plans and specs and
authorize the advertising for the bids for this project. WSB has been working diligently to
advance the project in the time scale that staff has given them. We have the plans and the specs
with us here tonight for authorization. The plan is to have the project bid out October 18th and
then have the council consider awarding a contract on October 20 and having the project being
constructed in April. By April of 2018 so that's the schedule that we're under. Proposed for. I
would ask that the council consider approving the bid documents and authorizing advertising for
bid for the west water treatment plant project 16-04. 5.
Mayor Laufcnburgcr: Okay, Mr. Oehme do you have a slide with a motion or do we just?
Paul Oehme: There you go.
Mayor Laulenburger: Alright, thank you. This information is clearly outlined in the packet.
Any council members have any question of Mr. Oehme? Okay. Would anyone like to make that
motion?
Councilwoman Tjornhom-. I'll make that motion.
Mayor Laufenburger: Councilwoman Tjornhom.
Councilwoman Tjomhom: I'd like to make a motion that the Chanhassen City Council approves
bid documents and authorizing ad for bids for the west water treatment plant Project 16-05.
Mayor Laufenburger: Is there a second?
Councilman McDonald: I'll second.
Mayor Laufenburger: Alright. Is there any discussion on this motion? Just to restate we are
essentially authorizing city staff to advertise for the building or bids for the building of a west
water treatment plant in accordance with items (a) and (c) and then following the time table that
Mr. Oehme has outlined.
Resolution #2016-62: Councilwoman Tjornhom moved, Councilman McDonald seconded
that the City Council adopts a resolution approving bid documents and authorizing
advertising for bids for the west water filtration plant, Project No. 16-05. All voted in
favor, except for Councilwoman Ryan and Councilman Campion who opposed. The
motion carried with a vote of 3 to 2.
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Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you very much. We're moving to our next item which is new
business. Actually I would like to take just a 4 minute recess.
(The City Council took a short recess at this point in the meeting.)
APPROVE RESOLUTTON CERTIFYING PRELIMINARY 2017 LEVY TO CARVER
COUNTY AUDITOR.
Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. Sticha this is certifying preliminary 2017 levy to the Carver County
Auditor. You're on.
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Greg Sticha: Good evening Mayor and council. Statutorial each local government that issues a
levy to the county to then be paid for by property taxes has to submit such levy before September
30th of upcoming year which is we're getting pretty close so this evening we'll be passing a
preliminary levy for 2017. The City Council, for those listening at home has gone through
numerous work sessions discussing the preliminary levy and the preliminary budget for 2017. A
number of work sessions that went through the budget in detail. This evening's presentation will
be a culmination of those meetings and then setting a preliminary levy. As council is aware and
the audience at home should be aware the preliminary levy is used for the Truth in Taxation
statements that will be going out to our residents in November. It is a levy amount that can be at
no higher than the amount set at a preliminary levy. It can be lower. A final levy can be set
lower than the preliminary levy but it is a not to exceed number that you'll be setting this
evening. So with that I'll get into my presentation. We'll start with the budget calendar for the
rest of the year. So this evening.
Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. Sticha it's not showing up on our screens. Could you make sure it is?
Greg Sticha: There we go.
Mayor Laufenburger: There we go. Thank you very kindly.
Greg Sticha: This evening we'll be setting the preliminary levy as I discussed just a minute ago.
We'll be certifying that levy with Carver County by tomorrow morning. On October I O'h we
will be doing some review of our long term capital project planning, a 5 year capital
improvement plan project. On October 240' we'll behaving a work session to discuss utility
rates with our financial advisors Ehlers and Associates. And then in November we will have a
minimum of one work session to review the enterprise, special revenue funds and discuss any
remaining budget and CIP utility rate items on November 28d. On December P we will hold
the Truth in Taxation or the public budget meeting. That meeting will be based on the
statements that residents will be receiving here in about the second week of November. Then on
December 121h the City Council will set a final 2017 tax levy and budget. Adopt a 2017 through
2021 CIP and set our utility rates for 2017. So what are some of the budget assumptions that are
part of this year's budget process? The City had approximately $165,000 increase in levy dollars
due to new construction as well as an elimination of TEF District #5 and #9. About $145,000 of
that was actual new growth and about $20,000 of that was related to the decertification of TIF
Districts #5 and #9 which the City Council did earlier this year. There is an increase in the
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Administration
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DATE: September 26, 2016 k?
SUBJ: Approve Vacation of Drainage and Utility Easements on Lot 1,
Block 4 and Outlot A, Lake Harrison— Planning Case No. 16-21
PROPOSED MOTION
"Me City Council adopts a resolution approving the vacation of the dedicated
Drainage and Ufility Easements which lie within Lot 1, Block 4, and Outlot A,
LAKE HARRISON, according to the recorded plat thereof, Carver County
Minnetsota, contingent upon filing Lake Harrison 2nd Addition."
City Council approval requires a simple majority vote of those present.
The City acquired Lot 1, Block 4 and Outlot A when the Lake Harrison plat was
recorded with the intent of building the West Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) on
Lot 1.
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Vacation of Right -of -Way
September 26, 2016
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PROPOSAL
As the plans for the WWTP are being finalized, modifications to the lot lines are required so that
the lot encompasses the building footprint and meets minimum setback requirements. The
Metropolitan Council interceptor sewer, City water main and City storm sewer lie within Outlot
A, and City storm sewer lies within Lot 1. New drainage and utility easements will be granted
with the Lake Harrison 2' Addition plat that will encompass these existing utilities.
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Staff recommends approving the vacation of the drainage and utility easements within Lot 1,
Block 4 and Outlot A, LAKE HARRISON contingent upon filing the Lake Harrison 2d Addition
plat.
Attachments:
I . Lake Harrison plat
2. Proposed Lake Harrison 2d Addition plat
3. Vacation Exhibit
4. Vacation Application
5. Published Notice of Public Hearing & Affidavit of Mailing
6. Resolution
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Planning Division — 7700 Market Boulevard
Mailing Address — P.O. Box 147, Chanhassen, MN 55317 CITY OF CINNSEN
Phone: (952) 227-1300 / Fax: (952) 227-1110
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
Submittal Date: PC Date: 9 he /Is—_ CC Date: (Y 60 -Day Revi� Date: C4- q �?42
(Refer to the appropriate Application Checklist for required submittal information that must accompany this application)
El Comprehensive Plan Amendment .... ......... _ ... .... $600
El Minor MUSA line for failing on-site sewers ..... �$100
El Conditional Use Permit (CUP)
0 Single -Family Residence ................................. $325
ElAll Others ......................................................... $425
El Interim Use Permit (IUP)
El In conjunction with Single -Family Residence - $325
E] All Others ......................................................... $425
Rezoning (REZ)
Create 3 lots or less ......... ...............................
El Planned Unit Development (PUD) ...................
$750
El Minor Amendment to existing PUD .................
$100
0 All Others .........................................................
$500
Sign Plan Review ...................................................
$150
EJ Site Plan Review (SPR)
$300
El Administrative ..................................... ............
$100
El Comm ercial/I industrial Districts . ..................
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Plus $10 per 1,000 square feet of building
area:
thousand square feet)
Final Plat ..........................................................
*Include number of existing employees:
*Include number of new employees:
El Residential Districts ..... ......................... —...$500
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$300
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lots)
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$150
Line Adjustment .........................................
$150
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Final Plat ..........................................................
$700
(includes $450 escrow for attorney costs)*
I Additional escrow may be required for other applications
through the development contract.
Vacation of Easements/Right-of-way (VAC) ........
$300
(Additional recording fees may apply)
El Varianue (VAR) ................................... ................ $200
Wetland Alteration Permit (WAP)
El Single -Family Residence ............................... $150
El All Others ....................................................... $275
Zoning Appeal ......... ............................................ $100
Zoning Ordinance Amendment (ZOA) ................. $500
NOTE: When multiple tionfications are processed concurrently,
the appropriate fee shall be charged for each application.
DNotification Sign (City to install and remove) ....................................................................................................................... $200
ElProperty owners' List within 500' (city to generate after pre -application moo") ................................................... $3 per address
El Escrow for Recording Documents (check all that apply) .................... addresses) $50 per document
El Conditional Use Permit El Interim Use Permit Site Plan Agreement
El Vacation El Variance Wetland Alteration Permit
Metes & Bounds Subdivision (2 deeds) E] Easements (_ easements)
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Present Land Use Designation: ��b�i���Weaq/u(ested Land Use Designation:
Existing Use of Property: 4 a�+ VW4 c_ r (yz� 5e
[I Check box is separate narrative is attached
I Section 3: Property Owner and Applicant Information
APPLICANT OTHER THAN PROPERTY OWNER: In signing this application, 1, as applicant, represent to have obtained
authorization from the property owner to file this application. I agree to be bound by conditions of approval, subject only to
the right to object at the hearings on the application or during the appeal period. If this application has not been signed by
the property owner, I have attached separate documentation of full legal capacity to file the application. This application
should be processed in my name and I am the party whom the City should contact regarding any matter pertaining to this
application. I will keep myself informed of the deadlines for submission of material and the progress of this application. I
further understand that additional fees may be charged for consulting fees, feasibility studies, etc. with an estimate prior to
any authorization to proceed with the study. I certify that the information and exhibits submitted are true and correct.
Name: W-,--� I-A60omks i1a
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Fax:
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PROPERTY OWNER: In signing this application, 1. as property owner, have full legal capacity to, and hereby do,
authorize the filing of this application, I understand that conditions of approval are binding and agree to be bound by those
conditions, subject only to the right to object at the hearings or during the appeal periods. I will keep myself informed of
the deadlines for submission of material and the progress of this application. I further understand that additional fees may
be charged for consulting fees, feasibility studies, etc. with an estimate prior to any authorization to proceed with the
study. I certify that the information and exhibits submitted are true and correct.
Name:
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City/St
Email:
Contact: L -4&m e
Phone: HILO
Cell:
Fax:
This application must be completed in full and be typewritten or clearly printed and must be accompanied by all
information and plans required by applicable City Ordinance provisions. Before filing this application, refer to the
appropriate Application Checklist and confer with the Planning Department to determine the specific ordinance and
applicable procedural requirements.
A determination of completeness of the application shall be made within 15 business days of application submittal. A
written notice of application deficiencies shall be mailed to the applicant within 15 business days of application.
Signature:
PROJECT ENG IN EER (if applicable)
Name:
Address:
City/State/Zip:
Email
Date:
Contact:
Phone:
Cell:
Fax:
I Section 4: Notification Information
Who should receive copies of staff reports? *Other Contact Information:
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Property Owner Via:
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Applicant Via:
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Engineer Via:
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Other* Via:
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INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANT: Complete all necessary form fields, then select,13AVE FORM to save a copy to your
device. PRINT FORM and deliver to city along with required documents and payment. SUBMIT FORM to send a digital
copy to the city for processing (required).
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August 5, 2016
Re: Chanhassen West Water Treatment Plant — Planning Commission Submittal
WSB Project No. 1694-72
Project Name: Chanhassen West Water Treatment Plant
Applicant: WSB & Associates, Inc.
Engineer: Greg Johnson, WSB & Associates, Inc.
Owner: City of Chanhassen
Legal Description:
Date Proposed: September 2016
Vicinity Map: Attached, Appendix A
Intended Use and Occupancy: The site will be used for the construction of the West Water Treatment
Plant. The City studied potential locations for the water treatment plant beginning in 2003. At that time,
five sites were evaluated, all in the Galpin Boulevard area due to its proximity to the City's well field. The
final site was selected based on size, feasibility, availability for purchase, and cost. The water treatment
plant will include one main building; a driveway, loading area, and parking lot; and a tank that will be
almost entirely submerged. The estimated average occupancy is one person. Also located on the
property will be elementary and preschool playgrounds and a bike trail.
Land Use: The planned land use for the property, as outlined in the City's 2030 Comprehensive Plan, is
Public/Semi-Public.
Propertv Tabulation,
Parcel Size
6.57 acres
286,100 square feet
Gross —Floor Area
16,950 square feet
Percent of Site Covered by
5.9%
Building
Percent of Site Covered by
13.2%
Impervious Surface
(includes parking ar a)
Percent of Site Covered by
1%
Parking Area
Projected Number of
2
Employees
Number of Parking Spaces
3
Required
Number of Parking Spaces
4 plus 1 handicapped
Provided
Building Height at Roof Peak
21 feet
Building Use(s)
Municipal Water
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Planning Commission Submittal
August 5, 2016
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Required Plan Items:
F- IL
Item Number
Description
Location
Property line
Drawing C-15
dimensions
2
Grading and
Drawing C-15
drainage plans
3
Existing and
Appendix C
proposed points of
egress/ingress
4
Vehicular circulation
Appendix C
system
5
Landscaping plan
Appendix B
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Trash enclosure
None
informabon
7
Rooftop equipment
None
location
8
Signage location and
None
detail
9
Lighting information
In design
10
Building elevations
Appendix B
(with color)
Utility plan
Drawings C-13 and C-14
12
Hazardous materials
Appendix D - 12,000 lbs
of chlorine pas
13
Fire protection
See below
14
Other information
N/A
required by City
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Pholocomposite
Appendix A
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Fire Protection: The building will include an overhead fire sprinkling system. The system will be
connected to the watermain outside the building via a 6* or 8" line that will enter the south side of the
building.
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR
VACATION OF PUBLIC DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENTS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Chanhassen City Council will hold a public
hearing on Monday, September 26, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Chanhassen
City Hall, 7700 Market Boulevard, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes §412.851 to consider the
vacation of public drainage and utility easements at 2070 Lake Harrison Road and the
surrounding Outlot, described as:
Lot 1, Block 4, Lake Harrison
and
Outlot A, Lake Harrison
All interested persons are invited to attend this public hearing and express their opinions
with respect to this proposal.
Alyson Fauske, PE, Assistant City Engineer
Phone: 952-227-1164
(Publish in the Chanhassen Villager on September 15 & 22, 2016)
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING NOTICE
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
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COUNTY OF CARVER )
1, Kim T. Meuwissen, being first duly sworn, on oath deposes that she is and was on
September 8, 2016, the duly qualified and acting Deputy Clerk of the City of Chanhassen,
Minnesota; that on said date she caused to be mailed a copy of the attached notice of Public
Hearing for Vacation of Public Drainage and Utility Easements, Lot 1, Block 4 and Outlot
A, Lake Harrison (WWTP), Planning Case No. 16-21 to the persons named on attached
Exhibit "A", by enclosing a copy of said notice in an envelope addressed to such owner, and
depositing the envelopes addressed to all such owners in the United States mail with postage
fully prepaid thereon; that the names and addresses of such owners were those appearing as such
by the records of the County Treasurer, Carver County, Minnesota, and by other appropriate
records.
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR
VACATION OF PUBLIC DRAINAGE AND UTILTY EASEMENTS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Chanhassen City Council will hold a public hearing on
Monday, September 26, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Chanhassen City Hall,
7700 Market Boulevard, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes §412.851 to consider the vacation of
public drainage and utility easements at 2070 Lake Harrison Road and the surrounding Outlot,
described as:
Lot 1, Block 4, Lake Harrison
and
Outlot A, Lake Harrison
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All interested persons are invited to attend this public hearing and express their opinions
with respect to this proposal.
Alyson Fauske, PE, Assistant City Engineer
Phone: 952-227-1164
(Publish in the Chanhassen Villager on September 15 & 22, 2016)
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16305 36TH AVE N SUITE 600 1957 TOPAZ DR 1965 TOPAZ DR
PLYMOUTH, MN 55446-4270 CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-7593 CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-7593
JOSE t MARRUJO PETER J & LYNN M POLINGO MARK S & GERI S RADKE
1973 TOPAZ DR 1981 TOPAZ DR 1989 TOPAZ DR
CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-7593 CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-7593 CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-7593
TYLER N TREAT ROBERT JAY KLINE DANIEL B FLOOD
2148 WYNSONG LN 2175 LAKE HARRISON RD 2185 LAKE HARRISON RD
CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-4841 CHANHASSEN, MIN 55317-4624 CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-4624
CARVER COUNTY BRECKENRIDGE F SPINNER JR THOMAS S & JUDITH E STRETAR
602 4TH ST E 6800 RUBY LN 6801 MANCHESTER DR
CHASKA, MN 55318-2102 CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-7592 CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-6701
ERIC M FARNUM DAVID J & MARY C MCKINLEY BRYAN G & PATRICIA A BORN HOFT
6804 BRIARWOOD CT 6805 RUBY LN 6810 RUBY LN
CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-6703 CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-7592 CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-7592
SETH STILL GERALD L & CONNIE J BYRNES STEPHEN M DAHL
6817 MANCHESTER DR 6820 BRIARWOOD CT 6820 DIAMOND CT
CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-6701 CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-6703 CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-7594
DAVID A SENNER RANDALL J & LYNDA R CYR BRIAN & CHRISTINE KLINE
6829 BRIARWOOD CT 6833 MANCHESTER OR 6836 BRIARWOOD CT
CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-6703 CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-6701 CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-6703
WAYNE R & ROBIN T BROWN ROBERT M &JAN M HALL DAVID S & LINDA S PETERS
6837 BRIARWOOD CT 6838 MANCHESTER DR 6845 BRIARWOOD CT
CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-6703 CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-6701 CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-6703
KURT R & KATHLEEN M LEISMAN TIMOTHY L & ANNE G GOSHERT JOHN P & KELLY M HOLCOMB
6849 MANCHESTER DR 6850 MANCHESTER DR 6852 BRIARWOOD CT
CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-6701 CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-6701 CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-6703
MICHAEL B & KAREN I PEKA RICHARD J & MARY A BOYDE MARK A FALKUM
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER COUNTY, MINNESOTA
DATE: September 26, 2016 —RESOLUTION NO: 2016 -XX
MOTION BY: SECONDED BY:
RESOLUTION VACATING A DRAINAGE & UTILITY EASEMENT
LOT 1, BLOCK 4 AND OUTLOT A, LAKE HARRISON
PLANNING CASE FILE NO. 2016-21
WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 412.85 1, after two (2) weeks' published
and posted notice of the hearing and after mailing written notice of the hearing at least ten (10) days
before the hearing to each property owner affected by the proposed vacation, the Chanhassen City
Council has conducted a hearing to consider the vacation of the public drainage and utility casement
legally described on the attached Exhibit 'W'; and
WHEREAS, following the hearing and consideration of the proposed vacation, the Council
has determined that it is in the public interest to vacate the public drainage and utility easement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chanhassen:
The public drainage and utility easement legally described on the attached Exhibit A is
hereby vacated.
2. The vacation shall not affect the authority of any person, corporation, or municipality
owning or controlling the electric or telephone poles and lines, gas and sewer lines, water pipes, mains
and hydrants thereon or thereunder, if any, to continue maintaining the same or to enter upon such way
or portion thereof vacated to maintain, repair, replace, remove, or otherwise attend thereto.
3. The City Manager is directed to file a certified copy of this Resolution with the County
Auditor and County Recorder of Carver County.
4. This resolution shall be recorded prior to but concurrent with the recording of the final
plat for LAKE HARRISON 21 ADDITION.
Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this 260'day of September, 2016.
ATTEST:
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
Denny Laufenburger, Mayor
YES NO ABSENT