02-22-1988 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Mark Bernhardson, City Administrator DATE: November 17, 1987 SUBJECT: County Road 15 - Final Plan Approval and Financing ATTACHMENTS_ A. County 15 - Final Plans B. Preliminary County 15 Approval Dated 10/25/84 C. County 15 Upgrade/Approval of Change Dated 10/31/86 D. CSAH 15 Financing Dated 10/22/86 E. Gerhardson Memo Cty Rd 15 Dated 10/22/87 F. County 15 Plans Dated 11/5/87 ISSUES - 1. Review by the Council of the final plans CSAH 15 taking comments from the public and identifying the issues related to the plans. 2. Review of financing alternatives and discussion of issues related to those financing alternatives. INTRODUCTION - The County 15 project was initiated by the County in about 1967. Over the next 15 years the communities considered various alternatives with the County principally desiring to go with a four lane configuration as that was what was needed to meet the County/State Aid Highway standards in order to use CSAH money on the upgrade. Because of the concern relating to the four lanes west of 19 and the impact that would have on Shoreline Drive east of 19 the project was stalled until late 1983 early '84 when the Orono Council gave its conceptual approval to an essentially two lane design with turn lanes which would amount to some widening principally at the intersections for the design. This conceptual approval was followed by preliminary approval of the plans submitted by Hennepin County on October 29, 1984. The County wanted the preliminary plans approved by each of the communities prior to the submission of the plans to the State's Variance Board for County/State Aid Highways. This variance was considered during the summer of '85 ar.1, approval given for the variance in late summer or early fall 1985. In the fall of 1986, as noted in Attachment C, the County approached each of the Cities to see if two of the changes, one in Spring Park and one in Mound, would be acceptable changes to the preliminary plans. The Council on November 10, 1986 agreed with those changes as noted in Attachment C. (When the original variance had been granted the program was placed on the five year capital budget for 1989. Through the efforts of the local communities the County moved the priority on it so that construction would take place in late '87 or early 188.) The County has been in the process of drafting final plans during the past year based on the approvals previously given and is now