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Home My WebLink About04-14-2005 Council Work Session Packet'i*'' 'SLmmK'.; z lEZ;Z^v Z#.; :;: v vv- ■ ■W;• • ,n • *I' [^.?iy^j 7.: v;- vfcZV:>‘.M Coaacil Work SomIoo S:4S p.«.t Thonday, April 14,2005 Orolo City Cooo^ Chaabon Mm:-;:v. ■ v .a AGENDA 1. Overview of Property Revaluation Results by City Assessor, in Prcporalioo fix the Board of Review Hearing 2. Big Island Vets Camp Update 3. Update Regarding Dakota Rail r-o-w Easement Issue for Several Homes on Crystal Bay Road 4. DUcussion Regarding the Appointment of an LMCD Representative 5. Update Regarding the March 31Meeting with the Townline R^ Residents 6. Discussion Regarding a Planning Process for Navarre 7. DeMuth Reforestation Plan I. AES Brochure 9. Scheduling of Joint Woriuessions with the Planning Corrunission and die Parks Commission 10. Discussion Regarding an Appointnent to the Parks Commission 11. Discussion Regarding the Recognition of Contributions to Parks by Frank Mross (Navarre Park) and Ralph Palmer (Saga Hill Park) (Refer to Parks Commission) 10 minutes 10 minutes 10 minutes IS minutes 30 minutes 20 minutes IS minutes S minutes 10 minutes 10 minutes 10 minutes _J -• TO: Mayor Peterson and Council Members FROM: Ron Moorse, City Administrator DATE: April 12,2005 p SUBJECT: Townline Road Update As not all Council members were able to attend the meeting with the Townline Road area residents, this is a summary of the concerns of the residents, and the key issues to be addressed regarding Townline Road. Resident Concerns 1. Additional traffic generated by the 22*unit Medina Development 2. The impoitance of not opening Townline Road to re-create the connection from County Road 6 to Highway 12. 3 Potential cost to property owners related to necessary improvements to Townline Road, due to increased traffic. 4. Visual impact of the development 5. Density of the development—out of character with the five-acre lots in Orono. Solutions Suggested by the Residents • Cul de sac Townline Readjust south of the Medina development, so that the access to the Medina development is required to be provided in a way other than from Townline Road. • Put a hold on the Medina development until all issues are resolved. • The developer of the Medina development should pay all costs related to any necessary improvements to Townline Road. • Substantially reduce the density of the Medina development. Infomiation Related to Each Issue • Traffic a. Prior to the closure of Townline Road in 1999, the traffic level on Townline Road was iqiproximately 1000 trips per day. The vast majority of these trips were related to non-local traffic using Townline Road as a connection between County Road 6 and Highway 12. b. At the time of the closure of Townline Road, it was known that the Medina development was planned for a density of about 1.3 units per acre. It was estimated, at that time, that the development would include about 17 units, and would provide access to Townline Road for four homes in Orono, which would generate i - approximately 210 additionally trips per day on Townline Road, c. It is not feasible to construct an intersection with stoplights at Highway 12 and County Road 29, that would also serve two-way Townline Road traffic, without replacing the existing railroad bridge over Townline Road. No Reconnection from County Road 6 to Highway 12 a. If Townline Road was reopened at Highway 12 to recreate the connection from County Road 6 to Highway 12, the traffic level on Townline Road would increase to at least the 1999 level of 1,000 trips per day. With the general increase in traffic on County Road 6, and the installation of a semaphore at the Highway 12 /County Road 29 intersection, the level of traffic could increase well beyond the 1,000 trips per day. Cost For Road Im(»ovements a. Attached is a memo from Greg Gappa explaining the condition of Townline Road, the current level of maintenance provided, and probable improvements necessary. The memo does not anticipate a major reconstruction of the road. It would not be anticipated that Orono would assess any of the costs of the road improvements to Orono property owners. The City of Independence has a practice of assessing property owners for road improvement costs. b. There has been discussion about doing as much of the road improvement work as possible in-house, to reduce the costs. c. The developer of the Mediiu development has committed to providing up to $5,000 per unit toward the development ’s share of the road improvement costs. Density and Visual Impact a. The density of the development is substantially out of character with the S-acre density in Orono and the 2.5-acre density in Independence. The property was downzoned fiom Commercial zoning to the Residential zoning >^en the property ’s access to Highway 12 was eliminated. The higher residential density was provided to compensate for the loss of the commercial zoning, and to reflect the proximity to the highway attd railroad. b. The greatest impact, particularly visual impact, is on the property directly adjacent to the development. The visual impact on the properties farther to the south is related to the long view of undeveloped land they currently have, particularly of the land fiuthest to the east. c. The landscaping plan does not include screening of the development fiom the properties to the south. n^' > a-i i nm naniSrax n nrrni^anria inrnira April 13.200S To; Ron Moorse, City Administrator (V From: Greg Gappa, Director of Public Services ^ Subject: Townline Road The first 2,500 feet of Townline Road north of County Road 6 is located along the Orono/ Independence border with each City owning Vi of the road. The remaining 700 feet of road is located along the Medina/Independence border with each City owning 'A of the road. This road used to connect CR6 and TH12 and had about 1,000 vehicles per day utilizing the road prior to 1998 when the connection to TH12 was closed because of traffic safety concerns at the intersection. There are 17 homes that utilize Townline Road for access which results in a daily traffic count of about 170 vehicles per day. Townline Road is an old 20 foot wide township road with minimal base course that has never been formally paved with hot mix applied using an asphalt paver and roller. The pavement surface is comprised of road mix which is completed by mixing asphalt oil and aggregate on the road with a grader. This is a very conunon paving method that was used for many years on rural township roads. The existing pavement in the Orono/lndependence section is in moderate to poor condition with several areas of poor underlying soils and broken up pavement. There is about SOO feet of poor quality pavement and 2,000 feet of moderate quality pavement in this section. The majority of road in the Medina/Independence section is in poor condition as this area of the road is adjacent to a large wetland with poor soils. Independence has been plowing the road as Orono does not have any other City streets in this vicinity. Orono has been patching the road, and since the closure in 1998 substantially reduced the traffic volume the amount of patching required has been minimal. Every year, we spend a day patching Townline Road after the spring thaw breakup and then occasional patching the rest of the sununer and fall. The current plan is for construction traffic from the Park Ridge Acres subdivision new street construction and site grading to access the site from TH 12. This access will be closed after the new road is completed as it will no longer be needed for the four Orono properties that currently use the access to TH12.The increased truck traffic, on Townline Road, from the new house construction in the Park Ridge Acres subdivision in Medina will have a negative impact on the road that is hard to quantify at this time. Page 1 of 2 .V.‘ ' , Our reconunendatioii is before the house construction begins that Orono and Independence work together to blade patch die qq;xoximately SOO feet of poor pavement, in the Orono/lndependence section, a^ then spot patch the rest of the road in this section. This is only a temporary solution to get d^ugh the temporary heavy construction traffic time period while the subdivision is being built out. Once the house construction is completed, a longer term pavement rehabilitation project can be dieted on this r^. Blade patching consists of using the road grader to spread the pavement which is ^n compacted with a steel drum roller. For snudler pavement areas, this is more efficient and Ifti expensive than hiring a paving contractor with an aqihalt paver. This work could be completed in a day and will require about 10 truck loads of asphalt at a cost of approximately $3,000. Both cities can provide trucks to haul the asphalt in order to split the costs. This bl^ patching should most likely be sufficient to last during the house construction period as the road previously had 1,000 vehicles per day with some trucks iiHli«itig the rood. If the road does have some areas of substantial pavement breakup ihiring the construction period, we may have to remove the pavement and correct the soft spots in the aggregate base. Once the house construction is conqileted, the 2S0 vehicles per day from the new development, which will be predominately cars, will have a minimal impact on the road. The long term solution for this road will t^ be to complete full depth pavement reclamation and repave Townline Road. Full depth pavement reclamation utilizes a reclaiming machine tiuU pulverizes the existing pavement into an aggregate base type material which is then graded, soft qwts repaired, and paved over. This process elittUnalet the reflective cracking in the new pavement. This is the same process that was used in 1999 on Stubbs Bay Road north of Watertown Road and this pavement is in good condition and will last ftxr many years. I ’ 4. f Mi) Page 2 of2 I r V ,:y c- ' " ^ -:t '%il t NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Orono City Council will meet in a worksession at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday, April 14,2005, in the Orono City Council Chambers, 2780 Kelley Parkway, Orono, Minnesota. The agenda for the meeting is as follows: 1. Overview of Property Revaluation Results by City Assessor, in Preparation for the Board of Review Hearing 2. Big Island Vets Camp Update 3. Discussion Regarding the Appointment of an LMCD Representative 4. Update Regarding the March BlMeeting with the Townline Road Residents 5. Discussion Regarding a Plamiing Process for Navarre. 6. Update Regarding Dakota Rail Right-of-Way Easement Issue for Several Homes on Crystal Bay Road 7. Discussion Regarding the Recognition of Contributions to Paries by Frank Mross (Navarre Park) and Ralph Palmer (Saga Hill Park) (Refer this to the Parks Commission) 8. Discussion Regarding an Appointment to the Parks Commission 9. Scheduling of joint worksessions with the Plaiming Commission and the Parks Commission This meeting is open to the public. jCc/. Lin Vee, City Clerk wmmm l-m ’ ■i' ' :r ; 4