Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 04-08-1972a i J MINUTES OF A STUDY COUNCIL MEETING PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA APRIL 8, 1972 A study meeting of the Plymouth Village Council was called to order by Mayor Hilde. on April 8, 1972 in the Village Hall at 9:1S a.m. Ph'ESU7: Mayor Hilde, Co,.mcilmen Neils, Seibold, Spaeth and Hunt, Manager Willis, Engineer Rudrud and Consulting Engineer Bonestroo, ABSENT: None The Council reet to study and review Project 213, Storm Sewer Improvement for the vicinity cv State Highway 101 and County Road 6. The Village Engineer in his re- port (Eig. No. 72-90) reviewed the project background, the comments re:.ulting from the :March 20 public hearing and respoi,ded to questions raised by the Council at that hearing. The Manager indicated that the best solution would be to order the entire project; however, that burse of action did not appear to be acceptable and, therefore, the Council might conside•- ordering a portion of the project from A to B and acquiring the flooding asemer.ts along Pinetree Pond. The other parts of the project would be built by \:,_i developers of the land involved to sufficient size to accommodate their runoff. Additional sizing to take drainage from other parts of the respective districts would have to be paid for by assessments or by the Village at large. In the ensuing discussions the Council raised numerous pcints in consideration of the project. it was generally agreed by the Councilmen as follows: 1. The Council all agreed that the segment A to B wculd not be built at this time. 2. Wath respect to Area 2, the Super Valu and Continental Contractors parcels should remain within the district in order that their participation with respect to oversizing and assessments would not be lost for a ther Area II or the entire district. The Council 'relieves on balance that the 2-1/2 to 1 assessment rein for the commercial property is more valuable to Area II and the district as a whole rather than permitting those parcels to drain to Kraetz Lake, therefore deleting them from the district for assessment purposes. Cowicilman Neils believed that the addition of water from this area into Pinetree Pond might tend to create flooding and, therefore. •..-hought an outflcw to Kraetz Lake would be desirable. 0 3. With respect to the Schiebe property, the Council agreed that it would not be in our interest to permit Mr. Schicbe to develop his project and install his own storm sewers without providing oversizing from E to F. The Council agreed that the Schiebe prriperty Should provide oversizing from E to I; recognizing the fact that his development will 1) destroy a portion of the existing ponding area adjacent to highway 101 and County Road 6, and 2) that his development will generate additional traffic volumes which will accelerate V%e requirements to widen both Highway 101 and County Road 6, thereby reducing the existing storm run-off storage capacity along the existit'*, road right-of-way. 0 1 J Page 2, Study Council Meeting, April 8, 1972 4. Area III to be deleted from the project with respect to lateral %;on- struction and that such laterals would be required at such time as Mr. Swedlund developed his parcel. S. The oversizing required from DD to D should be paid by Continental Con- tractors, Super Valu and the Phillips gas station because these existing and proposed developments will accelerate the requixeaent to widen both Highway 101 and County Road 6, thereby further reducing the existing storm run-off atorage capacity along the existing road right-of-ssny. Qvtr.;izing requested from D to C would be shared by Schiebe, Continental Contractors, Super Valu and the Phillips Gas Station. In summary, it was the decision of the Council not to proceed with the construction of Public Improvement Project i13 at this time. In arriving at this decision, the Cr-mcit carefully considered the suggestions and criticisms raised at the March 20 iic heazPq is addition to their own personal reviews of the proposed project. The Council eq resscd concern for the need to closely watch development in this area with respect to storm sewer run-off and the need to insure thnt private p:•cperty is not flcoded. It was felt that the Village could, on a periodic basis, 4 take precautionary measures to alleviate possible damage due to flooding; e.g., a 100 year storm. IJ T'e Council believes that the homeowners do not presently appreciate the need for t(ze project. The council recopuzes that the special assessment burden to the homeowner is made less burdensome with the existing policy to assess commercial property on a ratio of ?-1/2 to 1. The Council also recognizes that as additional development takes place in this vicinity, such as presently proposed, the existing ponding along and adjacent to County Road 6 and Highway 101 will be lost. The staff also plans to meet u ith State and County Highway officials to determine, if J;os!;ible, the ultimate designs for both of these roads and the impact on the drainage district from such ultimate development.