HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 12-08-2004 SpecialAdopted Minutes
Special Council Meeting
December 8, 2004
Mayor Johnson called a Special Meeting of the Plymouth City Council to order at 5:13 p.m. in
the Lunchroom of City Hall, 3400 Plymouth Boulevard, on December 8, 2004.
COUNCIL PRESENT: Mayor Johnson, Councilmembers Hewitt, Bildsoe, and Black.
ABSENT: Councilmembers Slavik, Neset and Stein.
STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Ahrens, Community Development Director Hurlburt, City
Engineer Faulkner, Senior Planner Drill, and City Clerk Paulson.
Discussion of County Road 47 and Taryn Hills Project
Mayor Johnson welcomed Hennepin County Commissioner Steele, Hennepin County Engineer
Jim Grube, Lundgren Bros., and residents of the Lake Camelot Development. She stated the
purpose of today's meeting is to discuss opportunities to improve County Road 47 that would
serve the proposed Taryn Hills development as well as the existing developments off of County
Road 47.
Community Development Director Hurlburt stated that staff has looked at alignments and grades
in the long-term for County Road 47 once the City was approached by Lundgren Bros. on their
proposed development. She noted that there is a temporary signal improvement in 2005 for the
Vicksburg Lane and County Road 47 intersection. A traffic study was also completed in the
Environmental Assessment Worksheet as part of the Taryn Hills project. County Road 47 would
function as a two-lane with the Taryn Hills development; however, staff is reviewing
improvements for the long-term.
She stated that staff has been in discussion with the County staff regarding the possibility of the
County turning County Road 47 over to the City, and the County would take over Peony
Lane/Lawndale Lane into Maple Grove, which is proposed to be the future County Road 101.
As part of this arrangement, the County would overlay County Road 47. Regarding the current
Highway 101 north of Highway 55, the County would want to transfer the jurisdiction of that
roadway to abutting cities. She noted that County Road 47 is not part of the State Aid system for
the County, but this roadway is part of the City's State Aid system. Therefore, the County
doesn't have the funds to upgrade County Road 47, and the City has very limited funding. In the
meantime, the City would be reviewing minor modifications such as turning lanes that could be
constructed in 2005 with the limited funds that are available.
Everyone in attendance agreed that it would be prudent to make some type of improvement to
County Road 47 if the Taryn Hills development is approved.
Representatives of Lundgren Bros. illustrated improvements that could be made to County Road
47, and they answered questions from the Lake Camelot residents.
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Commissioner Steele stated that County Road 47 doesn't meet the definition of a County road, as
it doesn't carry traffic from one city to another, so the County is definitely interested in working
on some "swapping" arrangement with the City. She and Mayor Johnson requested the County
and City staffs to discuss the "swapping," and City staff should review improvements that could
be made to County Road 47 in the short term.
Adiournment
Mayor Johnson adjourned the meeting at 6:10' p.
andra R. Paulson, City Clerk