1987-06-30 Special Council mtg minutesJune 30, 1987
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CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
Minutes of the Special Meeting
Held Tuesday, June 30, 1987
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the Special meeting
of the Mendota Heights City Council was held on Tuesday, June
30, 1987, in the City Council Chambers, 750 South Plaza
Drive, Mendota Heights, Minnesota.
Mayor Mertensotto called the meeting to order at 7:34 P.M.
The following members were present: Mayor Mertensotto,
Councilmembers Blesener, Hartmann and Witt. Councilmember
Cummins had notified the Council that he would be out of
town.
HWY. 55 Mayor Mertensotto offered some introductory
DISCUSSION comments to those in attendance, indicating
that the Council was looking for their input
on their preferences and desires for their
neighborhood.
City Planner Howard Dahlgren said that the
Highway 55 study had been commissioned so that
plans could be made now that neither the City
or the residents would regret ten years from
now.
He and Tim Malloy, his assistant, showed a
number of aerial slides of the Hwy. 55
corridor study area, and noted the
relationship of the area to Mpls/St. Paul
International Airport. The presentation
continued with a number of graphics, including
Mn/DOT highway development plans, aircraft
noise restriction zones, utility improvements,
including water, sewer, streets, storm sewers,
current zoning and current designations in the
1979 land use plan. Mr. Dahlgren reported
that he and Mr. Malloy had just learned that
the recent failure of the Minnesota
Legislature to provide more funding for
highway improvements means that the area
highway improvements, known as the Mendota
Interchange project, will not begin until
1994.
Planner Dahlgren ended his presentation by
summarizing what he felt were the three main
issues that needed to be decided by the
Council and the residents:
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1. East corridor area, including the Furlong
neighborhood, unplatted Resurrection Cemetery
property, and south Resurrection/Rogers Road
area.
2. Northwest area, including sites owned by
Garron Corporation and Acacia Cemetery
unplatted property.
3. Southwest area, being the Brooks property.
Council and a number of residents present
discussed the options raised by the study and
the concerns for the future of the Furlong and
Rogers Road neighborhoods. The following were
identified as areas of concern, and to be
addressed as part of the on-going study:
1. Airport noise.
2. Utilities -
- iron in some wells
- lake quality and level
- streets, without curb and sidewalk
3. Highway signage improvements.
4. Short-term highway improvements -
- signage
- turn lanes
5. Noise problem in Rogers Road neighborhood.
6. Potential assessments for utilities,
including assessments against undedicated
cemetery property.
7. Potential reservation of lands as wildlife
areas and wetland protection.
8. Availability of Metropolitan Airports
Commission funds for sound abatement
improvements similar to those in South
Minneapolis.
9. Potential for gas service from Northern
States Power Company.
Council surveyed the residents present in the
Furlong Addition only as to whether, if there
were a realistic option, they would like to
sell their properties at fair market value and
SUPERVISION OF
CITY HALL
DETAIL
PLANNING
Ayes: 4
Nays: 0
ADJOURN
Ayes: 4
Nays: 0
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move out, or stay in the neighborhood. Upon
a show of hands, 12 households indicated that
they would like to leave, mainly because of
the airport noise, and 6 households indicated
that they would like to stay.
It was also agreed that Planner Dahlgren's
firm, as part of the study, would do a mailed
survey to the neighborhood in the next couple
of weeks to get a more accurate and complete
feeling of the sentiments and desires of the
neighborhood.
There was a concensus of the Council that the
City Hall plans were moving toward the point
of details, and that the full City Hall
Committee did not want to or need to be
involved in that.
Councilmember Hartmann moved to appoint a sub-
committee of Councilmember Jann Blesener,
Jerry Morson, and City Administrator Kevin
Frazell to supervise the work of the
architects in planning details for the final
schematic phase.
Councilmember Witt seconded the motion.
There being no further business
the Council, Councilmember Witt
meeting be adjourned.
Councilmember Hartmann seconded
to come before
moved that the
the motion.
TIME OF ADJOURNMENT: 10:09 o'clock P.M.
ATTEST:
Charles E. Mertensotto
Mayor
Kevin D. Frazell
City Administrator