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CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: July 1, 1997
AGENDA ITEM: County Highway Systems Project Updates AGENDA SECTtON:
Department Heads Report
PREPARED BY: Bud Osmundson AGENDA NO.
City Engineer/Public Works Director �V� �t 9
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Staff would like to take this opportunity to update the City Council on three projects eing
undertaken by the County which have a major impact on the City of Rosemount. Staff will
provide more details verbally at the meeting.
The first project is the CSAH 42 Corridor Study. This project +s well underway and the County
is hosting an open house on July 24, 1997 at the Apple Valley Western Service Center Atrium.
The open house is an effort to obtain as much public input as possible for this study. Staff met
this week with Fred Hoisington, who is a subcontractor to BRW, the consultant for the project,
and reviewed Rosemount's development patterns and issues with CSAH 42.
The second project to discuss is the CSAH 46 project. Last week many of you attended the
open houses held in Apple Valley and Coates. The open houses were well attended by
Rosemount residents. The consultant had a drawing showing the entire length of the 8'l2 mile
project which was very informative. From the Apple Valley border to Biscayne Avenue the
design team is proposing a 3 lane urban design. The City will have some watermain looping
and storm sewer which will be part of the project and will be identified in the future design of
the project. It appears that the City will be discussing with the County a turn back of a portion
of CSAH 48 east of Coates.
The last project that I would like to discuss is the Dakota County Transportation Plan. Planning
Staff and myself inet with Dakota County Staff this past week and reviewed their work to-date.
As part of the plan, the County is proposing to share more heavily in the cost of storm sewer
for projects. Other parts of the plan show that the County is requesting principal arterial status
on Trunk Highway 3 north of CSAH 42. The Plan also shows that there are future 6 lane
needs on CSAH 42 west of Trunk Highway 3 and future 4 lane needs on County Road 38
(McAndrews Road) west of Shannon Parkway. The County has identified potential new County
Road alignments including Blaine Avenue south of CSAH 42, Emery Avenue in the eastem
portion of Rosmeount which would connect CSAH 42 to County Road 48, and an extension of
Diamond Path south of 160th Street to 170th Street. My recommendation is to have a work
session meeting with a member of the Dakota County Staff to discuss these Transportation
Plan issues in the near future.
No action is necessary on any of these items tonight, but please call me if you have any further
questions.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Discussion only.
COUNCIL ACTION: