PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING
October 4,
2006
Minutes
The
meeting was called to order at 1:36 p.m.
Clm. Paul Skrede, Jon Monson, Administrator Dana Young
The regularly scheduled Safety Committee meeting was cancelled due to a lack of agenda items.
Rachael Matteson, 3925 Walden Road, stated that that she was representing the Walden neighborhood in their request to obtain permission to restore the entranceway into Walden. Ms. Matteson provided an overview of the project, which included refurbishing the existing stone columns, constructing a new stone wall that wraps around the entranceway, adding decorative finials at the tops of the columns, installing new signs, adding up-lighting to enhance the columns, and adding up-lighting to the signs.
The
Committee informed Ms. Matteson that Planning Commission and City Council
approval would be needed if the signs were proposed to be lit and the Committee
would review the proposed location of the new stone wall that wraps around the
entranceway to verify if it would be likely to be damaged during snow
plowing. Paul Skrede further recommended
that Ms. Matteson obtain a letter of support from the Walden neighbors to
verify that the project was supported by the entire neighborhood.
At
the end of the meeting, the Committee toured the proposed placement of the
wall, which was located directly on each side of the street within the right of
way and recommended that the wall should not be constructed due to the strong
likelihood that the wall would be damaged by the City snowplow.
Dana Young presented two bids for the installation of a liner to repair the damaged storm sewer line on Lakeview Avenue:
Veit - $7,440.00
Insituform - $15,382.20
Dana Young stated that he was expecting to receive at least two more bids from contractors.
Motion by Paul Skrede to accept the bid submitted by Veit in the amount of $7,440.00 unless a lower bid is submitted from another contractor, subject to further clarification that the contractor would also be responsible for the cleanup work once the liner is installed. Seconded by Jon Monson. Motion carried 3-0.
The Committee reviewed a request from Robert Roth, 4194 Hillcrest Lane, for the City to reimburse him $140.00 for the cost of several plants that he had planted within an island in the turnaround on Hillcrest Lane. Apparently, according to Mr. Roth, the Public Works Department had mowed the plants along with the long grass that had grown on the island when Mr. Roth was vacationing in Wisconsin for the summer.
The Committee recommended that no action be taken regarding Mr. Roth’s request since the City cannot be held responsible for damaging unauthorized plantings with the public right of way.
The Committee toured the proposed Walden Entrance Restoration Project, Manor Road and the City bridges at Vine Hill and Northome.
Manor Road – The Committee inspected Manor Road and recommended that the road should be crack sealed and seal coated in 2006 rather than constructed with a mill and overlay.
Vine Hill Bridge – The Committee inspected Vine Hill Bridge and the recommendations for repair submitted by the Hennepin County Transportation Department. The Committee noted with some concern the condition of the concrete pier caps and recommended that bids be requested on the repair of the concrete pier caps and to sandblast and paint the steel beams.
Northome Bridge – The Committee inspected Northome Bridge and the recommendations provided by the Hennepin County Transportation Department. The Committee noted that the bridge was in generally good condition and recommended that the bridge continued to be monitored annually to monitor its overall condition.
Motion to adjourn by Paul Skrede, seconded by Jon Monson. Motion carried 3-0. The meeting adjourned at 3:40 p.m. The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Public Works & Safety Committee meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 1, 2006.