THREE RIVERS PARK DISTRICT PARK AND TRAIL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING Administrative Center - Board Room 3000 Xenium Lane North, Plymouth, MN Thursday, August 6, 2015 Estimated Time: 10:30 10:45 a.m. Committee Chair: Gene Kay AGENDA 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Board members who wish to delete or add any item(s) to the agenda shall do so at this time. MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA OF THE AUGUST 6, 2015, PARK AND TRAIL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING. 3. APPROVAL OF COMMITTEE REPORT OF JULY 2, 2015 MOTION TO APPROVE THE REPORT OF THE JULY 2, 2015, PARK AND TRAIL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING. 4. BUSINESS ITEM(S) A. Cedar Lake LRT Regional Trail Hwy 100 Bridge NO ACTION REQUIRED; THIS ITEM IS FOR INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION. 5. ADJOURNMENT MOTION TO ADJOURN.
PARK AND TRAIL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REQUEST FOR ACTION Meeting Date: 08/06/15 Business Item: Report Item Number: 3 Department: Superintendent s Office Originating Source: Boe Carlson, Superintendent Agenda Item: July 2, 2015, Park and Trail Operations Committee Report MOTION TO APPROVE THE REPORT OF THE JULY 2, 2015, PARK AND TRAIL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING. Background: Report attached.
THREE RIVERS PARK DISTRICT PARK AND TRAIL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING July 2, 2015 Commissioners Present: Commissioners Absent: Gene Kay, Chair; Steven E. Antolak, Jennifer DeJournett, Daniel Freeman, John Gibbs and John Gunyou Penny Steele Staff Present: Boe Carlson, Superintendent; J. Brauchle, K. Grissman, A. Gurski, H. Koolick, T. McDowell, J. McGrew-King, J. Vlaming, A. Whiteside, J. Zemke and L. Ziegler 1. CALL TO ORDER The Park and Trail Operations Committee meeting was called to order by Chair Gene Kay at the Administrative Center, Board Room, 3000 Xenium Lane North, Plymouth, MN at 11:33 a.m. 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOTION by Antolak, seconded by Freeman, TO APPROVE THE AGENDA OF THE JULY 2, 2015, PARK AND TRAIL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING. 3. APPROVAL OF COMMITTEE REPORT OF JUNE 11, 2015 MOTION by Antolak, seconded by Freeman, TO APPROVE THE REPORT OF THE JUNE 11, 2015, PARK AND TRAIL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING. 4. BUSINESS ITEM(S) A. Letter of Agreement Use of Elm Creek Park Reserve as Staging Area in Case of Nuclear Disaster at Monticello Nuclear Plant MOTION by Freeman, seconded by Gunyou, TO RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD CHAIR TO ENTER INTO A LETTER OF AGREEMENT WITH NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN THE EVENT OF A BEYOND BASIS EXTERNAL EVENT AT THE MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT. B. Community Solar Garden Subscription Letter of Intent MOTION by Freeman, seconded by Antolak, TO RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD APPROVE A LETTER DECLARING THE PARK DISTRICT S INTENT TO SUBSCRIBE TO ONE OR MORE COMMUNITY SOLAR GARDENS AS DEVELOPED THROUGH THE GOVERNMENTAL SOLAR SUBSCRIBER COLLABORATIVE, BEING ISSUED BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL IN 2015. Four ayes, two nays, Commissioners DeJournett and Gibbs voted nay.
07/02/15 Park and Trail Operations Committee Page 2 5. ADJOURNMENT MOTION by Freeman, seconded by Gunyou, TO ADJOURN THE JULY 2, 2015, MEETING OF THE PARK AND TRAIL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE. The meeting was adjourned at 11:48 a.m.
PARK AND TRAIL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REQUEST FOR ACTION Meeting Date: 08/06/15 Business Item: Item Number: 4A Division: Planning, Design & Technology Originating Source: Jonathan Vlaming, Assoc. Supt. Agenda Item: Cedar Lake LRT Regional Trail Hwy 100 Bridge NO ACTION REQUIRED; THIS ITEM IS FOR INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION. The following information was prepared by Danny McCullough, Regional Trail Manager. Background: In fall of 2014, Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) began major reconstruction on Hwy 100 in the area of Minnetonka Blvd, Hwy 7, and the Cedar Lake LRT Regional Trail in St. Louis Park. Part of this reconstruction project includes the replacement of a Canadian Pacific Railroad freight bridge, The Cedar Lake LRT Regional Trail bridge, and foundation work for the future Southwest LRT Bridge over Hwy 100. The existing trail bridge over Hwy 100 is owned by Hennepin County Railroad Authority (HCRRA). In May of 2014, HCRRA and MNDOT entered into a cooperative construction agreement that, in part, requires MnDOT to provide a temporary trail bridge throughout the Hwy 100 construction project. In early July of 2015, HCRRA and the Park District were contacted by MnDOT and informed that maintaining a temporary Regional Trail bridge over Hwy 100 was no longer feasible. According to MnDOT, changes were made to the design of the Southwest LRT Bridge, and there was also a re-alignment of the freight rail bridge. These changes negatively impact their ability to maintain a temporary Regional Trail Bridge without having significant impacts on Hwy 100 traffic and adding major cost to the project. The construction team stated they would need to close the Cedar Lake LRT Regional Trail from Wooddale Avenue to Beltline Blvd. October 1 st, 2015 through May 1 st, 2016. They suggested re-routing trail traffic south of that location onto 36 th street. In late July, Three Rivers staff met with St. Louis Park engineering staff to explore possible re-route options. It was discovered that the 36 th street reroute option was not feasible due to high volume of road traffic and inadequate shoulders. However, a feasible and safe reroute was found just north of the proposed trail bridge closure (Reference 4A-1). HCRRA has requested a written summary from the contractor of the impacts to MnDOT and the project should the bridge remain open as outlined in the agreement. HCRRA can decide to waive or enforce the temporary trail crossing requirement of the agreement.
If HCRRA determines that there are significant impacts now associated with keeping the temporary trail crossing open throughout construction, Three Rivers staff recommends that HCRRA amends its agreement with MnDOT to allow for the temporary trail crossing to be closed from 10/1/15 through 5/1/16, with the following amended requirements: 1. MnDOT will work with Three Rivers and the City of St Louis Park to finalize the detour route. 2. MnDOT will take full responsibility for all construction associated with that detour. 3. MnDOT will take full responsibility of the detour signage plan, installation and maintenance of those signs. 4. Review and approval of the trail detour, related construction plans, and signage plan is required from Three Rivers and the City of St. Louis Park engineering staff. Relationship to the Vision The Request for Action supports the following goals of the Vision Plan: Inspire people to recreate Connect people to nature Collaborate across boundaries Relationship to Policy Statement The Request for Action supports the following elements of the Policy Plan: Policy IV-c: Regional Trails Policy IX-b: General Interest Recreation Activities
Temporary Detour Temporary Detour Cedar Lake LRT Regional Trail Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, USGS, Intermap, increment P Corp., NRCAN, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), Esri (Thailand), TomTom, MapmyIndia, OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community Cedar Lake LRT Regional Trail Detour/Hwy 100 0 0.1 0.2 0.4 Miles