Agenda - Council - 03/14/1989 - Closed Executive Session and Regular Meeting

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CASE ~ 7 UPDATE ON RIVER'S BEND PARK SOUTH DEVELOPMENT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 89-1 By: Merland Otto city Council approved advertising for bids on February 28, 1989 for the above referenced project. Bid ads have been published with bids to be received March 27. Council has requested that they be kept informed of the status due to the problems with DNR and Corp of Engineer permits and the County's reluctance to approve any access road other than under the bridge. I have spoken with Joe Yantas of the Corp of Engineers who is heading up the environmental review for both park improvements and the Co. 116 bridge crossing. On March 3, he informed me that they had not as yet made a formal recommendation but that they were leaning towards requiring the County to provide the City access to the south side of the park via the original proposed alignment. As an alternative, they would recommend shifting the Co. 116 alignment to the north through the currently developed park. He had not received final comments from the DNR and USFWS. ~ I spoke with him again on March 8. He informed me that final drafts of the decision documents for both the park and the bridge should be completed within a day or so. A final decision should then be rendered by the 17th. His recommendation is to deny the alternate alignment that Anoka County indicated. He has discussed this with Jon Olson at Anoka County Highway Dept. In short, plans are out for bids based on the alignment which the Corp of Engineers, USFWS and DNR have indicated they would approve. The County has not approved this alignment but may be required by the review agencies to provide.