City Council Minutes 05-08-2000 Informational MeetingMINUTES
INFORMATIONAL MEETING - MONTICELLO CITY COUNCIL
Monday, May 8, 2000 - 6:30 p.m.
Members Present: Roger Belsaas, Roger Carlson, Clint Herbst, Brian Stumpf
and Bruce Thielen.
Members Absent: None
Mayor Belsaas opened the informational meeting. John Simola, Public Works Director, and Virgil
Hawkins, Assistant Wright County Engineer, explained the proposed layout for the left turn lanes
for CSAR 75 at TH 25. John Simola noted that the proposal tried to keep existing parking and yet stay
within the given roadway The project is proposed to be a joint venture between the City of Monticello,
Wright County and the State of Minnesota. According to John Simola, MnDOT will install the left
turn signals, install lane designations on the signal arms and determine the stacking length for the left
turn lanes. The County will do the striping, reinstall the signs and prepare the traffic control plan and
prepare final plans. The City would prepare the cost estimate and the project specifications, obtain cost
proposals, let the contract, provide construction inspection and coordinate the project.
The Council had a number of questions including whether there was adequate turning room for the
truck traffic making right turns onto TH 25, whether traffic could still make right turns on the red light
and the length of the median. The various options that had been looked at such as, removal of parking
on the street, were reviewed. Clint Herbst suggested rather than incurring costs now for the left turn
lanes, the City should look at just recalibrating the signals to allow alternating movement of the east
and west bound traffic. If that did not adequately handle the problem, then the City could look at
construction of the left turn lanes. John Simola and Virgil Hawkins felt there would be some reluctance
by the state to consider this suggestion. There was also discussion on how future construction of the
loop ramp and 7t" Street would impact the traffic on CSAH 75 and TH 25.
There were no comments on the proposal from those in attendance. The informational meeting was
closed to conduct the regular City Council meeting.
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