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City of Oak Park Heights
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September 21`1, 2018
TO: ,Mayor and City Council v-m rs1367-1
FROM: Eric Johnson, City min trat
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RE: Worksession—9/2./18
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Two Items for a Worksession —perhaps •lowi . e 9/25/18 City Council Meeting —No action is anticipated to be
needed.
1. Please see the enclosed letter from MNDOT relating to their pending GRANT AWARD to the City of$544,000
for the Norell Ave/Frontage Road re-alignment plans.Staff would like to discuss with the Council some of the
related issues with grant acceptance, process, etc. STANTEC will have a person knowledgeable about the
application and Agreement formats available at the meeting, possibly Kevin Hoglund; however, Lee Mann
cannot attend. Staff will also provide an update on the discussions to date with Wal-Mart and Cushman-
Wakefield that manages the Kohl's development site.
2.) Staff would like to provide an update of the Madison Hospitality Group(MHG); Essentially,we plan to brief the
Council on the conversations MHG has had with the Brown's Creek Watershed and their process. Recall, the
City is the fee owner and has an additional interest in the BCWD proceedings.From what we know at this time,
the MHG has been deemed"complete";with a hearing now planned for October 10th.
There are two key issues to update the Council on:
1. BCWD has suggested that MHG does not have a dear right to drain water to the adjacent pond.
2 Conflicts related to volume of water to such pond area.
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