HomeMy WebLinkAboutweekly Notes- September 3rd 2021 - reduce (002) CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS—WEEKLY NOTES for: September 3rd,2021
• TO: City Council Members& Staff
'WhIl'' FROM: Eric Johnson City Administrator
Zoning&Development Items:
1. No new applications have been received-, however enclosed are some submitted layouts
for the STARBUCKS parking lot corrections.Any option would probably be an improvement
-however Staff will review and comment back to them. Image from Today....
2. The City has reached
out to the property
owners at 5944 & _
t ,
5948 Oakgreen Ave.
related to foundation '
repair work– seeking
the cause of the water
intrusion. This could
impact other
properties in this
townhome
a
association.
3. Staff understands that the former KFC/A&W may be under contract to be sold to a catering
outfit based out of Oakdale. The concept is to utilize '/z of the space for their cooking /
staging and the other for receiving clients and showroom. We have not yet seen anything
formal but did discuss with the real estate agent.
4. Xcel Energy is proceeding with its SHIELD WIRE replacement–Can one imagine being in
this BUCKET TRUCK!! 4 Z
COVID-19 Matters:
• This is the Governor's- PORTAL https://mn.gov/covidl9–Many documents/ Exec. Orders can be found. Washington County has initiated a
County Dashboard containing more localized COVID-19 Impacts and rates LINK-»HERE.
Other Items: Subd.5h. Speed limits on city streets. A city may establish speed limits for city streets under the citv's jurisdiction
other than the limits provided in subdivision 2 without conducting an engineering and traffic investigation.This
subdivision does not apply to to«u roads;county highways,or trunk highways in the city.A city that establishes speed
• Lookout Trail has been paved—BASE limits pursuant to this section must implement speed limit changes in a consistent and understandable manner.The city
must erect appropriate signs to display the speed limit.A city that uses the authority under this subdivision must develop
COURSE. Looks very nice. Enclosed in this
procedures to set speed limits based on the ciri's safety,engineering:and traffic analysis.At a minimum;the safety
weeks neighborhood update from engineering,and traffic analysis must consider national urban speed limit guidance and studies..local traffic crashes,and
STANETC. The City will need to consider methods to effectively communicate the change to the public.
SPEED LIMIT signs and the City may have
some latitude to set these http://www.dot.state.mn.us/speed/ under MN STATE 169.14 5h–(a 2019 Statute change).
• If Washington County is instead going to use ARPA funds for any form of assistance to Stillwater(or other cities)for given public utility projects–
versus an ABATEMENT–I guess it would be reasonable to know how much funding would be available to cities and what are the parameters or
process.Certainly,OPH may also have some needs of the$50 million given to the County,see the enclosed inquiry to the County.
• The enclosed flyer from the School District was handed out at the City Council meeting on 8/31;however, I have attached it here again. It relates
to their"PR"effort on their upcoming referenda.
• On Sept 10th,in the afternoon-2pm to 4pm-Boutwell's Landing will be hosting a community event–perhaps similar to a"party in the park".The City
will have a booth–this will be located in their south parking lot to the main building.
Mayor McComber Provided
1. The City of Prior Lake sent a thank you regarding the Mayor's support(against)possible legislation that would have pre-empted some local zoning
controls.
2. Information on the Minnesota Main Street COVID Relief Grants/ is enclosed. "Weekly Notes"is an internal/inter departmental memo
3. Youth service Bureau Newsletter for–Sept 2021 limited in scope to share brief updates and information among
4. Information on Chamber of Commerce's–Toast&Topics Event for 9/14/21 city Departments,City Consultants and Elected officials
5. NLC Update for 9/1/21 regarding various topics.
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