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Work Session Minutes
August 24, 2015
Present: City Council Members Larson, Donnelly, Pitcher, Bonar and Bartholomay
City Administrator David McKnight
City Engineer Kevin Schorzman
School Board Members Jake Cordes, Steve Corarro and Melisa Sauser
Superintendent Jay Haugen
Mayor Larson called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
Councilmember Pitcher made a motion to adopt the agenda, seconded by Councilmember
Donnelly. The motion was approved 5-0.
195th Street Project Update
City Engineer Schorzman presented an update on the 195th Street project as of Monday, August
24, 2015.
Stage 1-Akin Road to Diamond Path
Akin Road, and the section of 195th Street from Akin Road to Diamond Path opened to traffic on
Friday afternoon. This includes the new entrance to Akin Road Elementary as well as the new
parking area to the north of the school.
Stage 2- Eureka Avenue to Flagstaff Avenue
We are still anticipating that Flagstaff Avenue, as well as 195th Street from Flagstaff Avenue to
and including the intersection of Everest Path will be open to traffic prior to the start of
school. The road may or may not have the final lift of asphalt on it, but it will be open from
Everest Path west. As of today, Flagstaff Avenue as well as 195th Street from Flagstaff Avenue
just east of the entrance to Meadowview Elementary had curb and gutter as well as the first two
lifts of asphalt on it. This morning,the contractor began working on the curb from Meadowview
to Everest Path. It is anticipated that by the end of the day, all of the curb will be in in this
section of Stage 2.
Work on the trails and other work outside the roadway will continue, if it is not done by the time
the road opens prior to the start of school, until it is complete.
Stage 3-Pilot Knob Road and 195th between Eureka Avenue and English Avenue
We are currently anticipating that Pilot Knob Road and 195th in this area will be closed early on
September 8, 2015, to begin construction on this phase.
As it sits right now, we anticipate that the project will be complete this year as planned. There
will be minor clean-up work, seeding, and other items outside of the roadway that will happen
next year, but the roadway should be open this fall.
The outlook for the opening of Stage 2 to traffic and the closures associated with Stage 3 have
been communicated to the bus company so that they can make any final adjustments to their
routing.
The city council and school board members asked a number of questions in regards to the
project. City staff will continue to share updates with school staff that can be shared with the
school board and residents. Councilmember Bonar asked city staff to share this positive news
with the media and on city social media outlets.
City Engineer Schorzman updated the city council on the Henderson project and informed them
that the final lift of asphalt will be completed around October 1, 2015 in conjunction with the
195th Street project since we are using the same contractor for both projects.
City Administrator Update
City Administrator McKnight provided the city council with updates on the city liquor stores and a
few resident concerns expressed recently.
In addition, McKnight shared that the summary of his performance review will be included on the
September 8, 2015 city council agenda. Since this was a special work session and action is
required on his performance evaluation it was thought it would be best to be on a regular city
council agenda.
With there being no further business Councilmember Bartholomay made a motion to adjourn the
meeting at 6:24 p.m. that was seconded by Councilmember Pitcher. The motion was approved
5-0.