8.d Engineering Updates_5-21-19
City of Scandia
Engineering Updates 5/21/2019
Engineering italics = old information
• Comprehensive Plan Update
We had multiple calls with Met Council staff to discuss their comments and
information requirements. Supplemental material was formally submitted to the
Met Council on May 13, 2019.
Once the plan has been determined to be complete, it will proceed through the Met
Council committee process. The status of the plan can be tracked on the Scandia
Community Page on the Met Council website at
https://lphonline.metc.state.mn.us/CommPage?ctu=2396548&applicant=Scandia
• 2018 Street Project
Weekly/current construction updates are posted on the City’s website, link is: “2018 Street
Improvements Projects”
Record plans have been completed and final copies submitted to Public Works.
Contractor has been working on punch list items and reseeding areas where turf
has not been established.
• Miscellaneous
Gateway State Trail Extension
• Specific Property owner meetings have been held on 10/31/18 and 11/14/18, ongoing
coordination has continued to occur.
• All wetland & preliminary field survey work has been completed including completion of the
wetland delineation report. TEP meeting was held on 11/30/18.
• Attended a Technical Design meeting with the DNR & City Staff on 12/19/18 to discuss
project constraints along CR 52, thus a meeting with the County has been scheduled for
1/11/2019 to presents options.
• Public Open House held on March 19, 2019 was well attended and a lot of support for the
project was shown. Inquires of concerns were addressed by the DNR along with a lot of
long-term planning questions were received.
• DNR, Washington County, Design Staff met on April 9, 2019 to discuss what Washington
County will require where the proposed trail runs adjacent to County Road 52. These
requirements will be a significant amount of work scope change so we need work through
with the DNR on who will be completing what tasks prior to proceeding.
• Working on final plans and specifications for the section of trail from
Meister’s to County Road 52.
Bliss Addition Stormwater Planning
• Includes 190th Street N, 189th Street N, Layton Ave and Larksupur Ave N circle area.
• Public Outreach meeting being held at City Hall with the adjacent property owners prior to
the City Council meeting, on April 16, 2019, from 5:30pm – 6:30pm.
• Topographic survey is underway. Upon completion, the current drainage
conditions will be analyzed and solutions developed to improve drainage
and water quality to Big Marine Lake.
Bliss Drainfield System
• Been working on gathering information and will start to review results so the Nitrogen
Mitigation Plan can be prepared for MPCA approval within on year of permit issuance.
• Waiting to hear results of discussion between the City and MPCA about the
possibility of drilling a new monitoring well to replace GW004. The nitrogen
memo and application renewal of the permit is due 180 days prior to the
permit expiration which is September 2019, existing permit expiration date
is in February 2020.
• Will be moving forward to complete some testing on the sand filters.
Bliss Control Panels
• Quote package is in the process of being prepared, however waiting to
obtain some field information prior to finishing. Plan to send out to
Contractors in May or early June. Also looking into the costs to complete a
radio SCADA telemetry study, once costs are estimated separate discussion
will be held with the City.
Community Water Study (Fire Station Area)
• Just recently received the go-ahead, future updates will include more
details.
• Information has been requested from the City that is related to the existing
well, gathering that information for review.
Capital Improvement Plan
• Completed a road tour with Public Works on March 29, 2019 to review roadways for
consideration for the planned 2020 Street Improvement Project. Process of preparing cost
estimates of road segment candidates for future discussions at Capital Improvement
Committee Meetings.
• Attended the May 15, 2019 Capital Improvement Plan Committee and
presented 5-year road improvement plan and provided updates/information
for both the Bliss System and the Anderson-Erickson System.