04-22-14 Worksession CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
Richfield, Minnesota
#464#eed Special City Council Worksession
April 22, 2014
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Goettel at 5:45 p.m. in the Bartholomew Room.
Council Members Debbie Goettel, Mayor; Sue Sandahl; Edwina Garcia; Pat Elliott; and Tom
Present: Fitzhenry.
Staff Present: Mike Eastling, Acting City Manager; Jeff Pearson, Transportation Engineer;
and Cheryl Krumholz, Executive Coordinator.
Item # 1 DISCUSSION REGARDING CROSSTOWN GATEWAY TEXT (COUNCIL MEMO NO.
43)
Acting City Manager Eastling requested clarification on the tagline language to include on the
Crosstown Gateway monument signs to be constructed by MnDOT at the entrances to the City on
Penn, Lyndale, Nicollet and Portland Avenues. MnDOT is finalizing the plans for the project that will
be used for the construction. The conflicting language direction is between `Minnesota's First Suburb'
and The Urban Hometown'.
The City Council direction was to proceed with The Urban Hometown'.
Item #2 DISCUSSION REGARDING I-494/1-35W INTERCHANGE VISION LAYOUT
DEVELOPMENT (COUNCIL MEMO NO. 44)
Transportation Engineer Pearson stated MnDOT representatives were in attendance to
provide an update on the progress on the interchange layout development study. This is presented
for review and comment by the City Council prior to the scheduled April 28, 2014 project open house.
April Crockett, MnDOT; John Griffith, MnDOT; Jeff Rhoda, SEH (MnDOT consultant); and
Charles Carlson, Metro Transit, presented the developed concepts for the interchange and transit
way.
Special Worksession Minutes -2- April 22, 2014
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned by unanimous consent at 6:25 p.m.
Date Approved: May 13, 2014
Debbie Goettel
Mayor
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Executive Coordinator Acting ity Manager