Chair: Kevin Anderson, District 7  
ViceChair: Marion Greene, District 3  
Members: Jeff Lunde, District 1  
Irene Fernando, District 2  
Angela Conley, District 4  
COMMITTEE MINUTES  
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE  
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2023  
1:30 PM  
Debbie Goettel, District 5  
Vacant, District 6  
Commissioner Anderson, Chair, called the meeting of the Public Works Committe for  
Tuesday, November 13, 2023 to order at 3:54 p.m.  
Kevin Anderson, Marion Greene, Irene Fernando, Debbie Goettel and Jeff Lunde  
Angela Conley  
Present:  
Absent:  
1.  
Minutes from Previous Meeting  
1.A. October 31, 2023 Public Works minutes  
APPROVE  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved, seconded by Commissioner Irene  
Fernando, to approve the Minutes.  
Commissioner Anderson, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Goettel and Commissioner Lunde  
Aye:  
Commissioner Conley  
Absent:  
2.  
New Business  
Routine Items  
2.A.  
23-0456  
JPA Agmt A2311973 with MPCA for hazardous waste inspections and enforcement,  
01/01/24-12/31/28  
CONSENT  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved, seconded by Commissioner Debbie  
Goettel, to approve the Resolution.  
Commissioner Anderson, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Goettel and Commissioner Lunde  
Aye:  
Commissioner Conley  
Absent:  
23-0457  
2.B.  
Delegate authority to County Administrator to prepare and post guidelines for using Soil  
and Water Conservation Aid  
CONSENT  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved, seconded by Commissioner Debbie  
Goettel, to approve the Resolution.  
Commissioner Anderson, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Goettel and Commissioner Lunde  
Aye:  
Commissioner Conley  
Absent:  
23-0458  
2.C.  
Neg Agmt PW 48-73-23 with Wright County for maintenance of three bridges spanning  
the Crow River, 01/01/24-12/31/28, est annual (recv $2,000)  
CONSENT  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved, seconded by Commissioner Debbie  
Goettel, to approve the Resolution.  
Commissioner Anderson, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Goettel and Commissioner Lunde  
Aye:  
Commissioner Conley  
Absent:  
23-0459  
2.D.  
Neg Agmt PW 55-08-23 with Orono and Long Lake for CSAH 112 reconstruction, CP  
2091103; est county cost $11,386,596 State Turnback Funds; est (recv $429,711)  
CONSENT  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved, seconded by Commissioner Debbie  
Goettel, to approve the Resolution.  
Commissioner Anderson, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Goettel and Commissioner Lunde  
Aye:  
Commissioner Conley  
Absent:  
23-0460  
2.E.  
Neg Agmt PW 56-40-23 related to MnDOT’s CSAH 3 at TH 55 Interchange  
Reconstruction Project (CP 2155002); est county cost: $2,900,000 state aid  
CONSENT  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved, seconded by Commissioner Debbie  
Goettel, to approve the Resolution.  
Commissioner Anderson, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Goettel and Commissioner Lunde  
Aye:  
Commissioner Conley  
Absent:  
23-0461  
2.F.  
Neg Sub Funding Agmt A2311981 with Metropolitan Council for inspection services for  
METRO Green Line Extension LRT Project, 01/01/24-12/31/24, est recv $172,000  
CONSENT  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved, seconded by Commissioner Debbie  
Goettel, to approve the Resolution.  
Commissioner Anderson, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Goettel and Commissioner Lunde  
Aye:  
Commissioner Conley  
Absent:  
23-0462  
2.G.  
Neg Subordinate Funding Agreement A2311982 with Metropolitan Council for project  
staff services for the METRO Blue Line Extension Light Rail Transit Project,  
01/01/24-12/31/24, est rev $868,290  
CONSENT  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved, seconded by Commissioner Debbie  
Goettel, to approve the Resolution.  
Commissioner Anderson, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Goettel and Commissioner Lunde  
Aye:  
Commissioner Conley  
Absent:  
23-0463  
2.H.  
Various agmts related to accessibility and safety improvements on various county  
roadways along METRO E Line (CP 2202300); right of way acquisition; est county cost:  
$2,000,000 federal funds, $3,019,106 state aid; est (recv -$1,325,893)  
CONSENT  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved, seconded by Commissioner Debbie  
Goettel, to approve the Resolution.  
Commissioner Anderson, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Goettel and Commissioner Lunde  
Aye:  
Commissioner Conley  
Absent:  
23-0464  
2.I.  
Agmt A2312008 with the U.S. EPA accepting a Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund grant,  
10/01/23-09/30/28, $3,000,000 (recv); Agmt A2312007 with the U.S. EPA establishing  
uses of loan repayment funds, DOE-09/30/27 $2,500,000 (est recv)  
CONSENT  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved, seconded by Commissioner Debbie  
Goettel, to approve the Resolution.  
Commissioner Anderson, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Goettel and Commissioner Lunde  
Aye:  
Commissioner Conley  
Absent:  
There being no further business, the Public Works Committee for November 14, 2023  
was declared adjourned at 4:05 p.m.  
Karen L Keller, Deputy Clerk to the County Board