[0:00] uh meeting number seven highway or the

[0:03] Vernon Avenue and Highway 100

[0:04] interchange project meeting number seven

[0:06] We are recording this Uh thank you again

[0:09] for the patience with the project

[0:11] Businesses are open and accessible

[0:14] All the normal construction stuff

[0:15] continues Dust noise vibrations Uh

[0:18] please stop for pedestrians and

[0:19] crosswalks We got some roads with higher

[0:22] traffic volumes with crosswalks Please

[0:24] be courteous to the pedestrians and to

[0:27] fellow drivers uh on these cross streets

[0:30] that are trying to get into a few of

[0:31] those roundabouts on Eaton Avenue

[0:34] Goals of the project show this every

[0:36] time uh improve safety mobility of all

[0:38] users improve traffic operations create

[0:41] separated pedestrian routes consolidate

[0:44] points then a few other uh goals there

[0:48] Project timeline is shown on the bottom

[0:52] So looking at substantial completion mid

[0:55] November We'll talk a little bit about

[0:56] schedule in a later slide here

[1:00] This is the project location Again it

[1:02] goes from just west of Interlockan

[1:03] Boulevard on Vernon to placing the

[1:06] Vernon Avenue bridge over the railroad

[1:09] consolidating and cleaning up the on

[1:10] andoff ramps of Highway 100 redoing the

[1:13] Highway 100 bridge and then tying into

[1:16] the city project just west of Graange

[1:18] Road from last year

[1:22] lots of communications We continue to

[1:24] use all these uh channels Again go to

[1:28] the better together edina.org

[1:31] backon-i100

[1:33] for all the project updates and

[1:36] materials Sign up for those email

[1:38] project updates U you'd like me to come

[1:41] speak anywhere let me know We can set up

[1:44] special meetings I've have met with

[1:46] various different business groups in the

[1:48] past and willing to do that again Uh the

[1:50] map on the bottom is where we stand

[1:53] today from a traffic control standpoint

[1:56] So that has not changed since early May

[1:59] when we initiated kind of that stage two

[2:02] traffic changes

[2:05] So today we're uh this is focusing more

[2:07] on the uh interlock and Vernon

[2:09] intersection It is free flowing They've

[2:11] did some work here last week to remove

[2:13] the median and pave it for earlier this

[2:16] week It is still free flowing you're

[2:18] just going to see traffic lanes being

[2:20] moved and adjusted so they can do

[2:23] underground utility work storm sewer

[2:25] pipes um and stuff like that that

[2:27] underground in the need room to do some

[2:29] trenching and excavation to install

[2:32] pipes So this is still going to be open

[2:34] It'll just be shifted Again Gus Young

[2:36] Lane is closed at Adina Liquor Store Um

[2:39] there will be work in front of the Adina

[2:42] liquor store starting on Monday next

[2:46] week Monday June 30th in that circled

[2:48] area We're redoing all the sidewalks the

[2:51] front entrance making that ADA compliant

[2:53] That will impact the parking lot

[2:56] landscaping the sidewalks that are there

[2:57] today So that work is starting next week

[3:01] and we're going to wrap that up so we

[3:03] can reopen the store in a few weeks So

[3:06] just note that that store is going to be

[3:07] closed starting Monday Please visit the

[3:09] other AD liquor stores in town

[3:14] Uh I'm going to make you aware of some

[3:15] some issues we're seeing with the west

[3:19] support of the Vernon Avenue bridge So

[3:21] this is the support that's uh near

[3:23] Holiday near the Adina liquor store Um

[3:27] in that green circle is an Excel power

[3:29] line It was horizontally and vertically

[3:32] different than what Asbuilts had shown

[3:36] And this picture shows it got hit and it

[3:39] was re repaired right after the hit but

[3:42] it's still in the railroad right away

[3:46] There's an old 1968 agreement for an

[3:48] aerial line between those two parties It

[3:51] does not cover this line

[3:54] Both agencies are talking but they both

[3:56] are requiring permits new agreements

[3:59] Whether that's a temporary move of that

[4:01] line making it deeper moving around it

[4:04] getting it out of the rightway doesn't

[4:06] matter Temporary or permanent permits

[4:09] and agreements are needed from both

[4:11] Excel Energy and CPKC Rail to adjust

[4:15] that line

[4:17] This is a major concern from the project

[4:20] schedule standpoint Um

[4:23] it has delayed construction operations

[4:26] and it could make some major change

[4:29] major delays if if something isn't

[4:32] addressed in the next few weeks Uh there

[4:34] won't be the ability to kind of catch up

[4:36] of some time of some construction

[4:39] operations that were supposed to be

[4:40] occurring now So Edina Hannipan County

[4:43] and Mindot all the project teams as

[4:46] construction we have no control over

[4:47] these two agencies They are working

[4:50] They're talking That's good Um but their

[4:53] time frames to get this all approved is

[4:56] kind of unknown at this point So we are

[4:59] pushing on a pretty much daily basis to

[5:01] get this stuff done so we can get the

[5:04] thing moved and continue operations on

[5:06] this west bridge support Um like I

[5:09] mentioned we have a few weeks to figure

[5:11] this out and before some major impacts

[5:14] to the schedule could occur

[5:17] Another thing that's likely to change

[5:19] pretty soon So we knew we had to close

[5:21] ramps at some point within the project

[5:24] Um so there's some preliminary

[5:25] discussions on schedule for when we want

[5:28] to do the ramp work When should we start

[5:31] implementing this ramp work shown in the

[5:34] yellow and that would close those ramps

[5:37] Um there may be different schedules for

[5:40] the east ramps on the city hall side

[5:42] versus the west ramps on the Devon or

[5:46] Holiday side So those schedules are

[5:48] still being developed by the contractor

[5:52] Could be as soon as mid July So two

[5:54] three weeks roughly Uh we'll know more

[5:57] next week And once we know more and have

[6:00] some more set dates we'll start creating

[6:04] the maps creating outreach

[6:06] communications all the stuff we did with

[6:08] the stage two traffic changes

[6:11] If the ramps on the east side are closed

[6:15] that would also be the opportunity to

[6:16] build that noise wall that goes on along

[6:20] that northbound Highway 100 on-ramp So I

[6:23] know the residents in that area are very

[6:24] interested about that noise wall So once

[6:27] we can confirm dates we will reach out

[6:29] to those individual properties there on

[6:32] Sunny Slope Road West

[6:36] and there will be detour modifications

[6:39] right with these closures Um we'll

[6:42] update those detours There may be some

[6:45] tweaks to the detours that were in the

[6:47] original plans Uh we've learned some

[6:49] things so we'll be making some

[6:50] modifications to those We want to keep

[6:53] the project moving So this is another

[6:54] way to continue building as much as we

[6:57] can now Um and it was going to happen at

[7:00] some point So we may start to look at

[7:02] this mid July So more to come on

[7:04] potential traffic changes coming soon

[7:07] And then some pictures We share pictures

[7:09] every every other week because you can't

[7:11] get down here to get these pictures So

[7:13] Dererick's been taking some great

[7:14] pictures Uh the picture on the left

[7:18] you're on the east side of the highway

[7:20] City Hall is kind of behind you or the

[7:21] Graange Historic Buildings are behind

[7:23] you So that's the supports starting to

[7:25] get ready to pour concrete for the east

[7:28] bridge supports You can see the median

[7:30] supports are going up and then across is

[7:33] the west side Bottom right hand corner

[7:35] is a closeup of that median work uh

[7:38] that's happening uh some during the day

[7:41] some with some lane closures during the

[7:42] day between certain hours mostly pouring

[7:46] concrete at night and build that median

[7:49] center supports for the bridge

[7:52] Then here's a closeup of the forms and

[7:54] and some concrete that has been poured

[7:56] on the west side for that high under

[7:59] bridge

[8:03] And here's what that looks like when

[8:04] they do that work So they got concrete

[8:06] trucks parked at top a big concrete

[8:07] pumper truck The picture on the left

[8:10] shows kind of that full picture The one

[8:12] on the right Zooming in on that pumper

[8:15] truck arm that's supplying the concrete

[8:18] into the big forms for the bridge You

[8:21] can see the scale with a few worker AIM

[8:24] employees there uh within those areas

[8:29] Switching to the other bridge uh the

[8:32] Vernon Avenue over the rail bridge So

[8:34] we're looking at Devani's on the right

[8:36] hand side looking east This was a

[8:39] picture I shared two weeks ago of that

[8:41] area where they started to put in the

[8:43] supports to protect that building That

[8:46] was two weeks ago Picture on the right

[8:49] is today or yesterday So you can see the

[8:53] supports the lagging to support the soil

[8:55] for the building Devonti's building and

[8:57] then the forms for the big spread

[9:00] footing for that new bridge on the east

[9:01] side So you can see that work starting

[9:05] on the east side of this Vernon Avenue

[9:06] bridge

[9:08] Here's that same thing but looking west

[9:10] So you can see the holiday sign in the

[9:13] background So that's gives you a scale

[9:16] with those three employees walking in

[9:18] that area of the size of the foundation

[9:20] for the bridge Vernon Avenue Bridge on

[9:22] the east side You look across the tracks

[9:25] We would like to see the same forms on

[9:27] the other side of the tracks but it's

[9:30] not there because of that Excel power

[9:32] line that's causing some issues with

[9:35] operations on the west side So if we

[9:38] were going to plan this we would have

[9:39] wanted both those being happening at the

[9:41] same time That side is in that uh

[9:44] holding pattern until XL Energy and CPKC

[9:47] Rail can figure out the permits and

[9:48] agreements

[9:51] And then again this is some renderings

[9:53] of the finished product of the Highway

[9:54] 100 bridge On the left is up at the

[9:57] bridge looking west with the big wide

[9:59] sidewalks additional turn lanes

[10:02] railings push buttons for the

[10:04] pedestrians and then on the right hand

[10:06] side is a view from the highway itself

[10:09] going northbound

[10:14] So with that I'd be happy to take any

[10:16] questions either in the chat or Yeah I

[10:20] think we can only do the chat So if you

[10:22] got questions put them in the chat and

[10:24] we'll read those off

[10:26] as they pop up

[10:29] Any questions

[10:33] chad could you say a little bit more

[10:34] about the um power line that was in the

[10:36] wrong spot like for example is there any

[10:39] disruption to the businesses

[10:42] the street lights or the you know the uh

[10:44] traffic signals or to the neighbors

yeah

[10:47] great question So it was hit So when it

[10:50] was hit there was uh Excel has a

[10:52] redundant system So the down time was

[10:55] was short They could supply power from

[10:58] other directions and then they came in

[11:00] immediately and have patched that back

[11:02] together So that that line is operating

[11:05] Um we're at peak demand right 90 90

[11:08] degree weather last week Um this line is

[11:11] needed to supply power within the in

[11:14] this district for all the agencies and

[11:16] people you just mentioned So um it was a

[11:19] short time outage Um and now when they

[11:22] do the tie over or the temporary

[11:26] solution or the permanent solution

[11:28] they'll again work with Excel on um how

[11:32] that operates with their needs for power

[11:34] in the area at this time of year We

[11:37] don't want to shut power off to anybody

[11:38] I guess is what I'm saying

[11:42] Uh there was a question in

[11:47] the chat Will there be a gap between the

[11:50] old wall by the Hawthorne condos and the

[11:53] new wall going up on Hawthorne Court uh

[11:57] no The old wall the new wall they're

[11:58] going to connect to each other at the

[12:00] point where it was removed So that'll be

[12:02] all connected when complete Be one

[12:04] continuous noise wall again after the

[12:06] project

[12:09] And another question I have a question I

[12:11] have a OG student

[12:14] With the project increasing traffic how

[12:16] will this project affect drive times and

[12:18] safety to the school yeah we saw that

[12:21] happen in in May um when school is when

[12:26] kids are getting dropped off for school

[12:28] or the buses are trying to enter that

[12:30] site or at pickup time So morning and

[12:32] afternoon uh it's a mess Uh Eden Avenue

[12:36] is doing a good job with normal traffic

[12:38] operations when the push for students in

[12:40] the school in the morning and PM happen

[12:43] Um I would say give yourself extra time

[12:46] You you need extra time to get in and

[12:48] out of that school campus

[12:52] to drop kids off pick up kids whatever

[12:54] you need to do with your student at OOLG

[12:56] So uh that'll be more in the fall when

[12:59] when you have to do that

[13:02] Great question

[13:06] Other questions

[13:11] again appreciate everybody for waiting

[13:13] Sorry I was late uh to kick this off

[13:15] this time

[13:18] Again my information is on the Better

[13:19] Together Dina website if you got

[13:21] specific questions Call me email

[13:25] whatever you need in regards to this

[13:27] project

[13:29] Uh will they work Saturdays all through

[13:31] the project

[13:33] um they're allowed to work Saturdays

[13:35] That's really a contractor question I'm

[13:36] I'm not sure if they plan to do it every

[13:38] Saturday or not Um

[13:43] that's really up to them They're allowed

[13:44] to do that So

[13:46] can't answer if they plan to do that

[13:48] through the entire project or not

[13:51] Uh will the school will the project be

[13:53] completed by the start of school no Uh

[13:56] the completion date that was in the bid

[13:58] documents was November 15 2025

[14:02] Um so that's the date right now as we

[14:04] know it and if anything changes we'll

[14:07] communicate that out I mentioned the one

[14:09] thing that's concerning of the project

[14:11] team at this point is that Excel Energy

[14:13] Line and how that may or may not in fact

[14:16] impact the schedule but no the project

[14:19] will not be done by the time school

[14:23] starts

[14:24] Again I'm available if other questions

[14:26] come up If not we'll see some people in

[14:30] two weeks

[14:32] Thanks everybody Appreciate it Again the

[14:35] patience why I signed on late today