White Bear Lake City Council 10/28/2025
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Approval of minutes for October 14th and October 21st, 2025
Adoption of the council agenda
Approval of consent agenda
Century Avenue North reconstruction project update
Resolutions of support for Century Avenue North project
Application for Local Road Improvement Program (LRIP) funding
Discussion of jurisdictional transfer from MnDOT to counties
Review of property acquisition and right-of-way process
Evaluation of construction schedule shifts to 2028
Analysis of roundabout feasibility at Century and County Road E
Areas of Interest (5)
- Controversy regarding removal of street parking to minimize private property acquisition costs.
- Potential for project construction delay from 2027 to 2028 causing budgetary uncertainty due to inflation.
- Significant reliance on 'turnback funds' and uncertainty regarding future right-of-way acquisition costs (estimated $500k to $1M).
- Technical skepticism from council regarding the effectiveness of a new roundabout at a high-traffic intersection.
- The ongoing jurisdictional transfer of Century Avenue from state to county control and its impact on long-term maintenance costs.
Notable Quotes (3)
The current configuration in today's condition in the residential section is a parking lane on the White Bear Lake western side of the road.
If we were to have to go down the path of eminent domain... there are a lot of steps and like you said a lot of it that you can work through.
We have obligation for such as I'll bring in for example county road D intersection control. We have one leg of that intersection.
People (5)
PaulCity EngineerCity Engineer for White Bear Lake, facilitating project presentation.
City Engineer for White Bear Lake, facilitating project presentation.
Maddie DolimerRepresentativeWashington County representative present for project update.
Washington County representative present for project update.
Aaron BllockCivil EngineerWashington County engineer presenting the Century Avenue project details.
2 quotes
Washington County engineer presenting the Century Avenue project details.
“The project area is shown in orange on the slide.”
Explaining the project boundary during the presentation.
“Our team's recommendation was ultimately to remove the dedicated street parking lane to minimize permanent private property acquisitions.”
Explaining the decision to remove parking near Century College.
Council Member WestCouncil MemberInquiring about the relationship between city/county/state jurisdictional transfers.
Inquiring about the relationship between city/county/state jurisdictional transfers.
Council Member EdbergCouncil MemberInquiring about project delays, eminent domain, and roundabout traffic capacity.
Inquiring about project delays, eminent domain, and roundabout traffic capacity.
Places Mentioned
Events & Meetings (2)
- October 14th: Regular City Council meeting
- October 21st, 2025: City Council work session
Ordinances & Resolutions (2)
Support for the Century Avenue North reconstruction project process and preliminary layout.
Support for counties to submit applications for MnDOT Local Road Improvement Program (LRIP) funding.