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White Bear Lake City Council 10/28/2025

White Bear Lake City CouncilWednesday, October 29, 2025
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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

Full Document Analysis

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.

— Aaron Bllock
ParkingDiscussing current street parking near residential zones.

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.

— Aaron Bllock
Eminent DomainAddressing Council Member Edberg's concerns about non-participating landowners.

We have obligation for such as I'll bring in for example county road D intersection control. We have one leg of that intersection.

— Paul
Budget/FinanceExplaining the city's cost-share participation policy.

People (5)

PaulCity Engineer

City Engineer for White Bear Lake, facilitating project presentation.

Maddie DolimerRepresentative

Washington County representative present for project update.

Aaron BllockCivil Engineer

Washington County engineer presenting the Century Avenue project details.

2 quotes

“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 Member

Inquiring about the relationship between city/county/state jurisdictional transfers.

Council Member EdbergCouncil Member

Inquiring about project delays, eminent domain, and roundabout traffic capacity.

Places Mentioned

Century Avenue NorthInterstate 694County Road EWashington CountyRamsey CountyWhite Bear LakeMameidiState Highway 120Wildwood RoadCentury College

Events & Meetings (2)

  • October 14th: Regular City Council meeting
  • October 21st, 2025: City Council work session

Ordinances & Resolutions (2)

Resolution 1

Support for the Century Avenue North reconstruction project process and preliminary layout.

Resolution 2

Support for counties to submit applications for MnDOT Local Road Improvement Program (LRIP) funding.

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