Carver County reviews draft master plan for Cologne public works site tied to County Road 212 project

At a Carver County Board work session, county staff presented a draft master plan for the county public works headquarters in Cologne that anticipates changes triggered by the County Road 212 project and outlines near- and long-term options for site security, circulation and future buildings.

The plan, introduced by Nick Kictavy, assistant county administrator, lays out a new entrance alignment driven by the County Road 212 project and shows areas where excess soil could be used for berming, screening and limited regrading. "Again, I'm Nick Kictavy, the assistant county administrator, here to talk about our public worksite planning process," Kictavy told the commissioners. Architect John McNamara of Wold Architects described layouts that retain existing tanks but relocate the fuel island and reconfigure circulation.

The project context and why it matters

County staff said the County Road 212 realignment will shift the site entrance and create excess soils that could be reused on the public works property. That change, staff said, makes it timely to update the site's conditional use permit so the county does not repeatedly seek approvals if it later adds buildings, berms or fencing. "This doesn't suggest that we're relocating the, tanks themselves. They're in good shape and can stay where they are," McNamara said when describing a proposed 30-foot shift of the fuel island to permit…