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Minnetrista council approves amendment for water treatment plant design after neighborhood‑driven redesign and debate over consultant fees
Summary
Council approved an amendment to A to S task order #11 for water treatment plant design after staff and A to S explained a site redesign prompted by neighborhood concerns, discussed added consultant hours held pending contract authorization (~$149,000), and described bid alternates for architectural and clearwell options.
Aaron Balmer of A to S presented an amendment request to task order #11 for design and bidding of Minnetrista’s new water treatment plant, describing a redesign the firm made after resident feedback about an originally proposed driveway through a wooded easement.
Balmer said the redesign reroutes access away from the wooded easement, consolidates two stormwater ponds into one, reuses excavated material on‑site to form a screening berm, adds landscape screening and reduces the overall site footprint. He told council the configuration should reduce long‑term city…
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