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St. Peter orders feasibility report for Minnesota Avenue; assessments could reach $12,000–$15,000
Summary
The council approved hiring Bolton and Menk to prepare a feasibility report and assessment roll for Minnesota Avenue improvements tied to MnDOT’s 2027 Trunk Highway 169 reconstruction. Staff flagged a nearly century‑old vitrified clay sanitary sewer and said per‑parcel assessments could be roughly $12,000–$15,000.
St. Peter’s City Council voted June 9 to hire Bolton and Menk, Inc. to prepare a preliminary engineering (feasibility) report and an assessment roll for proposed improvements to Minnesota Avenue between Chestnut Street and Union Street, work timed to MnDOT’s planned Trunk Highway 169 reconstruction in 2027.
City engineer Jeff Dmerris told the council the city is considering replacing a vitrified‑clay sanitary sewer that dates to the 1930s and 1940s because it allows ingress of groundwater and contributes to unnecessary treatment at the wastewater plant. “It’s a pipe that was installed originally in the 1930s and 1940s … almost 100 years old already,” Dmerris said. Staff recommended assessing sanitary sewer, curb, gutter and sidewalk improvements as part of the project.
Council members pressed for details on scope and cost. Staff said the feasibility report will analyze cost‑effectiveness and produce parcel‑level assessment estimates; early planning estimates, guided by the council’s assessment policy, put maximum individual assessments in the $12,000–$15,000 range, with variation based on private‑property work. The staff presentation said the sanitary sewer would be replaced with gasketed PVC pipe and that water mains installed in 2009 generally would not be replaced.
By approving the feasibility report, the council directed staff to return with engineering findings, cost estimates, and a proposed assessment roll the council can consider before moving to construction. The council approved the resolution by roll call vote.
