201 SEWER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

A community meeting was held on March 20, 2024 for residents/property owners connected to the 201 Community Sewer System to review the Facility Plan by Bolton & Menk (engineers) relating to replacing the 201 system with sanitary sewer, along with discussion of the preliminary assessment numbers. Project was supported by those in attendance and has been approved by the board with public funding requests for the $21.4m estimated project cost ($11m state bonding consideration ($6.4m made it into the 2024 Bonding Bill that remains in limbo following the statutory end of the 2024 legislative session) ; $2.5m congressional consideration ($2m has been approved for the US House Appropriations Bill, with same amount supported in the US Senate); and $1.1m county investment consideration.

Late Winter 2025: The Congressional funds were stripped from the Continuing Resolution recently passed by Congress. We have reapplied for consideration for the next Congressional budget cycle. We remain hopeful that our project will be included in a Bonding Bill by the end of this MN Legislative Session (May 2025) so we may consider proceeding with the design/specs to go out for bid in 1 of 2 phases as investment is secured.

STATUS OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT TOWARDS PROPOSED PROJECT

STATE:

The 2025 MN Legislative Session and Special Session DID NOT result in funding of community projects such as ours. We have submitted our FY26 Capital Budget Requests for consideration and inclusion in the 2026 Bonding Bill. We will continue to maintain our existing system while we await public investment in our proposed wastewater rehabilitation project. Next update anticipated in Spring 2026.

FEDERAL:

We have received notice of support from all 3 - both US Senators and our Congressman - that our application has made their cut for consideration. Stay tuned as we have no set timeframe to anticipate passage by this Congress.

—> Rest assured, when public investment has been secured to the point where the project becomes feasible, proper notice will be mailed to each property owner impacted by the proposed improvement. Notice would also be published in the Waconia Patriot, providing the estimated project costs and a date for an Improvement Hearing to take public comment before voting on whether or not to proceed with the project.

ASPHALT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS

Residential Road Improvements in 2025

Construction began the first full week in May and must be completed by August 31, 2025.

Click here to see the most recent construction schedule.

Click here to see a copy of the pre-construction letter mailed in advance of construction, including contractor’s contact information in case residents need to coordinate or ask questions.

BACKGROUND:

Informational meetings were held in Spring 2024 for neighborhoods identified for improvements in 2025: Summit Place, Poppitz Lane, Rolling Meadows, and the Pierson Lake neighborhood. Notice of Public Hearing for each of these neighborhood projects was mailed to impacted property owners via USPS in addition to being published in the Waconia Patriot: Summit Place neighborhood (7/31/24); Poppitz Lane neighborhood (8/15/24); Pierson Lake neighborhood (8/21/24); Rolling Meadows neighborhood (8/22/2024). The Laketown Board of Supervisors has voted to proceed with all 4 projects and has named WSB and Associates as the project manager, ordering design specifications to be prepared for soliciting public bids this winter for construction in Summer 2025. Click here for the published Advertisement for Bids. Lowest responsible bidder was GMH Asphalt. onstruction to be completed by August 31, 2025.

Impacted property owners will receive additional notice in the mail - in addition to being published in the Waconia Patriot - when the project is complete and we have final expenses to determine final assessments - this is anticipated to be held in October 2025 with assessments being certified to Carver County in November 2025 for payments to begin in 2026.

Augusta Road (townline road) Improvements in 2024 - grant funding specific to Augusta Road improvement was awarded on April 1, 2024. Public Hearing was held June 6, 2024. Both Dahlgren and Laketown Boards unanimously approved this project on July 10, 2024. This project is anticipated to go out for public bid mid-July, to be completed by October 2024. ***Lowest responsible bid came in higher than anticipated - joint meeting of both townships was held on Thursday, September 5, 2024 at 9:00am at Laketown Town Hall to decide whether to proceed and award the bid for project in 2024. Additional LRIP grant dollars were awarded via MnDOT, and both Dahlgren and Laketown Town Boards approved awarding the contract to the lowest responsible bidder, GMH Asphalt, for construction to be completed Fall 2024. This project was completed in 2024. Final costs and Public Hearing for Assessments (impacted residents) was held June 11th at 7:00pm at the Town Hall. Impacted residents may pay their assessment in full by July 10, 2025 to avoid interest. Unpaid assessments will be certified to Carver County for a 10 year term at 5.4%

Click here for a copy of the Notice scheduled for publishing in the Waconia Patriot May 22, 2025.