MnDOT Review Comments
Metropolitan District
Waters Edge Building
1500 County Road B2 West
Roseville, MN 55113
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MnDOT Metropolitan District, Waters Edge Building, 1500 County Road B2 West, Roseville, MN 55113
August 8, 2025
Rachael Arsenault
Associate Planner
City of Chanhassen
7700 Market Blvd
Chanhassen, MN 55317
SUBJECT: MnDOT Review # S25-028
Minnewashta Apartments
SW Quad MN 41/Hazeltine Blvd & Donahue Drive
Chanhassen, Carver County
Dear Ms. Arsenault:
Thank you for the opportunity to review the plans for the Minnewashta Apartments. MnDOT has
reviewed the documents and has the following comments:
Surveys:
The site plan should be updated. The dimensions should be added, It appears that the site plan is
within Lot 2, block 1, Beehive Home 2nd Addition-but without dimensions is it hard to check against
MnDOT right-of-way.
Questions regarding these comments should be directed to Jordan Olson, MnDOT Surveys, at
jordan.olson@state.mn.us or telephone 651-297-1168.
Pedestrian/Bicycle:
The current plans don’t appear to show any pedestrian access.MnDOT highly encourages the
developer to consider how pedestrians can access the apartments from the existing trails along
Hazeltine Blvd.
For questions regarding these comments, contact Tristan Trejo, Metro Multimodal, at
tristan.trejo@state.mn.us.
Water Resources:
The increase in water will require a drainage permit. Any projects adjacent to MnDOT Right-of-
Way or connecting to MnDOT drainage facilities will require a MnDOT drainage permit to ensure
that current drainage rates to MnDOT right -of-way will not be increased. The drainage permit
MnDOT Metropolitan District, Waters Edge Building, 1500 County Road B2 West, Roseville, MN 55113
application, including the information below, should be submitted online to:
https://dotapp7.dot.state.mn.us/OLPA/.
The following information must be submitted with the drainage permit application:
1) A grading plan showing existing and proposed contours.
2) Drainage area maps for the proposed project showing existing and proposed drainage
areas. Any off-site areas that drain to the project area should also be included in the
drainage area maps. The direction of flow for each drainage area must be indicated by
arrows.
3) Drainage computations for pre and post construction conditions during the 2, 10, and
100 year rain events.
4) Time of concentration calculations.
5) An electronic copy of any computer modeling used for the drainage computations.
6) See also the attached Drainage Permits Checklist for more information.
Once a drainage permit application is submitted, a thorough review will be completed and
additional information may be requested.
Please direct questions concerning drainage issues to Jason Swenson, MnDOT Metro Water
Resources at (651-234-7539) or Jason.Swenson@state.mn.us.
Permits:
As mentioned above a drainage permit may be required. Any other use of, or work within or
affecting, MnDOT right of way will require a permit.
Permits can be applied for at this site: https://olpa.dot.state.mn.us/OLPA/. Please upload a copy
of this letter when applying for any permits.
Please direct questions regarding permit requirements to Buck Craig of MnDOT’s Metro Permits
Section at 651-775-0405 or Buck.Craig@state.mn.us.
Review Submittal Options
MnDOT’s goal is to complete reviews within 30 calendar days. Review materials received
electronically can be processed more rapidly. Do not submit files via a cloud service or SharePoint
link. In order of preference, review materials may be submitted as:
1. Email documents and plans to metrodevreviews.dot@state.mn.us. Attachments may not
exceed 20 MB (megabytes) per email. Documents can be zipped as well. If multiple emails
are necessary, number each email.
2. Files over 20 MB can also be uploaded to MnDOT’s Web Transfer Client site:
https://mft.dot.state.mn.us. Contact metrodevreviews.dot@state.mn.us, and staff will
create a shared folder in which files can be uploaded. Please send an accompanying email
with a narrative for the development.
MnDOT Metropolitan District, Waters Edge Building, 1500 County Road B2 West, Roseville, MN 55113
If you have any questions concerning this review, please contact me at (651) 234 -7797 or
Cameron.muhic@state.mn.us.
Sincerely,
Cameron Muhic
Principal Planner
Copy sent via E-Mail:
Buck Craig, Permits Mohammad Dehdashti, Design
Jason Swenson, Water Resources Almin Ramic, Traffic
Bryant Ficek, Area Manager Diane Langenbach, Area Engineer
Mohamoud Mire, South Area Support Michael Kowski, Maintenance
Tristan Trejo, Multimodal Amrish Patel, Transit
Douglas Nelson, Right-of-Way Jordan Olson, Surveys
Joe Widing, Metropolitan Council