Variances
Variance Committee meeting - Thursday, September 24, 2026 at 9 a.m.
Meeting details
Meetings are held virtually via Microsoft Teams. Presenters and those associated with a variance request are put into virtual waiting rooms until the committee is ready to hear presentations.
State Aid will monitor and provide access to each variance request presentation and, when the Variance Committee is ready, will give access to the presenter(s) and those who want to attend the variance request presentation(s).
Once a presentation is done and the committee has concluded the actions on a request, the presenters and the attendees will be dismissed from the meeting and, if any additional presentations remain, the next group of presenters will be given access for their presentation.
Those not part of the variance request presentation group(s) who wish to attend any of the variance request presentations can use the Teams meeting link and will be given access by the meeting organizer.
- Join on your computer or mobile app - click here to join the meeting
- Or call in (audio only): 651-395-7448
- Phone conference ID: 991 916 187#
Variance packets
- Variance Request 20260924-01, SAP 231-020-006 & SAP 010-610-063, City of Waconia and Carver County, CSAH 10 Resurfacing project from CSAH 10 to Somerwood Drive, is for a
- Variance from “8820.1500 CONSTRUCTION FUNDS, Subpart 12 Municipal state-aid funds; county or trunk highway projects” and “8820.2800 CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS, Subpart 2.A Eligibility for funding”.
- The request is to allow State Aid funding to be used on City of Waconia’s SAP 231-020-006 & Carver County’s SAP 010-610-063 despite bid opening prior to State Aid Engineer approval.
- Variance from “8820.1500 CONSTRUCTION FUNDS, Subpart 12 Municipal state-aid funds; county or trunk highway projects” and “8820.2800 CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS, Subpart 2.A Eligibility for funding”.
- Variance Request 20260924-02, SP 164-108-026, City of St. Paul, Minnehaha Avenue Reconstruct, from Payne Avenue (MSAS 115) to East 7th Street (MSAS 193), is for a
- Variance from 8820.9936 MINIMUM DESIGN STANDARDS, URBAN; NEW OR RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
- The request is to allow a reduced 10-foot lane width in lieu of the required minimum of 11 feet.
- Variance from 8820.9995 MINIMUM OFF-ROAD AND SHARED USE PATH STANDARDS.
- The request is to allow a reduced clear zone of 0-feet in lieu of the required minimum of 2-feet at the following locations:
- Sta. xxx+xx, offset x feet Rt
- Sta. xxx+xx, offset x feet Lt
- Etc.
- The request is to allow a reduced clear zone of 0-feet in lieu of the required minimum of 2-feet at the following locations:
- Variance from 8820.9936 MINIMUM DESIGN STANDARDS, URBAN; NEW OR RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
- Variance Request 20260924-03, SAP 188-020-034 & SAP 019-609-629, City of Lakeville and Dakota County, Dodd Boulevard (CSAH 9) Modernization Project between Kenwood Trail (CSAH 50) and 210th Street, is for a
- Variance from 8820.9995 MINIMUM OFF-ROAD AND SHARED USE PATH STANDARDS.
- The request is to allow a reduced minimum horizontal curve speed of 14 mph in lieu of the required minimum Design Speed of 20 mph at the following location:
- Sta. 58+09 to Sta. 58+64
- The request is to allow a reduced minimum horizontal curve speed of 14 mph in lieu of the required minimum Design Speed of 20 mph at the following location:
- Variance from 8820.9995 MINIMUM OFF-ROAD AND SHARED USE PATH STANDARDS.
- Tentative - Variance Request 20260924-04, SAP 194-109-002 City of Chanhassen, Pleasant View Road Rehabilitation Project between Powers Boulevard (CSAH 17) to Chanhassen Road (TH 101), is for a
- Variance from 8820.2500 MINIMUM STATE-AID STANDARDS.
- The request is to allow a reduced minimum right-of-way width of XX feet in lieu of the required minimum right-of-way width of 60 feet at the following location:
- Sta. xxx+xx to Sta. xxx+xx
- The request is to allow a reduced minimum right-of-way width of XX feet in lieu of the required minimum right-of-way width of 60 feet at the following location:
- Variance from 8820.9936 MINIMUM DESIGN STANDARDS, URBAN; NEW OR RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
- The request is to allow a reduced minimum horizontal curve speed of XX mph in lieu of the required minimum Design Speed of 30 mph at the following locations:
- Sta. xxx+xx to Sta. xxx+xx
- Sta. xxx+xx to Sta. xxx+xx
- Etc.
- The request is to allow a reduced minimum vertical curve speed of XX mph in lieu of the required minimum Design Speed of 30 mph at the following locations:
- Sta xxx+xx to Sta. xxx+xx
- Sta xxx+xx to Sta. xxx+xx
- Etc.
- The request is to allow a reduced minimum horizontal curve speed of XX mph in lieu of the required minimum Design Speed of 30 mph at the following locations:
- Variance from 8820.2500 MINIMUM STATE-AID STANDARDS.
Expenses
Currently, all variance advisory committee meetings are held online, and no travel expenses are anticipated for committee members unless you need to travel to a separate location to participate in the meeting. If you do need to travel to a different work location and as a result have an eligible expense for reimbursement, please contact Scott Smith prior to the meeting at scott.a.smith@state.mn.us.