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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION April 4, 2016 DRAFT 3 91 3. Stormwater Re-Use Feasibility Study - City Engineer Hankee explained that the 92 report has been presented to the Environmental Board who generally encourages as much 93 re-use as possible. She introduced Erin Heydinger of WSB & Associates who has been 94 working on the report. Ms. Heydinger reviewed the reasoning for looking at water re-use 95 in the Mattamy development, noting conservation and reducing use of ground water. She 96 also explained the benefit to the developer in storm water management. The report 97 studied three options: 1) irrigating the park and berm; 2) irrigating the park and berm as 98 well as the townhomes; and 3) irrigating the entire development area. They studied how 99 much water could be available and found there would be enough water for options one 100 and two and only enough for option three if irrigation didn’t occur on a daily basis. Costs 101 for the options were then reviewed. Staff is recommending option two and that it be 102 paid for through the surface water management funds, and that amount be based on the 103 amount of water anticipated to be saved per homeowner (forty percent). Ms. Heydinger 104 pointed out that there may also be grant funding available. 105 106 Council Member Manthey noted that he was at the Environmental Board meeting and 107 heard the presentation and their recommendation. He wonders how fees would 108 established for the townhomes and if that system would provide for future capital 109 expenses. Ms. Heydinger explained the basic concept for fees noting that more details 110 will be coming forward; the idea is certainly to have a capital fund. Ms. Hankee added 111 that the city will own the system. Mayor Reinert remarked that the concept is really to 112 sell back water at a cost reduced to less than half the normal water rate. 113 114 The matter will be before the council at the next council meeting requesting acceptance of 115 the feasibility report. 116 117 4. Wellhead Protection Plan – Erin Heydinger of WSB & Associates reviewed the 118 written report. The plan consists of two parts – a modeling effort and examining areas 119 based on vulnerability. Implementation activities in line with the plan are recommended 120 in the report and were reviewed by Ms. Heydinger. They are estimating that plan 121 implementation will cost about $10,000 per year and there are grants available through 122 the state. Once the city’s plan has been approved, grant funds will be sought, probably in 123 the fall. The council will be asked to adopt the plan at the next regular council meeting. 124 125 5. ACE Program Staffing – Public Safety Director Swenson noted the written staff 126 report that includes information responding to council questions from the previous 127 discussion of this matter. 128 129 Speeding makes up about eighty-percent of the violations in the ACE Program. So in 130 order to bring administration of the program to a manageable level, participation has been 131 reduced by that percentage. The council had also asked how many individuals 132 participate. Of eligible citations, thirty percent of the recipients went through the ACE 133 Program and, based on survey data, the department has heard from those people that they 134 found the program valuable. The council also asked about the threshold for adding a 135