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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION May 2,2011 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE : May 2,2011 5 TIME STARTED : 5:30 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 10:15 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Gallup, O'Donnell, 8 Rafferty, Roeser and Mayor Reinert 9 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 10 11 12 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development 13 Director Mike Grochala; Police Chief John Swenson; Finance Director Al Rolek; City 14 Planner Paul Bengtson; Economic Development Coordinator Mary Alice Divine; 15 Environmental Coordinator Marty Asleson; City Clerk Julie Bartell 16 17 1. Stormwater Management Overview - Special Area Management Plan (SAMP) 18 EOR,Inc. —Community Development Director Grochala explained that the city is 19 required to adopt a local storm water management plan(SWMP). The council has 20 requested an overview of the requirements for such a plan. He reviewed the Impaired 21 Water Program, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program,the 22 Wetland Conservation Act, groundwater planning, shoreland and flood plain management 23 and the Local Surface Water Management plan requirements. 24 25 Jason Naber, Emmons & Olivier, Inc. (EOR, Inc.) gave a PowerPoint presentation 26 outlining a SAMP for the city of Lino Lakes (presentation is on file). 27 28 The city was presented with an award from the ACEC of Minnesota honoring the city and 29 EOR, Inc. for the Lino Lakes SAMP. 30 31 When the mayor asked about the city's requirements to complete a plan, Community 32 Development Director Grochala explained the minimum requirements and, when asked 33 how an effort would be funded, explained that the city charges a surface water 34 management fee in connection with development and those funds would be used. He 35 added that part of the plan is developing a CIP related to storm water management that 36 will indicate needs and proposed funding. There could be other funding components 37 such grants or ad valorem taxes. 38 39 The council directed staff to continue their discussion with EOR, Inc. in the direction the 40 council has indicated; staff suggested that they would work to get the costs down. When 41 a council member suggested that staff should get some cost comparisons from other 42 providers, Mr. Grochala explained a comparison would be difficult since efforts probably 43 wouldn't yield any apples-to-apples view of services. Staff will include analysis of the 44 best use of funds as the proposal is reviewed. 1