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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION October 7, 2013 DRAFT 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE : October 7, 2013 5 TIME STARTED : 5:30 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 7:35 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Stoesz, O'Donnell, 8 Rafferty (5:35 p.m.), Roeser (5:40 p.m.) and 9 Mayor Reinert 10 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 11 12 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development 13 Director Grochala; City Planner Katie Larsen; City Engineer Jason Wedel; Public Safety 14 Director John Swenson; City Clerk Julie Bartell 15 16 1. NPDES Stormwater Permit Update — Community Development Director Grochala 17 explained that the Clean Water Act requires cities to obtain a permit in order to drain 18 water. In order to get that permit, jurisdictions must submit a plan showing how required 19 elements will be pursued. The city pretty much remains on a steady process of updating 20 its plan and tonight the council will receive an update. 21 22 Jeff Peters of WSB Engineers presented. He explained that the city has been operating 23 under an old permit and moving forward slowly through review periods. He provided the 24 council with written information. 25 26 Mayor Reinert asked for an explanation of the primary changes. Mr. Peters responded by 27 noting that infiltrating and volume control could impact development in the city. Mr. 28 Grochala discussed the lakes within the city that are "impaired" (mainly those in the chain 29 of lakes). When asked about costs associated with implementing the plan, Mr. Grochala 30 said that preparation of plans is one cost area while implementation is another. Mr. 31 Peters added that there is basically a five year window during which the city doesn't have 32 to deal with new areas as long as work is being done. Mr. Grochala added that the goal of 33 the plan is to improve water quality, not to maintain current quality. There are questions 34 of course about what represents quality so there are some unknowns; there are different 35 requirements for shallow lakes such as those found in Lino Lakes. Ponds are probably a 36 big consideration for the city; they are built to pull phosphorus but they are getting to the 37 point where they will have to be maintained also. Mr. Peters added that the plan is 38 actually a good tool for forecasting costs. 39 40 The council talked about elements of the plan. Obviously the city will continue with 41 street cleaning and culvert maintenance but the Mayor pointed out that the city should 42 review plans before spending money on mandates. Council Member Roeser noted that 43 Bald Eagle Lake will be treated with alum soon and he wants staff to be aware. 44 Mayor Reinert mentioned differences that he's seen in the city's lakes — more frogs, more 45 birds, less rough fish and more seagulls. In the light of positive changes that have 1