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• • • CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AUGUST 6, 2003 APPROVED 1 2 Ms. Quad advised she would write a letter to the contractor regarding maintenance issues, 3 the elimination of the monitoring system and reimbursement of consulting fees. 4 5 REVIEW OF SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN, MICHAEL 6 GROCHALA, JIM JACQUES (TKDA) 7 8 Community Development Director Grochala stated TKDA has been working with City 9 staff since last fall on the Surface Water Management Plan. Staff is requesting 10 authorization to distribute the plan to other agencies for review and comment. 11 12 Mr. Jim Jacques, TKDA, reviewed some background of the Surface Water Management 13 Plan and the Clear Water Act. He referred to the Executive Summary of the plan noting 14 the general goals and specific goals. The finance goal of the plan is the most important. 15 Without finances to implement the plan, the plan is useless. 16 17 Councilmember Carlson asked if Centerville Lake is included in the plan. Mr. Jacque 18 stated the classification of Centerville Lake was challenged because there is a watershed 19 area around the lake. That does not mean the City does not want to improve the water 20 quality of Centerville Lake. 21 22 Acting Mayor Reinert inquired about the concerns of the Environmental Board in regard 23 to the plan. Mr. Jacque referred to page 2 of the plan in relation to cooperation and 24 participation with other agencies. All of the Environmental Board's concerns were 25 incorporated into the document. 26 27 Community Development Director Grochala asked the Council to review the plan before 28 it is approved for publication. This item is not on the regular Council agenda Monday 29 night. 30 31 Mr. Jacques advised he could attend the next Council work session if there are additional 32 questions. 33 34 CONSIDER BAR CLOSING HOURS, LINDA WAITE SMITH, DAVE PECCHIA 35 36 City Administrator Waite Smith advised Councilmembers were emailed a memo 37 regarding this issue. The legislature has decided cities can allow bars to remain open 38 until 2:00 a.m. unless they set more restrictive hours by ordinance. The City's ordinance 39 states bars must close at 1:00 a.m. The City has received a request from Mr. Chad 40 Wagner to change the ordinance to allow bars to remain open until 2:00 a.m. If the 41 Council approves that request, the ordinance would have to be amended. She noted the 42 City of Blaine has not yet changed the bar closing time. Hugo and Centerville have 43 aclosing time of 2:00 a.m. and Lexington and Forest Lake still have a closing time of 44 1:00 a.m. 45 46 Mr. Chad Wagner, Millers on Main, stated Spring Lake Park is changing their closing 47 time due to a request. This is an economic issue for bar owners. To stay competitive 48 with surrounding communities the ordinance should be changed. He noted his