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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FEBRUARY 5, 1991 PAGE 7 The Council requested the City Engineer present at the public hearings Altenate #1 for proposed assessments and to include the three Derrick land parcels in the public hearing process. M/S/P Hunt/Williams - to adopt Resolution No. 91-4 receiving feasibility report and calling a public hearing on improvement of Hytrail Avenue from Highlands Trail N. to 59th St. N. for the March 5th Council meeting. (Motion carried 5-0). M/S/P Hunt/Dick Johnson - to adopt Resolution No. 91-5 receiving feasibility report on Legion Avenue from 20th Street to Legion Lane and calling a public hearing for the March 5th Council meeting. (Motion carried. 5-0). B. 201 Rate Schedule for 1991 Larry Bohrer reported in his memo, dated January 30; 1991, that one of the requirements of the 201 Grant was that the City set up and. maintain a user charge system for the operation, maintenance, and. replacement of the off -site and collector sewer system. Sections 707.050 and 707.060 of the City Code require that the Council annually review the fund balance and adjust the rate structure accordingly. The rates for 1990 were raised from $120 per year to $180 per year for each equivalent residential unit (FRU) except the two individual off -site systems which require minimal maintenance. Because of the ra.te increase in 1990, the fund balance is approximately 82,500. Bohrer recommended no change in the rates for 1991 over what was adopted in 1990. M/S/P Williams/Mottaz - to accept the January 30, 1991 Rate Structure for 201 systems report prepared by the City Engineer and that the rates established in 1990, as indicated in this report, remain in effect thru 1991. (Motion carried 5-0). C. Update on 33rd & Laverne Street & Drainage Improvements City Engineer Bohrer reported. that 33rd and Laverne is the next scheduled municipal state aid project that is in our plan and covers a good dealof the old village drainage north of the tracks. The City cannot construct state aid streets without providing adequate drainage. We need to construct state aid streets with conjunction of the old village drainage improvements to take advantage of state aid. Storm Sewer Route C seemed to be the most feasible route. Bohrer added that any plan proposed has to obtain a permit from the VBWD. He discussed this with the VBWD engineers, and they felt we would be increasing the rate over land because the water would get to the railroad. culvert faster. The way to overcome this is to provide ponding to reduce the outflow rate. The opportunities for ponding is the VFW ballfield and Lions Park. The ballfields would be depressed approx. 3' below street level, but still useable as ballfields except during periods of snow melt and heavy rains. State aid pays for 25% of the outfall sewer. They consider purchase price for a pond and the cost of constructing the pond as part of outfall sewer.