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Item No: 7C <br />Meeting Date: June 27, 2016 <br />Type of Business: Council Business <br />Administrator Review: ____ <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Brian L. Erickson, Public Works Director/City Engineer <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 8600, Approval of the RCWD 2016 Urban Stormwater <br />Remediation Cost-Share Agreement <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />The Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD) as part of their goals and objectives in its <br />Watershed Management Plan as well as their efforts in protecting and enhancing the water <br />resources within the district has an annual cost-sharing program. For 2016, the RCWD made <br />$260,000 available to assist cities, counties and other public entities to implement stormwater <br />management projects. The funding for projects that is intended to provide stormwater runoff <br />treatment or volume/peak runoff rate control. Funding is available for up to 50% of the total cost <br />of the project and distributed on a competitive basis. Applications of projects and funding were <br />due on December 31, 2015. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />Staff applied for and ultimately received a grant for a stormwater project at 2255 Lambert <br />Avenue, owned by Tom Fields, which would replace an open and poorly vegetated ditch with <br />reinforced concrete pipe. Currently, this ditch is poorly vegetated as a result each rain event is <br />causing erosion and depositing sediment in the city’s stormwater system. This sediment may <br />require removal from the storm sewer system in the future in order to insure proper functionality. <br /> <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Staff recommends that Council accept this grant to insure that funds are available to assist with <br />this project. Prior to any construction beginning, staff will request approval from Council to <br />approve the design and seek quotes to perform the work. Ultimately, it will also be up to <br />Council to approve the acceptance of the quotes and awarding the work of this storm sewer <br />line. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br />Brian L. Erickson, P.E. – Public Works Director/City Engineer <br />