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Item No: 6B Meeting Date: March 12, 2012 Type of Business: Special Order of Business Administrator Review: ____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Nick DeBar, Public Works Director Item Title/Subject: Public Information Meeting for Wellhead Protection Plan – Part 1 Background: In accordance with Minnesota Rules, Chapter 4720, all public water suppliers are mandated to implement wellhead protection measures through a Wellhead Protection Plan (WHPP). The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is in charge of enforcing these rules and has been phasing in the requirements to individual water suppliers over the past few years. Mounds View was notified in 2009 by the MDH that we are included in the next phase of municipalities required to perform this planning work based on our vulnerability to potential contamination. WHPP is broken into two general parts. Part 1 includes detailed analysis of each well and pumping aquifer characteristics, groundwater flow models, delineating WHP areas, vulnerability assessments, and identifying the types of potential contamination. Part 2 involves inventorying potential sources of contamination and developing management strategies for addressing the potential sources of contamination. This planning process takes some time to complete, and Mounds View has a deadline of April 15, 2013 for compliance. Barr Engineering Company was hired by the City to prepare Part 1 of the WHPP and has been coordinating the work with the City’s designated Wellhead Protection Manager, Nick DeBar, and MDH staff. The Part 1 Report was submitted to the MDH in December 2011, and subsequently approved in a letter to the City dated February 1, 2012. Discussion: The next step in the WHPP process is to have a public information meeting for the general public to review the components of the Part 1 Report. The City is required to notify local units of government that are wholly or partially located within the wellhead protection area (WHPA) and drinking water supply management area (DWSMA) delineated in the WHPP Part 1 process. Besides the City of Mounds View, these areas include parts of Arden Hills, Blaine, Shoreview, New Brighton, and Lexington. A map showing these boundaries is attached for your review. John Greer, a Professional Geologist with Barr Engineering who performed and prepared the Part 1 report, is anticipated to be present to review the WHPP Part 1 findings for this public information meeting. Recommendation: No recommendation is necessary at this time. Sometime shortly after the public information meeting, City Engineering staff will have a scoping meeting with MDH for Part 2 of the WHPP. Staff will use this scope to solicit a fee proposal from Barr Engineering to assist the City with the Part 2, which will be considered for Council authorization in the near future. Respectfully submitted, Nick DeBar - Public Works Director / Wellhead Protection Manager Attachments: WHPP Part 1 Map