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Mounds View City Council March 12, 2012 Regular Meeting Page 2 Mayor Flaherty noted the City had 115 foreclosed properties and 43 are presently unoccupied. 1 2 6. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS 3 4 A. Resolution 7910, Supporting Ramsey County’s “Beyond the Yellow Ribbon” 5 Program. 6 7 Mayor Flaherty stated the Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Campaign was requesting a Resolution of 8 Support from the City of Mounds View. He then read the proposed Resolution in full for the 9 record. 10 11 Council Member Gunn provided further information on the Beyond the Yellow Ribbon initiative. 12 She stated the City does not have many of the amenities (hospitals, clinics, etc.) the program was 13 seeking and was therefore supporting Ramsey County’s program. 14 15 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Mueller. To Adopt 7910, Supporting Ramsey County’s “Beyond 16 the Yellow Ribbon” Program. 17 18 Council Member Mueller noted at the upcoming Ramsey County League of Local Government 19 meeting there would be an update from the County on the Beyond the Yellow Ribbon program. 20 21 Mayor Flaherty encouraged residents with family members deployed to contact City Hall to learn 22 more about this program. 23 24 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 25 26 B. Public Information Meeting for Wellhead Protection Plan – Part 1 27 28 Public Works Director DeBar stated that the City was put on notice in 2009 to complete a 29 Wellhead Protection Plan. This was mandated for all public water suppliers according to 30 Minnesota State Rules Chapter 4720. The plan was broken down into two parts. First, it 31 requires a detailed analysis of each well, the pumps used for the aquifer, ground water flow 32 models, delineating the wellhead protection areas, vulnerability assessments and identifying 33 potential pollution for each well. 34 35 Public Works Director DeBar explained the second part of the plan requires the City to inventory 36 the sources of contamination within influenced area of the wells and developing management 37 strategies. The Department of Health oversees Chapter 4720 and the City has until April 15, 38 2013 to complete the Wellhead Protection Plan. He explained that Barr Engineering worked 39 with the City to complete Part 1, which has been approved by the Department of Health. He 40 noted that John Greer, with Barr Engineering, was present to discuss Part 1. 41 42 John Greer, Barr Engineering, introduced himself and presented the Council with a summary of 43 the Part 1 Wellhead Protection Plan. He noted the City has six wells that pump from a total of 44 four different aquifers. The study needed to address future water demands through 2015. The 45