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Mounds View City Council September 22, 2008 Regular Meeting Page 8 E. Resolution 7339 Authorizing the Preliminary Survey Activities for Area C of 1 the Street and Utility Improvement Program. 2 3 Joe Rhein, consulting engineer with Bonestroo, explained that Staff is working with Rice Creek 4 Watershed District to eliminate the need for regional ponding and the need to acquire property 5 and place a pond in backyards. The plan will be presented to the Rice Creek Watershed District 6 Board, and the hope is that it will be approved and Staff could eliminate the pond from the plan. 7 This would be a fall back plan, to do a preliminary survey for Area C, in the event that the pond 8 issue is not resolved in time to avoid delaying the project. 9 10 Mayor Marty indicated that he is hopeful that the pond would not be required and applauds the 11 Committee and Staff for being proactive in this approach. 12 13 Valerie Amundsen said that she does not want to lock the City into a project for Area C as the 14 hope is that the pond is not going to be necessary. 15 16 Barbara Haake said that she was at the meeting on this matter with Rice Creek Watershed 17 District and noted that the rules are more flexible than they have been before. She then said that 18 if the same quantity of water can be handled in other ways that the pond should be able to be 19 eliminated. She also said that Rice Creek Watershed District is open to working with the City. 20 21 Council Member Mueller asked how the City would fund the survey at this point in time when it 22 was planned for a year from now. 23 24 Mr. Rhein indicated that there will be a cost savings for the overall project if the City can get the 25 boulevard infiltration approved. 26 27 MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/Mueller. To Waive the Reading and Approve Resolution 7339 28 Authorizing the Preliminary Survey Activities for Area C of the Street and Utility Improvement 29 Program. 30 31 Council Member Stigney indicated he watched this discussion at the Streets Task Force meeting 32 and he feels the Task Force did an excellent job. 33 34 Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 35 36 Council considered Just and Correct Claims at this time. 37 38 H. Resolution 7337 Approving a Labor Agreement with the Mounds View Public 39 Works Bargaining Unit for 2008 – 2009 40 41 Clerk Administrator Ericson presented Resolution 7337, Approving a Labor Agreement with the 42 Mounds View Public Works Bargaining Unit for 2008 – 2009. 43 44