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Mounds View City Council Regular Meeting Page Thirteen September 13, 1993 Orduno reported that the original rate structure is included in the packet as Scenario 1. The alternative rate structure is attached as Scenario 2 which would raise the yearly residential household cost by 5.91. This rate structure would raise the yearly costs for church and school property classifications. Orduno asked Rocky Keene and Mike Ulrich, Public Works Supervisor, to do a presentation on the projects listed in the surface water utility. This will include impacts on certain areas of the city and on the City as a whole. Staff does not have a recommendation on this ordinance. The options would be to adopt or not adopt the ordinance. The rate structure would be formally set by resolution. The Council is at the adoption stage and it would be a roll call vote. Rocky Keene, hydrologist from SEH, the cities consulting engineers, gave a definition of the projects listed in the Local Water Management Plan. Keene reported that the Council, during the past five years, as a result of the Long Lake Road reconstruction, asked SEH to complete two studies to see what impacts certain drainage areas would have on the Long Lake Road project. One was the Ardan Avenue drainage district and the other is the Edgewood drainage district. Mr. Keene listed those projects that were identified that would need to be constructed in association with Long Lake Road and those that were impacted by the Long Lake Road Project. Mr. Keene stated that SEH worked with City staff when the plan was written to determine some projects that have to be done in addition to the others throughout the City. Most of these projects are maintenance projects such as storm sewer outlets, outlet modifications, and sedimentation ponds, and controlling the City's water quality. Keene reported that the final area that was looked at in the Plan was the feasibility studies. The purpose of these studies are related to wetland issues. All the wetland issues have had a feasibility study connected to them. There are other projects includinc street sweeping, general maintenance of the storm sewer system and general cleaning listed in the Plan. Ditch cleaning, catch basin repair and cleaning, street sweeping is an important water quality aspect which could also be funded by the Plan. Wetlands are another important issue and, therefore, sedimentation removal should be a part of the Plan. Mr. Keene gave a history of the City's storm sewer structure. Much of this system was built in the 19501s. A major portion of the storm sewer was constructed for sanitary sewer and not necessarily for storm water drainage. The total construction of future projects identified in the Plan will cost $1.2 million. The only projects to take place within the next five years are the feasibility studies.