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• Mounds View City Council Page Fourteen Regular Meeting September 13 , 4103 Mayor Linke stated that the storm water plan that was proposed in 1978 and it was several millions of dollars, where this Plan looks at completing the wetlands and utilizing the wetlands to fill the needs that were identified. The Plan looks at these projects over a period of time. The Plan is a proactive plan for the future. Councilmember Trude read the 1978 Citizens' Task Force report and a lot of the currently proposed projects come from what citizens wanted in the '70s. Ditch cleaning and pond cleaning have not been kept up due tolackof money. Trude stated her-big concern was the projects and whether they are all justified. Rocky Keene stated that one of the major concerns was water quality or the removal of the sediment prior to discharging water Out of the City. Councilmember Trude asked if the capital improvement projects are justified. Trude stated that ditch cleaning has not been going on as there has not been enough staff. Mike Ulrich stated that in the last six years there has been no ditch cleaning. The Ardan Avenue ditch has two feet of sediment in it. Trude stated that another issue that came up during talks with • residents was that the residents in Silver View Park felt that they would not have any expenses relating to this Plan because their yards drain into the pond. Trude stated some of the drainage into the pond could cause a problem for the City as sediment from Silver View Pond will need to. be cleaned out. Mike Ulrich stated there had been five or six sink holes due to faulty pipes or breaks and cracks in pipes because the ground level has been so dry. In 1992 streets were swept 300 hours. The streets need to be swept more-than-that. -- Only- 60 hours-of -storm-sewer-work-has-been done. - More cleaning needs to be done on the storm sewers. Councilmember Trude stated that some of these items were recommended in 1978 and there are justifiable and reasonable projects in the Plan. The other issue is the financing of the Plan and where do the funds come from. Naja Werner said that one of the high priority projects in the Plan was on Sherwood Road. Ms. Werner has lived on Sherwood Road for 38 years and asked what has to be done. Ms. Werner stated that no one on the road has ever had a water problem. . Rocky Keene stated that Ardan Avenue has been the study area of the city since the 1970's. A study was done. by the citizens that looked.