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Mounds View City Council March 8, 2004 Regular Meeting Page 8 Mayor Linke indicated he would like Staff to work with Rice Creek and tell them that the City 1 does not feel it is fair to require them to expend funds to treat water that is not part of this 2 project. 3 4 Council Member Stigney asked if Rice Creek would be providing any funding for the suggested 5 water treatment in the plans. 6 7 Public Works Director Lee indicated the costs are approximately $110,000 and Rice Creek has 8 not offered to assist with the costs. 9 10 Council Member Stigney asked Staff to ask Rice Creek for a contribution. 11 12 Public Works Director Lee indicated he could discuss it with them but does not think they would 13 be willing to offer any funding assistance. He then said that he is working with the DNR to see if 14 there is any DNR funding available because it discharges to a DNR protected water body. 15 16 Public Works Director Lee indicated that a small section of Spring Lake Road would need to be 17 dug up to install the storm scepter and that will increase the costs. 18 19 Mayor Linke asked Staff to tell Rice Creek that he would like to see some cost benefit analysis 20 done on this because he is not sure that treating a small amount of water is worth the costs. 21 22 Council Member Gunn asked where the rain gardens were to be located. 23 24 Public Works Director Lee indicated they were scattered in side yards and front yards throughout 25 the project west of Silver Lake Road. He then said that most of them will not work due to 26 utilities and other obstacles such as a hill that they want to remove to put in a rain garden. 27 28 Mayor Linke indicated that he finds it unacceptable to dump water around someone’s home that 29 will increase the water table and cause water issues. 30 31 Council Member Quick indicated there was discussion of a sediment pond next to the lake shore. 32 He then suggested that Rice Creek could condemn the house in that location and put in their own 33 pond. 34 35 Council Member Stigney commented that there was a question of the effectiveness of storm 36 scepters at one point. 37 38 Public Works Director Lee indicated they are effective and have been in use for a number of 39 years but they are more maintenance for the City because they have to be periodically cleaned 40 out. 41 42 Council Member Stigney indicated he would like information on the cost of maintaining them as 43 well as whether Rice Creek intends to participate in funding them and their ongoing 44 maintenance. 45