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7 TRAFFIC COUNTS Every other year the City of Mounds View is required by the Minnesota Department of Transportation to conduct Traffic Counts at specified locations. In 2003 the City will be conducting traffic counts at a minimum of 36 locations throughout the City. SPRING LAKE – INTRODUCTION OF WATER In the spring of 2002, residents living around Spring Lake approached Staff and requested City assistance to increase the water level of Spring Lake. On April 1, 2002, Staff presented to Council the idea of introducing water into Spring Lake. The Rice Creek Watershed District has given this a “Cautious Approval” to proceed and suggested that the residents around Spring Lake form an official lake association. The water would be coming from the St. Paul Regional Water Services (SPRWS). Before SPRWS will allow water to be discharged into Spring Lake, they will require that the three adjoining cities (Mounds View, Spring Lake Park, and Fridley) enter into a joint powers agreement with the Board of Water Commissioners of the City of St. Paul. Since that time, no further action has occurred: a joint powers agreement has not been drafted, an official lake association has not been formed, and residents have not contacted City Staff. Staff is considering this issue closed until such time as property owners around the lake contact the City again. MANUFACTURED HOME PARK ACCESS STUDY On January 13, 2003 the City Council authorized a study to determine feasibility of creating a second access to the manufactured home parks within the City. Mounds View has three manufactured home parks sites, two of which have only one access road. These are: Mounds View Mobile Home Park and Towns Edge Terrace, neither of which currently complies with the City Ordinance 1110.05 subdivision 2a. “Park Site shall have at least two (2) points of ingress and egress for vehicles.” The study will identify the preferred location of a second access, how it would be constructed, and the estimated cost of construction. The study will also look at traffic impacts which will be created by having these second accesses. Traffic counts and vehicle turning movement data have recently been taken in the area of the two manufactured home parks. The preferred second access location for Towns Edge Terrace involves an area that may or may not be part of a wetland. Therefore, the study must wait until the vegetation in this area resumes growing to make that determination. The report for Mounds View Mobile Home Park is scheduled to be completed by mid-May. WELL REHABILITATION PROGRAM -WELLS NO. 1 AND 2 Bids were received and opened on December 3, 2002 for the rehabilitation of Wells No. 1 and 2. The successful bidder was Keys Well Drilling Company. The notice to proceed was issued on December 20th and work commenced early in January of 2003. Staff had the opportunity to inspect the pump and piping at the contractor’s shop and the necessary repairs and replacements were decided upon. Both wells were videotaped to their full depths. The videotape did not show any repairs that were needed to the casing of the wells. The videotape also showed that the depth of the wells had not changed since the last maintenance, so bailing was not required. Both wells have been reinstalled, tested, and are back in operation. The only items remaining are the calibrations of the water level indicators, which are scheduled for next week. The project was completed on schedule. Wells No. 1 and 2 will not be up for maintenance for another 7-8 years.