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Mounds View City Council October 13, 2003 Regular Meeting Page 18 Council Member Quick commented that these devices look similar to what was discussed for 1 Spring Lake Road a few years ago. He then said that there was a resident at the time claiming 2 that they were very bad. He further commented that this seems to be unfair to force the City to 3 pay for a costly experiment. 4 5 Council Member Gunn asked what happens if this experiment fails and who has to fix the 6 damage and remove them. 7 8 Public Works Director Lee indicated the City takes on the risk for installing it and there is no 9 recourse to the watershed district. 10 11 Mayor Linke suggested a motion to notify Rice Creek Watershed District that the City deems this 12 to be experimental and that, if their experiment fails and causes the City of Mounds View to 13 expend dollars to repair this, the City expects them to pay for the bill. 14 15 Community Development Director Ericson indicated he had attended a meeting with Steve 16 Hobbs and Mr. Hobbs had expressed a willingness to come to a Council meeting. He then said it 17 may be a good idea to invite him to discuss the concerns the City has. 18 19 Mike Maroni of 5045 Brighton Lane asked if this is the same Watershed District that put a pond 20 right next to the parking lot at an elementary school so the kids could walk through it and 21 potentially fall through the ice in winter. He then said it boggles his mind that these people can 22 dictate how the City spends its money. 23 24 Council Member Stigney indicated that by approving this resolution the City is saying it will pay 25 for this project using City MSA funds. He then asked if it would make more sense to wait until 26 after the City discusses the matter with the Watershed representative. 27 28 Mayor Linke indicated the contractor has already done the work and he is asking to get paid for it 29 so he does not feel it would be right to withhold payment to him for work done and authorized by 30 the City. 31 32 Council Member Quick indicated he would rather postpone payment so that the City’s options 33 are not limited. 34 35 Mayor Linke commented that this should have been done first but the City already authorized the 36 work. 37 38 Council Member Quick commented that the City did not know Rice Creek was going to pull the 39 funding. 40 41 Public Works Director Lee recommended that the Council go ahead with the rest of the items so 42 as not to delay the project any farther. 43 44