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CIVIC CENTER As mentioned in the Planning Inventory, Mounds View is still in the planning and land acquisition stages for development of the new City Civic Center. The Civic Center is proposed for the southeast corner of the intersection of County Road and Silver Lake Road. While the City is in the process of buying the land for the Civic Center, a survey is being conducted to determine what the residents of' Mounds View would like included in the facility. Since the Civic Center site and Mounds View's City Hall and maintenance facilitie's are all located in close proximity within the City Center or community focal point, their visual image is of prime importance. To this end, site planning efforts should include integration of facilities and extensive landscape treatment as major themes. PUBLIC UTILITIES Electricity is supplied to the City of Mounds View by the Northern States Power Company. Although most existing facilities are adequate, many of the lines are above ground, which tends to be unsightly, particularly in the commercial district. At such time as any street improvements are made, lines should be buried underground where possible. Northern States Power Company also supplies the natural gas for Mounds View. The existing facilities are adequate for expansion in both industrial and residential areas. In addition to six local wells, the water system in Mounds View is tied in with the metropolitan system of the City of St. Paul . The storage capacity is considered to be adequate for both existing and future needs, and no changes are programmed for the distribution system, outside of continued maintenance. The City now has a water storage capacity of 2,300,000 gallons. The sanitary sewer system is also connected to a metropolitan disposal system. Several areas dispersed throughout the City are still undeveloped and have not yet been connected to sewage or water systems. It is not anticipated that demands from these areas will exceed system limitations as imposed by the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission. The total average daily flow for Mounds View in 1990 is planned to be 1 .32 million gallons per day (mgd); this includes an anticipated flow from industry of .014 mgd. It is not expected that the City's population will be 15,800 in 1990, an estimate which originally formed the basis of the projected flow, though this capacity level will be needed to meet the sewer demand when Mounds View achieves saturation. Mounds View's storm drainage system is comprised of a network of open ditches and storm sewers. To date this system has been adequate and with the use and enforce- ment of development policies contained in the Water Drainage Facilities Report, prepared for the City in 1976, the City has avoided major drainage or flooding • problems. Continued use of these guidelines is expected to further prevent flooding and drainage problems in the future . 123