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Mounds View City Council September 9, 2024 Regular Meeting Page 4 1 improvement plan in place to address both Ardan and Silver View Ponds. He commented further 2 on the data that had to be collected in order for the City to apply for grants. 3 4 Brian Amundsen, 3048 Woodale Drive, recognized this project was about Ardan Park, but asked 5 when neighborhood stormwater features would be addressed. He stated he recently saw public 6 works working on the pond in his neighborhood. He suggested the City pursue additional grants 7 in order to address these storm water ponds. 8 9 Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson explained the inlets were recently cleared 10 by the City to ensure water can get into the infiltration features. He stated he had spoken with Rice 11 Creek Watershed to see if there were other grants available for this work. 12 13 Dr. Strait asked what the total cost of this project would be. She questioned how much grant 14 funding the City had applied for. 15 16 City Administrator Zikmund stated this would remain unknown until the bids come back to the 17 City. Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson explained the City had applied for a 18 grant with BWSR in the amount of$230,000. 19 20 Ms. Kirscher inquired how much the City would spend to dispose of the sediments. 21 22 Council Member Gunn explained the City would not have this information until the dredging was 23 complete. 24 25 Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson reported he has an engineer's estimate for 26 this work, but noted the final costs would not be known until the project was bid. 27 28 Jim Wilson, 7025 Pleasant View Drive, stated the engineer could come up with an estimate and 29 contractors could put in a bid, but noted the cost for the disposal of this material would not be 30 known until the material is tested after the dredging is completed. 31 32 7. PUBLIC COMMENT 33 34 Mayor Lindstrom encouraged the public to speak with kindness and respect when addressing the 35 City Council during Public Comment. 36 37 Vince Meyer, 8380 Spring Lake Road, explained there was a sign posted at 851h and Spring Lake 38 Road shutting his road down. He indicated the school buses cannot get around this sign. He 39 requested this sign be removed by the City. 40 41 Cindy Clark, 8180 Spring Lake Road, stated signs were posted at County Road J and Highway 10 42 that says Spring Lake Road will be closed to through traffic. She questioned if additional work 43 would be done on the roadway. 44 45 City Administrator Zikmund commented this was not a City project,but rather was an Xcel Energy 46 utility project.