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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 10, 2014 Page 3 1 that the petition's purpose is to solve flooding issues and comprehensive flood damage and 2 consider downstream impacts to achieve water quality goals where possible. He acknowledged 3 the strong partnership between the cities of St. Anthony, New Brighton, Roseville, Ramsey 4 County Parks, University of Minnesota, Friends of the Mississippi River, and the Board of Water 5 & Soil Resources and stated there are four projects as part of the grant with a timeline of four 6 years. 8 Mr. Axtell explained that the restoration of Middle Rice Creek through the former TCAAP 9 property will reconnect several of the historic meanders and decrease sediment transport and the 10 estimated cost of this project is $870,000. He stated the carp management component will focus 11 on Long Lake and the estimated cost of this project is $425,000. He advised that the Hansen 12 Park concept includes dredging Hansen Pond to restore water quality depth and adding flood 13 storage capacity as well as modifying the outlet structure to provide flood control. He noted this 14 project also includes adding an iron -enhanced sand filter that will dissolve phosphorous as well 15 as a water reuse system to irrigate the ball fields and the estimated cost of this project is $4.8 16 million. He stated the Mirror Pond project is similar to the Hansen Park project and includes 17 dredging the pond to restore water quality and flood storage capacity as well as replacing the 18 current outlet structure that has failed and the estimated cost of this project is $815,000. 19 20 Mr. Belfiori reviewed the project funding and stated the Rice Creek Watershed District Board of 21 Managers recently recognized the regional benefit of flood control of these projects and their 22 positive impact on flooding and proposes to use the District -wide ad valorem levy to pay for the 23 regional flood control portions of the project. He pointed out that any future conversions of the 24 flood control benefit might result in a proportionate assessment to a community if that 25 community chooses to use that flood benefit. 26 27 Mayor Faust indicated the City began planning this work in 2009 and the project timeline 28 extends out to 2018 and it is important for residents to recognize that these types of projects take 29 time. He stated this project is an example of how several entities can work together to get a job 30 done holistically that serves all residents in the future. He expressed the City Council's thanks 31 and appreciation to Rice Creek Watershed District staff and the Rice Creek Watershed District 32 Board of Managers. 33 34 Councilmember Jenson requested further information about the Mirror Pond concept in terms of 35 the benefits to residents. 36 37 Mr. Belfiori explained that the drawdown function is intended to allow the rate of water during a 38 storm to be managed gradually so that the entire amount of water does not go downstream all at 39 once and should reduce the stress on the system carrying water out of the pond, which is part of 40 the issue with flooding in the area because the channel downstream is not big enough to handle 41 runoff all at once. 42 43 Councilmember Stille thanked Rice Creek Watershed District for its help in getting the funding 44 in place and working together toward a solution. He requested further information about future 45 conversions of flood control being assessed to the various cities. 46 47 Mr. Belfiori explained that as part of the petition process, if a city wishes to use some of the 48 storage being created as part of a more localized flood control project, e.g., increasing catch