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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 22, 1997 • Page 3 1 Councilmember Enrooth reported the Village Fest Committee had a spirited conversation in 2 regard to the Patriots Band and non-City participation. The rest of the planning continues to 3 go well. 4 Enrooth noted Spring Clean Up Day is May 3, 1997 and has been announced in the St. 5 Anthony newsletter. 6 C. Maw 7 Mayor Ranallo reported the Cable Commission is in the process of re-negotiating rates. There 8 are complications due to a conflict of interest involving the purchase of the cable company by 9 U:S. West. 'The issue may end up in court. Mayor Ranallo stated his position is that the ten 10 cities involved should not start a lawsuit as they are much smaller than U.S. West and cannot 11 compete. 12 13 D. City Manager. 14 1. City's Storm Water Management Plan. 15 City Manager Mornson explained Staff has requested proposals for preparation of a 16 Storm Water Management Plan. The Storm Water Management Plan is required as 17 part of the Comprehensive Plan Update. WSB & Associates, Inc. has been retained to 18 prepare the report. A Public Informational meeting will be held at City Hall on Tuesday, April 29 at 7:00 p.m. and was published in the Bulletin and the City newsletter. 21 Peter Willenbring and Todd Hubmer, WSB & Associates, Inc. were present to explain 22 the process of preparation of the Plan. 23 Mr. Willenbring presented a completed Plan prepared for another City as an 24 illustration. He explained the process of preparation is laid out by State law and is 25 required by the Metropolitan Council. The first step of the process is to gather 26 information from City Staff, watershed districts, county, state and federal agencies. A 27 public information meeting will then be held to identify problems, concerns and these 28 will then be specifically addressed in the Plan. WSB will interpret all the data and 29 prepare a draft Water Resource Management Plan to present to the Council for 30 approval. 31 Mr. Hubmer explained the proposed schedule for completing the City of St. Anthony 32 Water Resource Management Plan consists of preparing a draft plan and submitting it 33 to the City Staff and Council for review by the end of May 1997. Upon receiving 34 comments back from Staff and Council, a final draft will be prepared and given to the 35 Council for their approval to distribute the plan to all of the review agencies. Final 36 draft plan should be completed at the beginning of July. Review agency comments 37 will be received within 60 days (beginning of September) and a response to review �8 agency comments and revisions to the plan will be made and resubmitted for final �j approval to these organizations by the end of September, 1997.