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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes • July 14, 1998 Page 5 1 Cavanaugh stated he would be interested in seeing the Economic Analysis which was performed 2 in regard to that area in the 1980s. It apparently would have some relevance as the demographics 3 have not changed. 4 Thuesen stated he would also be interested in seeing that report. 5 Mornson reported that Metropolitan Council approval of the Comprehensive Plan is being 6 delayed until the City Council approves a resolution adopting a Surface Water Management 7 Ordinance. Staff has met with the Metropolitan Council representative and received a letter 8 explaining that the adoption of this Ordinance is required. The resolution will be on the July 28 9 Council agenda for adoption. Staff will also discuss this Ordinance with the Silver Lake 10 Homeowners Association. 11 Marks asked if this Ordinance would include not mowing the grass near the lakeshore. 12 Mornson stated that is a suggested item of the Ordinance but is not required to be included. He 13 stated other Cities have not included that requirement as it is difficult to enforce and often pits 14 neighbors against one another. Mayor Ranallo announced that the first Parks Commission meeting will be held on July 21 at 6 8:00 p.m. He also announced that the August Council Work Session will be held on August 5 at 17 6:00 p.m. and the Council will begin to work on the 1999 budget. 18 VIII. PUBLIC HEARINGS. 19 Tom Wratkowski, 2716 Murray Avenue NE, stated he has.been a resident of the City of St. 20 Anthony for eleven years and was a member of the Storm Water Management Task Force. He 21 was glad to have been a part of the process and to know more about the problems that the City 22 has had for a long time. 23 Mr. Wratkowski expressed support for the Council and the work they have done so far. He noted 24 the questions which have been posed to WSB in regard to the proposed plan. He suggested that 25 the questions have to be considered but that it is very late in the process for these questions. He 26 asked that the Council, while considering the questions, not do anything to slow the 27 improvement process or remove essential elements of the proposed plan. 28 Mr. Wratkowski noted that some of the same recommendations for improvement were included 29 in the proposal by Barr Engineering in the 1980s. This provides a verification that the City is 30 headed in the right direction with the improvements. He did not want the City to keep second 31 guessing their direction. He suggested that the City set up a timetable and stick to it. He 32 suggested that some of the timetables have already been missed such as the home buyouts and 0 the FEMA funds. As long as this situation exists, there will continue to be people at risk.