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City Council Meeting Minutes November 24, 1998 Page 7 i bridgeheads and kick out areas, as well as colored and stamped concrete patterns. 2 3 Mr. Soler requested the Council's consensus on the direction of the project and additional costs. 4 Marks stated the bridge design will assist in creating a viable shopping area at and around 5 Apache Plaza. 6 7 Thuesen asked for clarification with regard to maintenance responsibilities for the completed 8 bridge. Mr. Soler stated all landscaping maintenance is usually taken on by the City. 9 10 Doug Jones, 2505 Silver Lane, asked whether there will be a divider between the roadway and 11 sidewalk, whether slippery winter conditions will be taken into consideration when paving the 12 bridge, and whether there will be adequate sidewalk setback for snow storage and traffic. 13 14 Mr. Soler stated adequate boulevard width and snow storage and drainage were included in the 15 project plan and there will not be a sidewalk railing. 16 X. UNFINISHED BUSINESS. A. Ordinance 1998-010, re: Storm water mans ement 2nd readings 18 Morrison reviewed a memo outlining the Planning Commission's recommendations to the storm 19 water management ordinance. 20 21 Thuesen reviewed a phosphorus study conducted by the University of Minnesota Extension 22 Service which confirms misuse of phosphorus can harm the environment and injure plants but 23 should not be implicated as a source of pollution. He added he believes an aggressive education 24 program would be preferable to an outright ban on phosphorus, based on the results of the study. 25 26 Thuesen presented a synopsis of the University study for inclusion in the ordinance which 27 recommends the adoption of an aggressive, permanent education program. 28 29 Gondorchin stated the Planning Commission discussed the issue at length and agreed there is no 30 physical evidence that phosphorus is the main source of pollution in Silver Lake. He thanked 31 Thuesen for the information he presented, and added his support to the adoption of an education 32 program. 33 34 Patti Sausser, 2905 Silver Lake Court, expressed confidence in the new Water Quality Task 35 Force being appointed by the City to address water quality issues. She cited other communities 36 within the metropolitan area such as White Bear Lake and Shoreview which adopted phosphorus 407 restriction policies, and Plymouth which banned the use of phosphorus by commercial 8 applicators. She stressed the importance of hardware stores carrying "lake friendly" fertilizers. 39