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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes . June 23, 1998 Page 17 1 Marks asked if close coordination with the Park Commission in regard to the layout of the parks 2 is anticipated. 3 Morrison stated that WSB will be included on the first or second agenda of the Parks 4 Commission. 5 IX. NEW BUSINESS. 6 A. Resolution 98-052, re: Approve Comprehensive Water Resource Management Plan. 7 Todd Hubmer, WSB and Associates, reported that the City of St. Anthony began this process the 8 winter of 1996 and has notified the Metropolitan Council that it will be adopting it's Water 9 Resources Management Plan this evening. The Plan has been sent to the Rice Creek Watershed 10 District(RCWD), Middle Mississippi Watershed Management Organization(MMWMO), 11 Metropolitan Council, Hennepin Soil and Water Conservation District(HSWCD), and the 12 Ramsey Soil and Water Conservation District(RSWCD), for their review and approval on 13 August 7, 1997. Comments were received from the Metropolitan Council, the RSWCD, and the 14 RWCD. 15 Mr. Hubmer reported a letter dated June 5, 1998, was received by the City from the Silver Lake 6 Homeowners Association Water Quality Committee. This letter included six points of consideration and Mr. Hubmer responded to each in the following manner: 1 18 1. What is the City's plan for the RCWD recommendation that the City be more proactive 19 before development occurs? We would support the City taking a proactive position on 20 water quality issues in this Resource Management Plan. 21 Mr. Hubmer stated the City could not become more proactive because the City is fully developed 22 in the watershed tributary to Silver Lake. The City has, as part of this plan, committed to looking 23 at water quality issues as redevelopment within this watershed occurs. WSB would welcome 24 recommendations from the Silver Lake Homeowners Association for a more proactive position 25 on water quality. 26 2. WSB & Associates has made statements regarding treatment of water flowing into Silver 27 Lake which seem to minimize the true extent of water draining into Silver Lake 28 untreated. Todd E. Hubmer, P.E., letter to RCWD Engineer Derek Knapp, dated April 9, 29 1998 page#4,paragraph 3, last sentence "the City of St. Anthony has very little drainage 30 area tributary Silver Lake which is not pretreated." Although this statement does not 31 appear to be a part of this report it appears to be used by Mr. Hubmer to justify the City 32 of St. Anthony's failure to include a comprehensive plan for the storm water run-off that 33 flows directly into Silver Lake untreated. We have marked those areas that are currently 34 untreated on the attached map. We are concerned with these areas flowing into Silver Lake and the fact that this plan does not address these areas as.requested by the RCWD Engineer. (a-e then listed the areas left untreated)