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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes January 10, 2006 Page 4 1 C. Consider Resolution 06 -014, re: calling a hearing on proposed assessment for 2006 street 2 and utility improvements 3 Todd Hubmer, WSB & Associates, reviewed the resolution with the Council and indicated that a 4 hearing will be called on February 14, 2006. He added they will be mailing notices to residents 5 and there will be a public information meeting on January 25, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. in City Hall. K 7 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Horst, to adopt Resolution 06- 8 014, re: calling a hearing on proposed assessment for 2006 street and utility improvements. 9 10 Motion carried unanimously. 11 12 D. Other Engineering Updates 13 Todd Hubmer, WSB & Associates, provided an engineering report. He stated the 39'h Avenue 14 street improvements have been completed. The 2005 street reconstruction project has been 15 completed except for a few minor items such as sod repair. The fire station warning flashers, 16 after several issues, have been installed. Mayor Faust asked the color of the lights. Mr. Hubmer 17 replied amber. 18 19 Mr. Hubmer stated the Shamrock Pond stormwater improvements have been completed. He 20 added this is a demonstration site for No -mow grass, a low maintenance turf. 21 22 Mr. Hubmer stated the City received approval of its Wellhead Protection Plan from the 23 Minnesota Department of Health, and a resolution adopting the Plan will be presented at the 24 February 2006 Council meeting. He thanked Matt Swanson at the Ramsey Conservation 25 District for all his preparation work on the Plan. Mayor Faust replied Council will discuss 26 sending a letter to Mr. Swanson. Mr. Hubmer replied he thinks this would be appropriate. 27 28 Mr. Hubmer stated the City is required to participate in the NPDES Permit Program for 29 stormwater runoff, and will need to submit a new NPDES Permit within the next 18 months. 30 31 Mr. Hubmer stated the City may have an opportunity to participate in the Rain Water Garden 32 Demonstration Project (the Green Program). The Program is looking for demonstration projects 33 to clean up stormwater runoff. There are a few sites at City Hall that may work such as Silver 34 Lake Road. Mayor Faust replied a good demonstration project area would be in front of City 35 Hall where children come and go. He requested Mr. Hubmer look into this further and Council 36 would discuss this further. 37 38 Councilmember Thuesen stated school biology classes could use this as a learning tool. Mr. 39 Hubmer replied other area options include the holding pond at the north end of Central Park 40 which could use some beautification and the north end of Silver Point Park where the water just 41 sits there. Mayor Faust suggested they come up with a program for all three areas. 42 43 Mr. Hubmer stated the water treatment plant improvements have been completed, including 44 isolating the chlorine room and updating the electrical components and controls. A water system 45 and sanitary sewer capital improvement plan has been completed with anticipated expenditures 46 through the year 2020. One issue that needs to be added is a new roof on the ground storage