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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 8, 2017 Page 2 A. Resolution 17-056 a Resolution Approving Cooperative Agreement by and between the 1 City of St. Anthony Village and the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization for 2 the St. Anthony Stormwater Treatment and Research Facility. 3 4 City Manager Casey reviewed for Council consideration is the Cooperative Agreement by and 5 between the City of St. Anthony Village and the Mississippi Watershed Management 6 Organization for the stormwater treatment and research facility. Mr. Casey reviewed the location 7 and cost of the facility. The highlights of the agreement were reviewed. Staff is recommending 8 the agreement be executed as drafted. 9 10 Councilmember Brever asked who currently is doing the maintenance and City Manager Casey 11 responded MWMO. The useful life of the system is estimated to be 50+ years. 12 13 Councilmember Stille stated previously water from 600 acres used to go to the Mississippi River 14 untreated and now with the help of MWMO, this water is treated before reaching the River. 15 16 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Brever, to adopt Resolution 17-17 056; a Resolution Authorizing the Cooperative Agreement by and between the City of St. 18 Anthony Village and the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization for the St. Anthony 19 Stormwater Treatment and Research Facility. 20 21 Motion carried 5-0. 22 23 B. Update on Redevelopment of Lowry Grove 24 25 City Planner Breanne Rothstein provided background on the development proposal staff received 26 on July 18, 2017. A formal application for development has been received for the 17-acre site 27 including the Bremer Bank site. The applications submitted include two comprehensive plan 28 amendments, preliminary PUD application and preliminary plat. Staff is completing a full review 29 of those documents and noted the documents are available on the website. All departments of the 30 City participate in the review. All comments are being compiled and a staff report will be 31 completed by August 21, 2017. This report will also be available on the website. August 28, 32 2017 will be a public hearing during the Planning Commission Meeting. Emails and letters 33 received over the past year will also become part of the public record. She explained that more 34 meetings are anticipated and the schedule will be set after August 21. Comments will be 35 accepted via email, letters or input at the public hearing. Three push notifications have been 36 completed for those that have signed up. There are approximately 120 people who signed up for 37 the push notifications and there have been meetings with residents including at Village Fest. This 38 is the beginning of the formal review process and it should last approximately 4 months. 39 40 Councilmember Stille asked Ms. Rothstein to comment on the Affordable Housing Meeting. City 41 Planner Rothstein stated on Thursday, August 10, 2017, the City is hosting an Affordable 42 Housing Seminar at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall. The purpose is to review the current state of housing 43 in St. Anthony. All are invited to attend. 44 45 2