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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />·12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />March 26, 2013 <br />Page 4 <br />May 4 , from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the public works facility, curbside branch chipping May <br />13-15 , and annual hydrant flushing May 20-24. He indicated that the Public Works Department <br />was able to achieve its 2012 goals and thanked the City Council for its ongoing support . <br />Councilmember Gray expressed thanks to Public Works Director Hartman and his staff for all <br />their efforts and added these efforts help the City achieve its environmental goals. <br />Council member Jenson requested further information regarding the planned dredging at Mirror <br />Lake including how much capacity would be added to the lake. <br />Public Works Director Hartman advised that a study has not been done to determine how much <br />capacity will be gained adding the delta areas will be dredged with three to four feet of material <br />removed throughout this area. <br />Mayor Faust expressed the City Council 's thanks to the Public Works Department for all their <br />work and noted the City's first S.E.R.V.I.C.E. award recipient was a Public Works Department <br />employee. He pointed out that the City uses little to no sand and has reduced its salt usage, <br />which has a direct effect on lakes and streams and lowers the City's cost of doing business. <br />D. Resolution 13-034; Resolution Approving the Water, Sewer and Stormwater Rates for <br />2013. Shelly Rueckert, Finance Director, presenting. <br />This item was removed from the agenda. <br />E. Resolution 13-035; Resolution Accepting Funds from Stakeholders for the Removal of <br />Carp from Silver Lake in the City of St. Anthony Village. Justin Messner, WSB & <br />Associates, presenting. <br />City Engineer Messner explained that Silver Lake is listed as an impaired waterway by the <br />Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and carp removal is part of an implementation plan to <br />restore the ecology of the lake. He explained that carp stir up sediment in the lake , which <br />reduces plant growth, reduces oxygen in the water, and suffocates other fish and fish eggs. <br />Mayor Faust noted the City has received commitments from Columbia Heights, New Brighton, <br />Rice Creek Watershed District, and Three Rivers Park District to assist with this project and <br />thanked these agencies for their commitment to this project. <br />Councilmember Stille requested further information regarding the scope of services to be <br />performed in this project. <br />City Engineer Messner explained they will work with commercial fishermen to catch carp using <br />hoop netting in order to insert radio collars on the carp and releasing them back into the lake. He <br />stated that later in the season, the carp pool together and they will be able to locate a majority of <br />the fish and net them effectively; once captured they will mark the carp using fin clips so that as <br />they are collected they will be able to determine how many clipped fish have been caught and <br />calculate how many have been removed from the lake with the goal of removing a majority of