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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 22, 2012 Page 3 toward this. There also may be funds from the DNR. Mr. Hubmer stated there are a number of partners involved and this would not be the quickest solution to the problem. Mr. Ilubmer stated Option 4 would be feasible. Councilmember Stille referred to Option 2 and asked if the road replacement was in Ramsey County's plan. Mr. Hubmer stated he does not believe it is in their plan. 8 Councilmember Roth asked if a ditch can be a pipe. He questioned how large the pipes are. Mr. 9 Hubmer responded it could be a 7-8 foot diameter pipe moving water. Mr. Hubmer stated there 10 is a ditch authority for Ramsey County and that is the Rice Creek Watershed District. They will 1 I be given a copy of the model. 12 13 Councilmember Roth asked how flood -proofing a house can be done. Mr. Hubmer stated walk - 14 outs can be blocked, berms can be constructed, replacing egress windows with glass block. It 15 depends on the type of the house and what can be done for flood -proofing. Mr. Hubmer stated 16 the previous programs were 65% paid by the City and 35% paid by the resident. 17 18 Councilmember Jenson asked Mr. Hubmer if the other Cities have the same momentum to get 19 something done. Mr. Hubmer stated New Brighton has energy to move forward. 20 Councilmember Jenson asked if this report was shared with the other Cities and Mr. Hubmer 21 stated this report was created for St. Anthony and a similar report was created and presented to 22 New Brighton Council and accepted. 23 24 Mayor Faust asked about timelines in general and what interim measures can be taken. Mr. 25 Hubmer stated the backflow prevention device is one option as well as lowering the level of 26 Mirror Lake. Mr. Hubmer stated this was an extreme rainfall event and these types of events do 27 not occur often. Mr. Hubmer stated they are seeking cost estimates and should come back to 28 Council in approximately two weeks. Mayor Faust asked how long it would take to install the 29 device and Mr. Hubmer stated it depends on how long it takes to obtain the device. 30 31 Ms. Debra Larson, Mirror Lake Townhomes, asked for clarification on options five and six. She 32 stated their flooding was due to the backup. At the May 3, 2012 meeting they discussed possibly 33 putting the drainage system back together. She asked if option five included putting the drainage 34 system back together. Mr. Hubmer stated it is part of the bio -filtration system repair. Ms. 35 Larson stated option 4 is the most desirable solution but that will not happen. Ms. Larson asked 36 if option 5 would prevent the Mirror Lake Townhomes from flooding. Mr. Hubmer stated he 37 cannot make promises but it will be better given a hundred year flood. Ms. Larson asked what 38 percentage the backflow device would work and Mr. Hubmer stated it offers a 95% reliability. 39 40 Mayor Faust stated option 4 would be the engineering school solution but it would be the longest 41 solution. In an attempt to mitigate as best we can with the least amount of money the backflow 42 preventer solution was suggested. Mayor Faust said if the backflow preventer was installed the 43 City could still seek funding for option 4. 44 45 Councilmember Roth stated it seems the ditch size is the issue. Would the backflow preventer 46 be at the expense of Rice Creek Watershed District? Mr. Hubmer stated they will pursue their 3