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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for April 7, 2014 Page 5 of 9 Approve Award of Bid for the 2014 Seal Coating Proiect At its February 3, 2014 meeting, the Hugo City Council authorized City staff to advertise and receive bids for the 2014 seal coat project. Bids were received and opened on March 27, 2014 for this contract. Public Works Director Scott Anderson explained the project area and stated that two bids were received. Some of the funding for the project comes from State Aid Maintenance dollars. Haas made motion, Klein seconded, to award the bid to the low bidder, Pearson Brothers, Inc., at $145,565.47. All Ayes. Motion carried. Approve Award of Bid for the 2014 Gravel Road Resurfacing Project At its February 3, 2014 meeting, the Hugo City Council authorized City staff to advertise and receive bids for the delivery of gravel for the City's gravel road resurfacing project. Bids were received and opened on March 27, 2014 for this contract. Public Works Director Scott Anderson explained that new gravel specification and dust control are producing higher quality roads that last longer. Two bids were received. Haas made motion, Petryk seconded, to approve the award of contract to MJ Raleigh Trucking to supply Class 5 modified (60% crushed) aggregate at $8.18 per ton. All Ayes. Motion carried. Update and Discussion on Stormwater Plan At its December 16, 2013 meeting, the Council formed a Committee to work on issues related to water conservation. One of the issues the Committee worked on was revisions to the City's Stormwater Policy. The Planning Commission considered these revisions at their March 13, 2014 meeting and provided comment. Planner Rachel Juba talked about the process. The existing Stormwater Management Plan was adopted in 1998. Stormwater management plans are required to be updated every ten years with rhe Comprehensive Plan and must be consistent with Watershed District Rules. The Rice Creek Watershed District was in the process of revising the rules when the 2030 Comprehensive Plan was approved in 2010. The Metropolitan Council approved the Plan with the condition that the Stormwater Management Plan be completed once the rules were revised. The RCWD competed their revisions to the rules last summer, and the City is now updating the Plan. Bob Barth, WSB and Associates, presented the goals and policies to reduce, reuse, and replenish the City's water resources and the need the need to do this on a regional basis. He talked about the Oneka Ridge Golf Course water reuse project and what it meant for development. The Council discussed the changes the RCWD made in their ponding and infiltration policies due to pressure from the City of Hugo. Council also talked about the need for the District to be involved in appropriation permits.