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City Council meeting of December 6, 2004 Page 6 UPDATE ON NOVEMBER 22.2004 RCWD MEETING ON PROPOSED HARDWOOD CREEK REHABILITATION PROJECT At its November 22, 2004 meeting, the RCWD discussed the proposed Hardwood Creek Rehabilitation Project, along with the four proposed options for rehabilitation. After discussion, the Board adopted Option 4, which is the minor maintenance option, after carefully considering all issues and factors related to the engineer's feasibility study. After discussions with RCWD Administrator Steve Hobbs, City staff met to discuss this option in relation to the final report from the Blue Ribbon Task Force. Although the Council adopted a resolution supporting the traditional repair method at its November 15, 2004 meeting, City staff recommended Council accept the RCWD Board's recommended minor maintenance option in order to proceed with the project with respect to all parties, to achieve the win- win objectives, which were the single most important accomplishments of the Blue Ribbon Task Force work in 2001. Mayor Miron suggested another joint Council/RCWD meeting be scheduled sometime mid-January 2005 to discuss a number of issues related to Hardwood Creek/JD2. John Waller stated that if an option was selected by the RCWD's at its 11/22/04 meeting, the 30 -day appeal process would have started that day, and a meeting in mid-January would be too late for discussion. Miron made motion, Haas seconded, directing staff to schedule a joint meeting with the RCWD Board of Managers on January 14, 2004 at 9:00 am, Hugo City Hall. Staff shall request that the RCWD delay final action on their decision until after this meeting, as well as inclusion of other agenda items for this meeting. All aye. Motion Carried. Miron made motion, Puleo seconded, directing the City Attorney to review the appeal process and make a recommendation to Council at its regular meeting of December 20, 2004. All aye. Motion Carried. JD2 CULVERT REPAIR PROJECT FUNDING RECOMMENDATION At its November 15, 2004 meeting, Council received an update from City Attorney Dave Snyder regarding the proposed agreement for the completion of the JD2 culvert replacement project. Council directed staff to work with the RCWD to reach an agreement or seek an alternative, which would allow the City to complete the project. City staff met with WSB Engineers and the City Attorney, and after careful discussion, recommended that the City take over completion of the project and pay a sum in the amount of $115,000 to the RCWD for work completed to date, with expected completion in spring 2005, as well as waive of summary judgment and removal from the Jay Bros. lawsuit against the RCWD and the City of Hugo. City Attorney Dave Snyder presented staffs proposed agreement, which has been reviewed by the RCWD attorney and staff and is recommended for approval. Mayor Miron suggested that this matter be included on the agenda for the joint meeting with the RCWD on January 14, 2005. Miron made motion, Haas seconded, directing staff to continue to finalize the dollar amount for payment to the RCWD and fine tune the proposed agreement, recognizing Council's concern with the dollar amount and bring to the joint meeting, with a review at the December 20, 2004 meeting, if necessary. All aye. Motion Carried.