1999.03.22 CC Minutes - Special meeting

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MINUTES FOR THE HUGO CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH 22.1999 The Mayor convened the special meeting of the Council at 7:08 PM. PRESENT: Barnes, Haas, Leroux, Petryk, Stoltzman City Administrator, Robert Museus City Water Resource Engineer, Todd Hubmer This meeting was called for the purpose of reviewing stormwater management issues in the community. Councilman Haas stated that he had received a phone call from Jeffrey I. Feldstein with Electric Design Company regarding the telephone system proposed for the Fire Hall. Mr. Feldstein informed Councilman Haas that the bid the City received from Action Systems was a good bid based on the Fire Chief s preferences for the phone intercom system in the new building. He recommended that the City accept the bid made by Action Systems in the amount of $4,196.00. Stoltzman made motion, Haas seconded, to enter into a contract with Action Systems for installation of a phone system, computer cabling, intercom system at the new Fire Hall in the amount of $4,196.00. All aye. Motion Carried. Todd Hubmer, an engineer with the City's water resource engineering consultants, WSB, presented the Council a quick overview on projects his firm was performing on behalf of the City. He informed the Council that the final revisions to the City's Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan were being prepared this week, and that WSB will be meeting with the RCWD in the near future to finalize the Plan, which is expected to be approved by the RCWD in April, 1999. He reported that an interagency review of the hydrologic analysis for the southwest Oneka Lake study area has been completed, and confirmed WSB's findings, which will result in a reduction of the designated floodplain for the area. Amendments to the City's floodplain map, which reflect these changes, will occur as a part of the FEMA revisions currently being conducted by the Army Corps of Engineers. WSB will also provide a letter of map revision to FEMA for the area. Mr. Hubmer informed the Council that the Clearwater Creek Improvement Project was substantially complete with only cleanup work to be performed. This project created approximately 39 acre feet of stormwater storage in the Clearwater Creek basin. WSB will monitor establishment of aquatic vegetation in the area to insure that it meets Corps of Engineers' requirements. The Clearwater Creek grant application was submitted to the DNR on March 11, 1999. When a decision will be made on the grant application is not yet clear. Mayor Stoltzman indicated concerns that by accepting a grant from the DNR for the acquisition of property