1995.09.13 CC Minutes - Browns Creek flooding

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MINUTES FOR THE HUGO CITY COUNCIL MEETING _OF__SEPTEME±ER 1- . _1995 The recessed City Council meeting of September 11, 1995, was reconvened by Mayor Miron at 6:00 PM at the Washington County Public Works building. PRESENT: Goiffon, LaValle, Leroux, Miron City Administrator, Robert Museus City Engineer representative, Pete Willenbring em The u pose for this meeting was to review possible solutions to the flooding problems being experienced along Brown's Creek with representative of adjacent communities, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, MNDNR. Brown's Creek WMO, Washington County ASCS, Washington County Department of Public Works, and area residents. City Administrator, Robert Museus, facilitated the meeting, which identified agency and individual concerns regarding the management of the Brown's Creek watershed, as well as potential resources to help resolve these problems. A list of the concerns and resources is attached separately and made a part of these minutes. A group consensus was reached that four activities must be undertaken in order to resolve the flooding, environmental, and development concerns in the watershed: 1. The future organizational structure of the Brown's Creek. WMO should be defined. Possibilities include transitioning_ the organization to a watershed management district or amending the Joint Powers Agreement among the communities comprising the watershed. This matter was to be discussed further with the assistance of representatives from the Bureau of Soil and Water Resources and DNR at the regularly scheduled Brown's Creek WMO's meeting on September 20, 1995. 2. Conduct a detailed hydrologic, environmental, and regulatory study of the Brown's Creek watershed in order to develop a base of knowledge with which to create an implementation plan for managing the district. If possible, this study is to be based on an area study undertaken by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under a Section 25 small flood control project. 3. An implementation plan should be developed for resolving the issues identified by the BCWMO, preferably through the revision to their watershed management plan. 4. Various municipalities should review the existing emergency situation in their communities, and take such steps as necessary and reasonable to resolve critical flooding on as on -needed basis. Goiffon made motion, LaValle seconded, to direct Pete Willenbring from the City Engineer's office to facilitate the development and scope of work for the floodplain study with representatives from the adjacent communities and the Corps of Engineers, and provide a recommended scope of work: to the BCWMO during their meeting of 9/20/95, if possible. All aye. Motion Carried.