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'fo,/» '(T , V DATE: Aug. 10.^995, ^Sf.>. /6p. ■ ’ITEM NO: Department Approval: Name Ron Moorse Title City Administrator Adminis^tor Reviewed:Agenda Section: City Administrator ’s Report Item Description: Long Lake Water Quality Project On Tuesday, August 8, staff met with Tom LaBounty the MCWD’s Lead Manager on th«: Long T water quality project to get an update on the project and to review a revised project agreement. Project Update . . . , The overall project consists of the excavation or e.ilargement of four detention ponds and alum treatment of Long Lake. The detention pond portion of the project includes enlarging two ponds on the Lone Lake park land adjacent to the lake, e.xcavating a 2.5 acre two-stage pond facilit)' in Orono south of County Road 6 on the Pierce property, and excavating a 6 acre pond facility on Deer Hill Road in Medina. The MCWD has worked out an agreement with Long Lake regarding both the ponds and the prv)ject. They also have an agreement with the 'ierces regarding the 2.5 acre pond. They do not at this time have an agreement regarding the pond in Medina. Although the agreement with the Pierces includes a provision regarding a potential larger pond, the MCWD has made the determination that the large pond will be located on the Deer Hill Road property in Medina and not on the Pierce property. The proposed schedule for the project includes the excavation ot the Long Lake pond and the Deer Hill Road pond durinc the winter of 1Q95/T996. and the excavation of the pond on the Pierce property in the winter of 1997/1998. The alum treatment of Long I.ake is planned for the spring of 1996. P.oiect Agreement , - ^ • .A new draft of the cooperative agreement tor the project is attached tor Council review. The draft is much simplirieJ from the original. The agreement includes two items under city responsibilities that require additional discussion. One is the requirement for the city to prepare i local management plan for the sub-watershed district served by the water quality project. The acreement provides that the city will prepare the management within 120 days of receiving the technical eneineerinu information regarding the project. Staff has indicated; first, that the L.0 day period is too short and secondly, it is not clear how much time, effort and cost would be