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TO: FROM: DATE: Mayor and City Council Ron Moorse, City Administrator November 22, 1993 SUBJECT: Council Update 1. Highway 12 Policy Committee Meeting The Highway 12 Policy Committee met on Wednesday, November 17. MnDOT provided an update on the various areas of the EIS study. The EiS study is moving along at a pace that will meet the completion schedule of Spring of '95. MnDOT provided plans of each of the three corridor layouts which are getting more detailed. MnDOT is beginning to work on the details of both the current corridor and the north corridor. MnDOT indicated they wil., have sufficient funding for the total Economic Impact Scudy. However, the consultant originally being considered to conduct the study has indicated he may not be the right person to provide the information the cities of Orono and Long Lake need to work through their issues. The city ne'^is to identify the specific economic impact issues, and information needed to analyze those issues in order to assist MnDOT in providing a better focus for the econom’c impact analysis study and in selecting a consultant to conduct the study. The agenda of the next i.iediation meeting may include a discussion of the economic impact issues and the types of information needed by the citJ^'a to address these issues. 2. Long Lake Water Quality Project Meeting A meeting was held on Friday, November 19 to review the Long Lake water quality improvement project being administrated by the NiUWD. Those in attendance included; Ellen Sones, the MCWD Administrator, two staff people from the MCWD's engineering firm, the Mayors of Medina and Long Lake, a representative of the Hennepin Conservation District and a member of the MCWD Board. The water quality improvement project was begun in 1991. The first step was a diagnosis of the current quality of the lake and the sources of the water quality problem. The diagnosis has been completed and a general plan has been developed for improving the water quality. The major contribitor to the low water quality is phosphorus loading into the lake from both agricultural land and residential land. The water quality improvement project includes a community based campai-gn to increase awareness and change practices to reduce phosphorus run-off from both residential and agricultural land. It also includes the construction of two sedimentat.ion ponds to intercept phosphorus and other nutrients before they get to the lake, and the installation of two aerators in Long Lake. The MCWD is available to review this plan with the City Council.