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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, October 11, 2010 7:00 o'clock p.m. (PUBLIC COMMENTS, Continued) Kellogg indicated his office has been in the process of updating the City's surface water management plan, which is going before the Minnehaha Watershed District this Thursday night for preliminary approval. Then a memorandum of understanding will need to be executed before it can be finally approved. Kellogg indicated his office has put together a 10 -year CIP, which is basically the CIP from the last surface water management plan. None of those projects have been accomplished to date and there needs to be a prioritization of those items. They have identified 10 larger projects that the City should consider undertaking but he is not sure whether the delta cleaning is part of this 10 -year CIP. Kellogg noted there are budgetary constraints and that the storm water improvement projects have to be prioritized. Kellogg indicated he wanted to get past the approval process on the surface water management plan before moving forward. They have also prepared separately a 7 -year CIP that includes all improvements throughout the City and the delta project is identified in that plan. Due to the limited funding available, projects scheduled for the next 10 years will need to be paid in part with grants and other financial assistance. Olson noted the fund balance before the Casco Point project was around $700,000, but that approximately half of that was expended on Casco Point. The City currently receives around $125,000 a year in that fund from user fees. • Kellogg stated they have not lost sight of the project and are working on priorities at the present time. Barrett stated with every year this project is delayed, more sediment collects, which fills in a couple of dock spaces. Barrett asked who will be accepting the responsibility to clean up the delta. White asked Mr. Barrett if he is requesting the City accept that responsibility rather than the association. Barrett noted the pipe is located on an adjoining property and is not on their property. At the May Council meeting it was decided there would be a work session to determine whose responsibility it was. White stated his recollection of the meeting was that Staff would look into the situation and gather additional information on it. Barrett noted he sent an e-mail to the mayor and the rest of the City Council on this matter and that he did not receive a response back from the mayor. Barrett indicated he received a response from McMillan and Murphy. White indicated he did not receive that e-mail. Barrett noted the minutes from that meeting reflect that Murphy moved, Bremer seconded, to approve the application for a dock use licensed for the Forest Arms Country Club Homeowners Association for 2010 based on the current survey, with the requirement that a new survey be updated and obtained prior to the submittal of the 2011 application, and with the additional requirement the City Engineer review the runoff situation, determine what the City's responsibility is as it relates to the delta, and to direct Staff to develop a policy regarding how often the surveys should be updated. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 1, McMillan opposed. Barrett commented that the motion is pretty clear. Page 4 of 20