08-13-18 CC WS Agenda Packet
CITY OF SHOREWOOD 5755 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD
CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION COUNCIL CHAMBERS
MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2018 5:30 P.M.
AGENDA
1. CONVENE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
A. Roll Call
Mayor Zerby _____
Johnson _____
Labadie _____
Siakel _____
Sundberg _____
B. Review Agenda
ATTACHMENTS
2. COMP PLAN –
A. TRANSPORTATION Attachment
B. SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT Attachment
3. CIP – CONTINUE DISCUSSION City Engineer Memo
4. WATER CONNECTIONS City Administrator Memo
5. ADJOURN
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MEETING TYPE
City of Shorewood Council Worksession Item
Regular Meeting
Title / Subject: Review of the Storm Water Management Plan
Meeting Date: August 13, 2018
Prepared by: Marie Darling, Planning Director
Attachments: WSB Summary of SWMP
First 45 pages of SWMP
The complete City’s storm water management plan (SWMP) draft is not attached to the packet due to
its extensive size. It will be available on the city’s website. The first 45 pages are included and have
most of the policy statements.
The attached WSB summary explains the various sections of the plan and identifies the major updates
since the last plan.
The SWMP is a unique section of the comprehensive plan as the review process is different than the rest
of the plan. WSB will summarize the differences in their presentation.
Mission Statement: The City of Shorewood is committed to providing residents quality public services, a
healthy environment, a variety of attractive amenities, a sustainable tax base, and sound financial
management through effective, efficient, and visionary leadership.
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Memorandum
To: Alyson Fauske, WSB & Associates
From: Kendra Fallon, WSB & Associates
Date: August 9, 2018
Re: City of Shorewood SWMP Update Executive Summary
WSB Project No. 02925-360
Part of the process of updating the City of (City) Comprehensive Plan includes updating the
Surface Water Management Plan (SWMP, Plan). The City contracted WSB & Associates to update the
plan for compliance with NPDES, MPCA, Metropolitan Council, Minnehaha Creek Watershed District
(MCWD), and Riley Purgatory Bluff Creek Watershed District (RPBCWD) requirements. The Plan has the
following sections:
1. Executive Summary provides background information and summarizes the Plan contents
2. Land and Water Resource Inventory presents information about the topography, geology,
groundwater, soils, land use, public utilities, surface waters, hydrologic system data and the
drainage system
3. Agency Cooperation other governmental controls and
programs that affect water resources. Includes coordination plans for how the City plans to work
with MCWD and RPBCWD.
4. Assessment of Problems and Issues
and issues along with proposed corrective actions.
5. Goals and Policies and
notes that MCWD and RPBCWD are responsible for implementing their rules within the City when
applicable.
6. Implementation Program presents the program elements and discusses the responsibilities,
priorities, and financial considerations associated with the implementation program; includes the
implementation table with proposed projects, studies and programs for the next ten years.
7. Appendices including Figures, Water Resource Related Agreements, Modeling Information,
Residential Problem Area Study Results
The following major updates were made to the 2018 SWMP:
Updated figures with the City and other agency
Included coordination plans between the City and MCWD and the City and RPBCWD on how to
coordinate most effectively moving forward
Updated assessment of water related problems and corrective actions
Including defining redevelopment and single-family home redevelopment and the
regulations that apply to them
Updated City project implementation timeline and table
As the City continues to be developed and redeveloped, drainage issues become more pressing. The
western half of the City has minimal vacant land available for new stormwater storage and treatment. The
City is committed to addressing known and future drainage issues and will let drainage concerns guide
the proposed capital improvement projects within the City. Some of the larger projects the City is looking
to complete in the next 10 years to address water resource issues include constructing an outlet from the
currently landlocked Lake Mary, completing an outlet improvement project to alleviate flooding concerns
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near Freeman Park, updating the City wide hydrologic and hydraulic model, and working with the
watershed districts to implement any TMDLs for impaired waters the City drains to.
The City maintained most of the same water related goals and policies from the 2008 update to the
SWMP. The following definitions and clarifications were included to try to alleviate confusion:
Regulations included in Section 5 are enforced for all new development or redevelopment
projects where a building or grading permit is required.
Redevelopment: Any development on one or more lots where the land use is being altered or a
structure is being torn down and rebuilt
Single-family home redevelopment: A subsection of redevelopment where a residential home is
being torn down and rebuilt.
A single-family home development or redevelopment is exempt from meeting the NURP
standards.
If soil characteristics are not suitable for infiltration, the same volume will be required to be treated
through filtration practices (1 inch of rainfall over new impervious).
Council when completed. The City will send the finalized version of the SWMP to the RPBCWD when the
SWMP is finalized.
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MEETING TYPE
City of Shorewood Council Meeting Item
WORK SESSION
Title / Subject: Water Connections
Meeting Date: August 13, 2018
Prepared by: Greg Lerud, City Administrator
Reviewed by: Larry Brown, Director of Public Works; Alyson Fauske, City Engineer
Attachments: Map
Background: There was a limited discussion at the last work session about water connections. There
are two parts to this discussion; increasing the number of connections to the system for those who
already have water available; and the second part is should water be included in all street
reconstruction projects or should there be a policy developed for adding water to projects? Due to
availability of time, only a discussion about how to encourage connections to existing watermain is the
immediate topic of discussion. New projects will be discussed at a future meeting.
Attached to this memo is a map highlighting parcels that have access to water but are not connected to
the city’s water system. There are approximately 290 parcels that meet that criteria. The present water
connection fee is $10,000 for a single-family dwelling. The average cost to the City to get water service
to a property is between $15,000 and $17,000. Staff does not recommend an increase to that amount
in one step, but an increase over $10,000 is warranted.
Staff has discussed the idea of offering a limited number of water tests that would be available to the
property owners who have access to water but are not connected. There are several issues with this
idea, the first being the cost of the test. The city would set the testing parameters for the test to include
arsenic, nitrate, total coliform and lead. The cost to perform those four tests is $140 per well. Although
a write-down of the cost for a certain amount would be feasible. The second concern is from a public
data perspective. If the city is involved, this data may be public when the property owners do not want
it to be. For these reasons, staff suggests that the city negotiate a rate with a lab and the residents can
work directly with the lab to have their water tested if they so choose.
Recommended Strategy: Send a mailing to all the property owners who have access to water giving
them information about the benefits of being connected to the system, the ability to continue to use
their well water non-potable uses, the availability of a water test, and notifying them of the of a grace-
period to connect for the current access charge. Connections made after that deadline would pay the
connection charge at that time. This process could be enhanced by the city offering to allow the
connection charge to be assessed over several years rather than the entire charge being due on the
front end.
This process gives the city an opportunity to evaluate if an incentivized approach to encouraging
connecting is effective.
Mission Statement: The City of Shorewood is committed to providing residents quality public services, a
healthy environment, a variety of attractive amenities, a sustainable tax base, and sound financial
management through effective, efficient, and visionary leadership. Page 1