071408 CC WS MinCITY OF SHOREWOOD
CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
MONDAY, JULY 14, 2008
MINUTES
I. CONVENE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
5755 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
6:30 P.M.
Mayor Lizee called the meeting to order at 6:30 P.M.
A. Roll Call
Present: Mayor Lizee; Councilmembers Bailey (arrived 6:33 P.M.), Turgeon; Wellens and
Woodruff; Acting Administrator/Director of Public Works Brown; Finance Director
Burton; Planning Director Nielsen; and Engineer Landini
Absent: None
B. Review Agenda
Wellens moved, Woodruff seconded, Approving the Agenda as presented. Motion passed 4/0.
2. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
Engineer Landini stated Steve Gurney, with WSB & Associates, was present this evening to discuss
changes made to the City's Comprehensive Surface Water Management Plan (the Plan). Mr. Gurney had
prepared the P]an.
Mr. Gurney explained the City had submitted its Plan to the Metropolitan Council (Met Council), the
Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) and the Riley-Purgatory-Bluff Creed Watershed District
(RPBWCD) for their review and comment. The organizations had 60 days to provide with City with their
comments. The City received written comments from the Met Council and the MCWD within that 60-day
period. After the 60-day deadline period the City received verbal comment from the RPBCWD, but to
date it has not received anything in writing. The Met Council had a few minor comments regarding how
to proceed with some of the plans the City was proposing to implement, and the MCWD had provided a
number of comments.
Mr. Gurney stated Council had been provided with a copy of his draft letter responding to the comments
received; items that were completed were not addressed in the letter. A copy of the letter can be found on
file. He had also provided Council with the proposed changes to the Plan.
Mr. Gurney highlighted those items in his letter he thought may require further explanation. Those items
included: funding ability to implement the plan (the possibility of securing grant funds for certain
projects was added and it was noted the General Fund would not have to fund the projects in the Plan);
the MCWD's requirement for the City to reduce its phosphorous loading into Lake Minnetonka by fifty
pounds annually (the MCWD appears to agree with the City's proposal to conduct additional street
sweeping each fall, and the City is requesting partial credit for some initiatives it has already
implemented); there was a suggestion to integrate low impact development (LID) techniques into the
City's land use regulations to help with infiltration/volume control (rather than force the use the City will
encourage the developers to use the techniques where possible); there was a suggestion to construct
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stormwater ponds within City-owned outlots (the City is unwilling to place further restrictions on private
property at this time); and the MCWD requested language be included regarding the enforcement of
buffer regulations (the revised Plan will state the MCWD as the LGU is responsible for enforcing those
regulations).
Mr. Gurney stated he intended to meet with the MCWD, along with Engineer Landini, in the next week
to get clarification on some items and to ensure that the MCWD's concerns were adequately addressed.
He explained once the revised Plan is submitted for final approval all three of the previously listed
organizations have another 60 days to review and comment on the Plan. Ideally, the Plan would be
approved by September 15, 2008; the deadline established by the Met Council, but he did not think that
would occur. The Met Council is aware that the MCWD is in the process of revising its own plan which
makes it difficult for the City to satisfy the changing MCWD's requirements.
In response to a question from Councilmember Bailey, Acting Administrator Brown explained there are
elements of the City's Comprehensive Plan that are intertwined with this Plan, the Plan does satisfy a
number of statutory legal requirements, and a lot of the analysis that was done for the Plan is used for
other purposes.
Councilmember Woodruff suggested the action items in the Plan be incorporated into work plans to
ensure they get completed.
In response to a comment from Councilmember Bailey, Acting Administrator Brown stated the nuisance
drainage issues identified in the Plan are being addressed through the CIP.
3. ADJOURN
Wellens moved, Turgeon seconded, Adjourning the City Council Work Session Meeting of July 14,
2008, at 6:55 P.M. Motion passed 5/0.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
Christine Freeman, Recorder
ATTEST:
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Christine Lizee, Mayor
A. Brown, Acting City Administrator/Clerk