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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20100510 UC Minutes4ROSEMOUNT PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT • UTILITY COMMISSION MINUTES MAY 10, 2010 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof the regular Utility Commission meeting of the City of Rosemount was held on May 10, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. in the Conference Room of the City Hall. Mayor Droste administered the oath to David Speich. Commissioner Harmsen nominated Shawn Mulhern and since this is an informal session Shawn Mulhern will retain the office of President. A brief discussion took place regarding the calendar for next year. MOTION by Harmsen to set the 2010 Utility Commission meetings per the attached calendar. SECOND by Mulhern. Ayes: Mulhern, Harmsen, Speich. Nays: None. Motion carried. President Mulhern reminded the Commission that the calendar is always subject to change. Pursuant to due call and notice thereof the regular Utility Commission meeting of the City of Rosemount was called to order on May 10, 2010 at 5:34 p.m. in the Conference Room of the City Hall by President Shawn Mulhern. Those present were Commission Members Harmsen, Speich, • Mayor Droste, City Administrator Johnson, City Engineer Brotzler and Recording Secretary Dorniden. c: ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA Commissioner Harmsen would like to add MNWARN to the agenda. President Mulhern placed it as 7c. AUDIENCE INPUT None. MOTION by Harmsen to approve the minutes of the March 8, 2010, regular Utility Commission meeting as amended. Second by Mulhern. Ayes: Harmsen, Speich, Mulhern. Nays: None. Motion carried. OLD BUSINESS No Old Business. SPIRIT OF PRIDE AND PROGRESS 2875 145th Street West • Rosemount, MN 55068 -4997 •651- 423 -4411 • TDD/TTY 651 - 423 -6219 • Fax 651- 322 -2694 www.d.rosemount.mmus UTILITY COMMISSION MINUTES MAY 10, 2010 • NEW BUSINESS 7a. KURT WALTER - HANSEN UTILITIES — DOWNTOWN AREA Executive Director Brotzler summarized what Staff felt this item represented. Mr. Walter - Hansen has three separate parcels with three structures and he's requesting one service for all three. City Code states "No more than one housing unit or building shall be supplied from one service connection except by special permission of the utilities commission." This is the theory that Mr. Walter- Hansen is coming before the Commission on because he felt that he has the same situation as Rottlund Homes, which brought a request to the Commission back in February. The two situations are different in the respect that Mr. Walter - Hansen has three separate parcels. Rottlund has one parcel and was in the development stage, not in existence for numerous years. Rotdunds property has one service at a defined point and eight service lines coming from that point. Mr. Walter - Hansen failed to provide staff with a map or specific drawings showing the routing of lines as was requested prior to the meeting. Staff is recommending the Commission deny Mr. Walter - Hansen's request for approval to serve multiple structures and properties with one municipal water service. President Mulhern turned the floor over to Mr. Walter- Hansen for his comments and clarification. Mr. Walter - Hansen took the Commission back 5 '/a years ago when the water line froze and broke at the corner house of one of his parcels. It happened in February so he was allowed to run a • temporary line between the two houses since he owned both parcels. It never occurred to him to have the problem fixed in the spring and then just last July Alan Strand said he sent him a letter (which he didn't receive) telling him he had three months to fix the problem. He had talked to an attorney regarding combining the lots for development, but was advised not to do so at this time until he was ready to develop the properties. He feels like the City is against him. As of last week the house has been reconnected to the City water system. Mr. Walter- Hansen made reference to the old clinic house and the building behind the second house. He said he wouldn't be able to help the City out with their animals if he doesn't get the special permission to run the water from one building to the other. Mayor Droste asked if the three properties have water pipes running to the other buildings. The main structures all have water and sewer running to them. Mr. Walter- Hansen kept insisting that this is a "special circumstance" and should be treated on an individual basis and feels it is a reasonable request so he's not breaking the law. He has five buildings on the three parcels. Mayor Droste asked which house was which. The corner house is considered House 1, the middle House 2 and the end parcel is House 3. The middle parcel has the primary structure (House 2) and then a building structure behind the house that he uses for the animals. That building is hooked into the water supply from the parcel with House 3. Genz -Ryan put the line to that building in when they had the joint driveway dug up. Staff doesn't know if there is any record of that line being done. • 2 UTILITY COMMISSION MINUTES MAY 10, 2010 • Staff reiterated that they would like to see a plan as to how and what Mr. Walter- Hansen would like to accomplish. They further recommend that the Commission table the item until further investigation can be done regarding the line that potentially is running across a common lot line. They would like Mr. Walter- Hansen to bring back options and possible solutions. MOTION by Mulhern to table (continue) discussion for one month while Mr. Walter- Hansen and Staff work together to better understand the issue. Mr. Walter - Hansen stated he would like to withdraw his request. He thought he had seen an opportunity from Rottlund to comply with the law. The motion was dropped. The Commission "thanked" Mr. Walter- Hansen for his time. 7b. STORM POND MONITORING Executive Director Brotzler introduced Pete Willenbring from WSB & Associates. Pete has been Monitoring the rate of Evaporation and Infiltration occurring in our stormwater ponds over the past few years. This has been undertaken in part as a result of the MPCA requiring the City to develop a Non - Degradation Plan and in order to take credit for infiltration that occurs within the Cities ponds, the City has been monitoring the extent to which this occurs within the City. Within the packet are results of the monitoring, comments from the PCA, scope of the monitoring and a work plan from • WSB & Associates. Mr. Willenbring provided an overview of the information within the Commission packet. In summary, the monitoring is finding the infiltration rates that we were used in the non degradation plan are relatively close to those found in the field monitoring, although the rates are also found to vary significantly from one year to the next. For this reason a long term monitoring program is needed. Mr. Willenbring also noted that at the end of March the City received a comment letter from the PCA regarding its non - degradation plan. The letter indicated that the City has generally complied with the requirements of the non- degradation plan provisions, but requested two additional activities be completed. The Activities include the development of an assessment process to validate assumptions used regarding the treatment effectiveness of stormwater Best Management Practices (BMP's) and the development of volume reduction strategy. Mr. Willenbring handed out a BMP summary sheet for review that was developed to address the two additional activities. This will be put into the SWPPP next year. Mr. Willenbring also provided an outline of a proposed monitoring program for 2010. The plan was different from the past year by incorporating City staff do more of the monitoring in an effort to reduce costs. Water quality samples would need to be done on 15 basins. Commissioner Speich asked how many cities were required to complete this non - degradation plan. • Mr. Willenbring responded that 30 cities were required to complete these plans. 3 UTILITY COMMISSION MINUTES MAY 10, 2010 • Executive Director asked if the number of cities will grow that have to comply. Mr. Willenbring responded that at this time it looks like it will be confined to the original 30 cities. Discussion took place as to reviewing the ordinance that is in -place to make sure it can be enforced. Mr. Willenbring also noted that on June 15, 2010, the PCA will begin taking applications for grant money to remove pond sediment containing PAH'S. This money would be used for dredging to restore pond volume and restoration. Rain gardens are also being established throughout the area to make it more efficient to handle small rainfalls. An example is the new St. Joseph's parking lot. The rain gardens help with reducing runoff volumes from impervious surfaces. President Mulhern asked about adding another 4 -5 monitoring sites toward the east side of the City. They would be added, however with the rotation we would be monitoring about 20 sites all total. MOTION by Mulhern to authorize the 2010 Storm Pond Monitoring program. Second by Harmsen. Ayes: Mulhern, Harmsen, Speich. Nays: None. Motion carried. MOTION by Mulhern to authorize the submittal of BMP #7 to the PCA. Second by Harmsen. Ayes: Harmsen, Speich, Mulhern. Nays: None. Motion carried. • 7c. MNWARN (Add -on) Commissioner Harmsen had added this item to the agenda. It is the Minnesota's Water /Wastewater Agency Response Network. It is basically the recovery of utility systems from natural and declared disasters. It is a free coalition of mutual aid /assistance from one agency helping another in a written agreement. There is no cost to belong and it offers others inventory of what might be needed in case of a disaster, equipment and personnel. The Commission agreed that this is something the City should look at. It would have to be passed with a Council resolution after the City attorney reviewed it once information is gathered. City Administrator Johnson apprised the Commission that he'd have Staff look into it. Executive Director Brotzler informed the Commission he'd have the Operations Superintendent look into it. PRESIDENT'S REPORT None. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT • County Road 73 is continuing forward • Akron Avenue is wrapping up north of Bonaire • 4 • • UTILITY COMMISSION MINUTES MAY 10, 2010 • Quiet Zone — Union Pacific had done their portion, now the City portion, which is the median has been installed. The new signal at 145`" Street crossing needs to be completed and that's waiting for Union Pacific and their timeline. • Trunk Highway 3 has a lot going on. MNDOT is doing a mill and overlay project from Hwy 149 to south of County Road 42. The City project, along with MNDOT, is installing a new signal at TH 3 and 145`'' Street and a right turn lane southbound at TH 3 and 143`d Street. • 2010 Street Improvements Project -City Engineer Brotzler just wanted the Commission to know that the 2010 Street Improvements are going forward. On May 18`'' the Council will hold public hearings on the project and adopt the Assessment Roll and receive the bid and award the contract. • Eastside Water Tower is being power washed and cleaning up the mold. The Commission didn't have any further questions regarding the projects. It was noted that water consumption was down for April and it's attributed to a dry month. 9d. SET NEXT MEETING AGENDA FOR JUNE 7, 2010 At this time there was nothing to add to the agenda. The meeting could potentially be cancelled. MOTION by Mulhem to adjourn. Second by Harmsen. Meeting adjourned at 7:05 p.m. Res ectfully Submitted, a --1 Cindy Dorniden Recording Secretary