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TO: Mayor Hoke
Councilmembers Napper
Oxborough
Walsh
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FROM: Stephan Jilk, Administrator/Clerk ~y�
DATE: June 29, 1988
1ZE: Hawkins Pond
Gentlemen:
Attached is a letter I've composed in response to Mr. Arlyn Cope's
letter dated June 13, 1988. My response outlines to him my
recoinnendations to you on the letter and Hawkins Pond construction.
This includes holding a neighborhood meeting to discuss the issues, not
setting any kind of moratorium, ordering bids on the project and
consideration of a "review" committee for the master storm sewer plan
being compiled.
Please review the attached letter for further detail.
I will be pleased to discuss this in further detail individually or at
our meeting.
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June 30, 1988
Mr. Arlyn Cope
14717 West Danville Avenue
Rosemount, MN 55068
Dear Mr. Cope:
Thank you for your letter of June 13, 1988 regarding storm water
facilities planning in Rosemount. Your desire to be part of the
process for these projects is well taken. The many decisions involved
in the Hawkins Pond project and other storm water projects require
careful, thoughtful decisions to be made. City staff and city
consultants wish to put together only the best project for the entire
community.
In response to your comments and questions in the letter, I would
submit the following for your consideration.
(1) The city has selected a private engineering firm to develop a
master storm sewer plan for a portion of the City of Rosemount.
The study area for this plan will. be the western three (3) miles
of the city. This area lies within two major watershed districts,
the Vermillion and the Gun Club Lake.
The general scope of the study will be to develop a Comprehensive
Storm Water Management Plan that will accommodate future storm
water runoff within this study area for a 100 year frequency
storm. The plan should be consistent with the objectives and
requirements of the Vermillion and Gun Club Lake watershed plans
and those of the Minnesota DNR.
It is expected that the preliminary report on this study will be
available to the city by August 15, 1988. The entire process
includes the consultant's presentation to city staff, city council
and a yet to be scheduled public hearing on the study's results.
This meeting will probably be scheduled in early September of
1988.
Information to conduct the study will include, but will not be
limited to:
(a) Two foot interval topographic maps;
(b) Land photographs;
(c) Existing storm sewer and culvert dimensions and material
composition;
(d) Elevations of storm water culvert inverts (inlets);
(e) Culvert lengths;
(f) Elevations of existing vegetation lines;
(g) Low point elevations of roadways or overflows in vicinity of
all culverts;
Mr. Arlyn Cope
June 30, 1988
Page 2
(h)
The city's
storm water drainage
plan of Sections 19 and 20
prepared in
June,, 1979;
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(i)
The city's
storm water drainage
plan of December, 1978 of
Section 31;
(j)
The city's
surface drainage and
storm water plan for project
1971-1;
(k)
The Hawkins
Pond drainage plan;
(1)
The Wachter
Pond drainage plan;
and
(m)
Field survey
work.
Based on all of this information and the use of a computer program
developed by the consultant, watershed divides within this overall
study area will be defined, field verified and modified to field
verification if necessary.
Runoff volumes, based on 10 year and 100 year storms, will be
calculated. Ten year volumes will be used to size storm sewers
and 100 year volumes for detention basin design.
As the study proceeds it is not the intent of the consultant to
redesign existing facilities or projects already having studies
completed such as the Hawkins Pond project.. The consultant will
utilize these in their broader study; and if inconsistencies
arise, they will be brought to the city's attention. The many
studies, already completed by the city over the years since 1971,
are valid and it is believed will "mesh" into the overall study of
the complete western three miles of Rosemount as it is compiled
and presented.
(2) You've asked that a moratorium be placed on changing the city's
current storm sewer plan until the "master" storm sewer plan is
completed. I will recommend to our city council that no such
moratorium is necessary for the following reason. The projects,
such as the Hawkins Pond project, although only a part of the
overall storm water facilities plan for the City of Rosemount, are
in a sense a stand alone -apart and were designed "into" the overall
system. The construction of Hawkins Pond does not constitute a
change in the "master" plan for the city and is a necessary and
integral part of the overall system for storm water control.
Completion of it is necessary and should be done now. Decisions
on assessments and future storm sewer piping to bring in such
smaller detention areas such as Twin Puddles, although part of
this project's scope, will be made at a later time. Holding up
the work on the pond is not necessary to maintain the integrity of
the overall storm water planning for Rosemount; and I would
recommend it not be done.
(3) Citizen involvement in this process is welcome. At the time the
study's results are presented to the city council, a public
VMr. Arlyn Cope •
June 30, 1988
Page 3
hearing will be held which, of course, will be open to all who
wish to attend and comment. Part of this process will also
include a review by our city utility commission.
If the city council would like to see a committee formed, such as
you have suggested, I and my staff will be pleased to work with
that committee. I would foresee it as a review committee with
some responsibility to take the consultant's information and
comment on it for city council's benefit. I surely would not
consider such a committee to be placed in such a position as to
consider changing data, revising engineering design consideration
or evaluating engineering data, but only as a study's results
review board.
Again, if the city council would desire such a committee
formation, I would certainly entertain it and work within that
direction.
(4) In order that you and the citizens you represent may be kept
informed on the master storm water plan concept and the Hawkins
pond project, I will be recommending at our next city council
meeting on July 5 the following:
(a) A neighborhood information meeting be held at city hall
between July 5 and July 15 on this subject. This meeting
would be an open invitation to you and your neighbors. It
would allow city staff to review what I've discussed in this
letter. We would have city staff, our city consulting
engineer and the storm water consultants Barr Engineering
present to discuss these issues.
This meeting would not be a place for city staff to defend a
specific action or design factor for Hawkins Pond. It would
be, I hope, a chance to listen, discuss and better understand
all that is happening on these projects.
(b) No moratorium be placed on changes in the "master" plan for
the city since that is not necessary at this time.
Construction of Hawkins Pond is not a change but part of this
plan.
(c) On July 19, at our next regular council meeting, the city
council order the receipt of bids on the Hawkins Pond'
construction project. This project would be the pond
construction not any piping to outlet Twin Puddles or the
Broback Industrial Park pond or the smaller pond off Shannon
Parkway --only the work necessary to complete the Hawkins Pond
as described in the report and hearing for Project #176.
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Mr. Arlyn Cope
June 30, 1988
Page 9
The neighborhood meeting held between the two council
meetings should give us all a better understanding of:this
whole process.
The action the city council would take on July 19 would not
require a public hearing although public comment could be
made. Decisions on assessments for this project would come"
later at an assessment hearing.
Again, I appreciate your input on this, your offer to be.involved in
the process; and if council approves, I look forward to the
neighborhood meeting.
Sincerely,
Ste0han Jilk
Administrator/Clerk
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cc: Rosemount City Council
June 13, 1988
Mr. Steven Jilk
City Administrator
City of Rosemount
2875 145th Street West
Rosemount, Minnesota 55068
Dear Mr. Jilk:
RE �`IVED
JUN 15 1988
CL.Eh,� � +s.1rt�ICE
CITY OF HOSEMOUNT
I am the representative of a neighborhood association
consisting of 200 homeowners in Rosemount. We are informed
that the City recently selected an engineering firm to
develop a master storm sewer plan for the City. We commend
you for your foresight in undertaking a study designed to
create a master storm sewer plan. We have long believed our
City needed such a plan.
We would like to request that the City Council declare a
moratorium on any changes in the City's current storm sewer
plan until the new master plan has been developed, reviewed
and approved. We believe a moratorium is the only logical
way to insure the accuracy of the planning process. Please
let us know if the City Council will consider our request.
We would also like to be involved in the master storm sewer
planning process. We believe a committee of interested
citizens, elected officials and City staff should work with
the consulting engineer to make sure that the best possible
result for the City is reached. Please let us know if the
City Council will allow us to be involved in the planning
process.
Your prompt response will be greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours,
Arlyn Cope
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cc: Gerald Duffy Rich Hefti
Mayor Hoke David Bechtold
Councilmembers Dean Johnson
David Grannis