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Home My WebLink About1990-07-31 CC Packet Special Meeting '4 e e e ;~]: ,YfA.~, iIlwater "~ ~ THE BfRTHPlAC! OF MIIUHSOTA July 27, 1990 TO: FROM: MAYOR AND COUNCIL MARY LOU JOHNSON, CITY CLERK SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING, TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1990, 4:00 P.M. SUBJECT: This memo is a reminder to Council that a Special Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon, July 31, 1990, at 4:00 P.M. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 216 North Fourth Street, Stillwater, Minnesota to discuss the following: 1. Discussion of 1991 Budget 2. Any other busi ness Council may wi sh to di scuss. CITY HALL .;;J 216 NORTH FOURTH STillWATER, MINNESOTA 55082 . 612-439-6121 e e e M E M 0 TO: MAYOR AND COUNCIL DIANE DEBLON, FINANCE DIRECTOR JULY 27, 1990 1991 BUDGET WORKSHOP FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: Please bring your 1991 budget worksheet booklets and schedules that were handed out at the July 24 meeting. We will be meeting with Choc Junker and Bob Bielenberg to discuss their budgets and request Council action and/or direction regarding the budget. DB/ml j e e e illwater -- ~ ~ THE BIRTHPLACE OF MINNESOTA i) July 25, 1990 Mr. Jack M. Ullrich 1312 South Everett Street Stillwater, MN 55082 Dear Mr. Ullrich: In regards to our previous discussions pertaining to community related needs, it appears that a new Armory/Community Center would be the most appropriate use of contributed funds at this time. A facility of this nature would provide our citizens with a multi-purpose amenity that has been needed for some time now. For example, the facility would include a large drill hall for National Guard functions but would also be used for community events where a large meeting area would be needed. The facility could also be expanded to accommodate certain types of recreational activities such as an ice arena, swimming pool, teen center, etc. Obviously the City would have to survey the community to establish exactly what the citizens need and are willing to pay for before any final commitments are made, but as I have stated, there does appear to be strong community interest in such a facility. I should point out that the City has been meeting with National Guard officials to discuss the feasibility of constructing a new Armory/Community Center. The Guard appears to be very interested in a new facility and have expressed their willingness to help construct a facility that would serve our needs as well as their needs. I have discussed all of this with the City Council and they are very excited about the possible contribution of funds to help pay for the new facility. Please let me know if there is anything that you need in order to make a final decision in this matter. Sincerely, #cz/d; tlkk-~ Wally Abrahamson Mayor WA/smc CITY HALL: 216 NORTH FOURTH STILLWATER, MINNESOTA 55082 PHONE: 612-439-6121 e e e Memo to: Mayor and City Council From: City Coordinator Re: MWCC Meetings Regarding III Da: July 27, 1990 Accompanying this memo is a letter I received from Dick moore regarding his attendance at two meetings held by the MWCC to discuss III. I had previously asked Dick to attend the meetings for the City and I would strongly recommend that Dick be authorized to attend future meetings. Dick does a good job of updating Council and staff and I believe the III issue is an important one to stay on top of. Especially in view of the potential for surcharges andlor penalties that may accompany excessive III as explained in Dick's letter. , ~~ ~SeJ e ENCINEERS. ARCHITECTS. PLANNERS 3535 VADNAIS CENTER DRIVE, 5T. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55110 672490-2000 July 24, 1990 RE: STILLWATER, MINNESOTA CITY ENGINEER SEH FILE NO: 89114 Mr. Nile Kriesel, City Coordinator City of Stillwater 216 North Fourth Street Stillwater, MN 55082 Dear Mr. Kriesel: As you are aware, the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission (MWCC) is conducting a system-wide infiltration and inflow (III) evaluation. This study will ultimately involve all the municipal users of the MWCC system. e At present, the consulting engineer for the MWCC conducting the study has held two workshops. The first workshop was on June 20 at the White Bear Lake City Hall. There were representatives from White Bear Lake, Woodbury, North st. Paul, steve Russell and I from the City of Stillwater, Roseville, Birchwood, the MWCC and Metropolitan Council. An overview of the study and III quantification issues were the topics covered by this workshop. The basic question asked was regarding any infiltration and inflow problems in each community. Most communi ties have very little III and they have been working on it for several years. A question was asked if this study will review community violators instead of the MWCC system. The answer was that the MWCC does not want to dictate to any City to reduce a certain percentage of III. The MWCC is hoping to provide a system of incentives and disincentives to motivate communities into tightening their system. At this point the communities are not asked to do any moni toring or anything of that sort. Basically the MWCC is asking community participation by attending workshops and presenting community views. Incentives and disincentives were also discussed at this work- shop. Comments ranged from being a good idea, something similar to NSP's incentive program, to penalties that may be imposed upon communi ties that live in low geographical areas and also have older systems. Low interest loans were discussed and the possibi1i ty of providing a funding pool through the MWCC which could be used to offset some of the costs of eliminating III. e -Mt...2 '11990 SHORT ELLIOTT HENORICKSON INC ST PAUL, MINNESOTA CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN Mr. Nile Kriesel July 24, 1990 Page #2 Some comments were hat it is not fair to penalize the dry communities, that surcharge money should go for a loan program to assist he wet communities in fixing their III. Comments from small ommunities were that they did not have the time, money or resou ces to even identify the III problems, let alone solve the prob ems. A question was asked whether having a state or region-wide policy such as incentive and disincentive plan wouTd . halp e.nfcrc8.' the regulations. The general consensus seemed to be that the incentive should be there for communities to e1imi ate cost effective III because of the cost of processing the cle r water. The second workshop was held on Monday, July 23, at the MWCC offices. This works op provided an overview of the program at this point and dis ussions regarding alternative methods to quantify the III. his workshop was a bit more technical in nature and again it a pears the Commission may be heading towards an incentiveldisincen ive program of some type. A draft of the first stage of the report will be available for all communities arou d the first of September. This will given an overview of the p ogram and discuss the methods of evaluating the III in the MWCC system. By the first part of October, a second draft report ill be issued to communities discussing the quantification of t e III. This report should provide each community with the e timated III being contributed to the system in their region. Th III study for the MWCC is scheduled to be completed in November, 1991. The City may want to consider having a representative attend all the future workshops 0 keep the City abreast of the MWCC study~ I have summaries of e ch meeting and workshop handouts if you are interested in reviewi g these. If you have any questions, please call me. REM/cih ~. er~IY'... ~ <: , R1chard E. Moore, P.E. City Engineer e e e e e e Memo to: Mayor and City Council Ft'ccm: City Coordil'lator Re: Permit Parking for Mckusick lake Park Da: July 27,1990 Parks Directc.t' Blekum has had some cOl'lvet'saticcl'lS with the employees of Gannons Auto Body and they would like to have the City consider estab- lishing an employee permit program for the parking lot at the Mckusick lake park. From what I can determine there are approximately 12 people working at this location. I am not sure how many permits should be issued given the number of employees vs parking spaces. Perhaps 4 to 5 would be reasonable. I can try to get more information for you if you would like to explore this further. //jA