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Home My WebLink About1992-09-01 CC Packet Special Meeting~~~ ter a ~i'a:-33 THE BIRTHPLACE OF MINNESOTA August 28, 1992 M E M 0 T0: MAYOR AND COUNCIL FROM: MARY LOU JOHNSON, CITY CLERK SUBJECT: SPECIAL COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1992, 4:30 P.M. This memo is a reminder to Council that a Workshop Meeting has been scheduled with the Charter Commission on Tuesday, September 1, 1992 at 4:30 P.M. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 216 No. Fourth St., Stillwater, Minnesota to discuss the following: 1. Regulation of City Owned Land. 2. Any other business Council may wish to discuss. CITY HALL: 216 NORTH FOURTH STILLWATER, MINNESOTA 55082 PHONE: 612-439-6121 e Legislative Associates, Inc. • 7920 Towerbell Court Annandale, VA 22003 (703)560-7129 Fac(703)560-4632 (612)439-7681 September 1, 1992 To: Mayor Abrahamson ~ Council for the City of Stillwater From:Ed Cain, Governmental Consultan ~,/ Subject: Update on the "Retaining Wall Project" During the last two days of the Congressional session prior to the August recess, the U.S. House of Representatives had 16 items on their agenda. They got through five of them that the Leadership considered the most critical. The Water Resources Act was not one of them. They have rescheduled action on the bill for Thursday, September 10. There are no problems with the Stillwater provision, and the bill should be passed with • a rather substantial bipartisan majority. The U.S. Senate has not made their post-recess agenda public, but they expect to take up the Senate version of the Act soon after the House takes action. The Stillwater Amendment will be offered by the Chairman, Senator Moynihan of New York at Senator Durenberger's request. As part of the Chairman's package, passage will not be a problem. I have begun work with the House Committee on Appropriations for the $3.2 million request for the project. It is extremely important to work with the Appropriations Committee Members and the staff early in the process. There are a number of key actions that must be taken sequentially to reduce the chances of a slip-up that would result in the omission if the Stillwater provision in the mark-up of the Appropriations bill. I will begin a parallel effort with the Senate Appropriations Committee in September and October. The House bill also directs the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct the study that was requested by you almost a year ago. This action by Congress will certainly have an immediate impact on the delay in the Chicago Regional Office. The St. Paul Corps officials will be as pleased as . the rest of us, to get a decision out of the Chicago Office. i An approximate timetable for action is as follows: Page 2. * September 10; House passage of the authorization of the Stillwater Project. *By September 30; Senate passage of the authorization of the Stillwater Project. *Work with the Army Corps of Engineers to move on the study just as soon as the authorization bill is signed into law. *September-November; Preliminary meetings with the Appropriations Committees Members and staff of both Houses. September-February 1993; Work to get witnesses on the agenda for Appropriations Committee Hearings. *February-April, 1993; Work on language to assure Stillwater provision is included in the first mark-ups of the bills. • *Votes on the appropriations will occur sometime between July 1993 and October, 1993. It is difficult to predict a timetable for Congressional and governmental action. But you do need to know in a general sense when certain actions are likely to take place. Our progress is right on target so far. If any difficulties or delays arise, you can be sure I will be in contact with you. Please contact me if you have any questions. s I 102D CONGRESS ~• ~• 5754 2D SESSION To provide for the conservation and development of water and related re- sources, to authorize the United States Army Corps of Engineers civil works program to construct various projects for improvements to the Nation's infrastructure, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AucusT 3, 1992 Mr. Nowax (for himself, iVlr. RoE, Mr. H1~.1LtiiERSCE~IIDT, and Mr. PETRI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation ~1 ~J A BILL To provide for the conservation and development of water. and related resources, to authorize the United States Army Corps of Engineers civil works program to con- struct various projects for improvements to the Nation's infrastructure, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 2 fives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 4 (a) SHORT TITLE.-This Act may be cited as the 5 "`'Pater Resources Development Act of 1992". • 6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.- Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 56 • 1 SEC. 110. OUTER HARBOR, BUFFALO, NEW YORK. 2 The Secretary may construct such bulkheads along 3 the Outer Harbor, Buffalo, New York, as may be nec- 4 essary to protect the shoreline and reduce the flow of pol- y lutants into Lake Erie. 6 SEC. 111. SMALL STREAMBANH CONTROL PROJECT, ST. 7 CROIX RIVER, MINNESOTA. 8 (a) STUDY AND PROJECT AUTHORIZATION.-The 9 Secretary shall conduct a study for a streambank and 10 shoreline protection project for St. Croix River, Stillwater, 11 Minnesota, consisting of repair and extension of a retain- 12 ing wall and shall carry out such project under section 13 14 of the Flood Control Act of 1946 (33 U.S.C. 701r). 14 (b) MAXIMUM ALLOTMENT.-The maximum amount 15 which may be allotted under section 14 of the Flood Con- 16 trol Act of 1946 for the project referred to in subsection 17 (a) shall be $2,000,000 instead of $500,000. 18 (c) COST SHARING.-Nothing in this section shall be 19 construed as affecting any cost sharing requirements ap- 20 plicable to the project referred to in subsection (a) under 21 the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. 22 SEC. 112. MONTGOMERY POINT LOCH AND DAM, ARKANSAS. 23 The Secretary shall proceed expeditiously with de- 24 sign, land acquisition, and construction of the Montgom- • 25 cry Point Lock and Dam on the White River, Arkansas, 26 authorized as part of the McClellan-Kerr Waterway by •ffit s~a4 m lO2D CONGRESS REPORT ~d Session } HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES { 102-842 WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1982 AvcusT 12, 1992.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. RoE, from the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, submitted the following REPORT together with ADDITIONAL VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 5754] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Public Works and Transportation, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 5754) to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the United States Army Corps of Engineers civil works program to con- struct various projects for improvements to the Nation's infrastruc- ture, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report fa- vorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. The amendment strikes out all after the enacting clause of the bill and inserts a new text which appears in italic type in the re- ported bill. INTRODUCTION The Water Resources Development Act of 1992 demonstrates the continuing commitment of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation to a regular authorization schedule for the Water Resources Program of the Department of the Army. The Committee conducted hearings on possible authorizations for the U.S. Army Corps Engineers of Water Resources Program on March 4, 1992, March 11, 1992, March 19, 1992, and March 25, 1992 receiving testimony from the Department of the Army and the 59-006 • • J.3 the enhancement will benefit species which are threatened or en- dangered, or the activities are located on national wildlife refuge lands. Operation and maintenance will be the responsibility of the agency responsible for the lands. SEC. 108: QUARANTINE FACILITY This section authorizes the Secretary, in consultation with the Governor of Florida, to construct a research and quarantine facility in Broward Country, Florida to be used in connection with the con- trol of Melaleuca and other exotic plant species that threaten native ecosystems in the State of Florida. After construction, the Secretary is to transfer the facility to the Secretary of Agriculture. The facility is to be jointly maintained and operated by the Depart- ment of Agriculture and an appropriate agency or agencies of the State of Florida. $3,000,000 is authorized for the construction of the facility. SEC. 109: COLUMBIA, SNAKE, AND CLEARWATER RIVERS This. section authorizes the Secretary to maintain navigation access to and berthing areas at all currently operating public and private commercial dock facilities associated with or having access to the Federal navigation project on the Columbia, Snake, and Clearwater Rivers from Bonneville Dam to and including Lewiston, Idaho at a depth commensurate with the Federal navigation project. The reservoir levels at the projects in this area are being drawn down to lower levels in connection with the development of a salmon recovery plan following the decision of the National Marine Fisheries Service to list the Sockeye Salmon as an endan- gered species. This drawdown results in inadequate depths at dock facilities which rely on the Federal navigation project. SEC. 110: OUTER HARBOR, BUFFALO, NY U Section 110 authorizes the Secretary to construct bulkheads along the Outer Harbor, Buffalo, New York, as may be necessary to protect the shoreline and reduce the flow of pollutants into Lake Erie. Cafi.~P7. io3_ ~cZ SEC. 111: SMALL STREAMBANK CONTROL PROJECTS Section 111 authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study and carry out two projects for streambank and shoreline protection under section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 1946. That section au- thorizes Federal participation of up to $500,000 in such projects. This section authorizes a project at Stillwater, Minnesota on the St. Croix River. The limit on Federal participation is raised to $2 mil- lion, but the cost-sharing rules established in the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 are specifically preserved. This section also authorizes a project for Walnut Canyon Creek, Anaheim, Cali- fornia. SEC. 112: MONTGOMERY POINT LOCK AND DAM, ARKANSAS This section directs the Secretary to proceed expeditiously with the design, land acquisition, and construction of the Montgomery Point Lock and Dam on the White River, Arkansas, which was au- •