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03-01-99 Watershed-dup RICHFIELD-BLOOMINGTON WATERSHED MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION Meeting #16 MINUTES March 1, 1999 Richfield City Hall The annual meeting of the Richfield-Bloomington Watershed Management Organization was called to order by Chairman Gene Winstead at 5:40 p.m. Item #1CALL TO ORDER AND INTRODUCTIONS MEMBERS PRESENT:Gene Winstead, Chair, Bloomington; Kristal Stokes, Vice Chair, Richfield; Russ Susag, Richfield; Vern Wilcox, Bloomington; Peggy Ramthun, Bloomington; Susan Rosenberg, Richfield (5:57); Coral Houle, Mayor of Bloomington; Tom Spies, Bloomington; Steve Bianchi, Bloomington (5:48); and Sue Sandahl, Richfield. MEMBERS ABSENT:Martin Kirsch, Mayor of Richfield, Alisa Ornat, Bloomington. STAFF PRESENT:Jim Gates, Executive Director, Bloomington; Michael Eastling, Assistant Executive Director, Richfield; Mark Bernhardson, City Manager, Bloomington; Jim Prosser, City Manager, Richfield; Tom Foley, Transportation Engineer, Richfield; Steve Devich, Administrative Services Director, Richfield; Bruce Palmborg, Community Development Director, Richfield; William Fillmore, Liquor Operations Director, Richfield; Charlie Honchell, Director of Public Works, Bloomington; Scott Anderson, Bloomington Engineering Staff; and Shelly Pederson, Bloomington. Item #2APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MARCH 2, 1998 M/Houle, S/Susag to approve the minutes of the March 2, 1998 Richfield-Bloomington Watershed Management Organization Annual Meeting as presented.Motion carried 8-0. Item #3REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF AGENDA M/Susag, S/Stokes to approve the agenda as presented.Motion carried 8-0. RBWMO Minutes-2-March 1, 1999 Item #4ELECTION OF OFFICERS M/Susag, S/Houle to elect Kristal Stokes of Richfield as the Chair.Motion carried 8-0. M/Winstead, S/Susag to elect Carol Houle of Bloomington as the Vice Chair.Motion carried 8-0. M/Winstead, S/Houle to elect Vern Wilcox of Bloomington as Secretary.Motion carried 8-0. M/Susag, S/Houle to elect Sue Sandahl of Richfield as Treasurer.Motion carried 8-0. Item #5APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR M/Winstead, S/Susag to appoint Michael Eastling of Richfield as Executive Director and Jim Gates of Bloomington as Assistant Executive Director.Motion carried 8-0. Item #6EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT Richfield-Bloomington WMO is a joint powers established in 1983 as a requirement of a 1982 Chapter 509 law. The RBWMO covers a land area that wasn’t previously covered by watershed districts. Both staffs of each city form the staff of the Richfield-Bloomington WMO. The two cities work together well and both are LGU’s for the Wetland Conservation Act. Each city handles their own stormwater management issues. Each city handles their own monitoring for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permits (NPDES rules). The Richfield-Bloomington Watershed Management Organization does not have a budget. Both cities have a storm utility that accommodates the expenses in conjunction with their normal daily routines and activities required by the RBWMO. Item #7 OLD BUSINESS A.I-35W/494 UPDATE Michael Eastling reported on the storm water storage and treatment improvements that will occur at Richfield Lake as a result of the I-35W reconstruction. He also reviewed storm water issues related to Wood Lake and future reconstruction of I-494. B.RING ROUTE UPDATE Michael Eastling reviewed the status of the 77th Street underpass at TH77 indicating federal funding had been awarded for the project. RBWMO Minutes-3-March 1, 1999 Jim Gates reported on the status of the I-494/TH169 reconstruction project, I-494 third lane proposal and the East Bush Lake Road/I-494 interchange need for improvement. He stated that further segments of the 79th/80th Street parallel arterial will be completed in 1999. He stated funding for the bridge over I-35W had been committed along with the segment from TH77 to 24th Avenue. C. NPDES - PHASE II Jim Gates stated that Phase I cities (cities over 100,000) are currently covered by the NPDES program. He indicated that NPDES applications were in the $500,000 range. He stated cities under 100,000 will be brought into the program under Phase 2. He stated this was an unfunded mandate. The proposed rules will not be available until October 1999. He indicated that the rules are anticipated to be less restrictive than Phase II. D. SMITH PARK/POND Jim Gates reviewed the park amenities and storm water quality improvements for the Smith Park and pond. E. WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLANS Michael Eastling discussed the need for Richfield to redo its plan as of 2000. He stated Bloomington is in the process of completing its plan. F.WETLAND CONSERVATION ACT - UPDATE Jim Gates stated Bloomington has developed a Wetlands Management Plan for the 299 identified wetlands under the Wetland Conservation Act. Michael Eastling stated that a wetland area was impacted by the Meridian Crossings project and mitigation was accomplished at a 2-1 ratio by reclaiming and restoring a wetland adjacent to the City's water treatment plant. G.RICHFIELD LAKE BOUNDARY CHANGE Michael Eastling presented a proposed Cooperative Agreement between the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD), the Richfield-Bloomington Watershed Management Organization (RBWMO), the City of Richfield, and the City of Minneapolis to approve a modification to the boundaries between the MCWD and the RBWMO to include the Richfield Lake Subwatershed Area within the boundaries of the RBWMO along with certain related duties and responsibilities. He suggested approval of the agreement with the condition that the Richfield City Council is given the authority to modify the cost sharing formula in section 5.2 of the agreement without further action by the RBWMO. M/Houle, S/Susag to approve the Cooperative Agreement between the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, the Richfield-Bloomington Watershed Management Organization, the City of Richfield, and the City of Minneapolis as presented.Motion carries 10-0. RBWMO Minutes-4-March 1, 1999 M/Houle, S/Susag to grant to the Richfield City Council the authority to adjust the cost sharing formula contained in Section 5.2 of the Cooperative Agreement without further action by the Richfield- Bloomington Watershed Management Organization.Motion carried 10-0. Item #8 NEW BUSINESS None. Item #9 ANNUAL REPORT M/Susag, S/Stokes to approve the 1998 Annual Report of the RBWMO as presented.Motion carried 10-0. Item #10 PUBLIC NOTICE M/Susag, S/Bianchi to approve the publication of the public notice of the Annual Report as presented.Motion carried 10-0. Item #11 INSURANCE Michael Eastling stated that the insurance costs of the RBWMO are split evenly between the Cities. M/Houle, S/Susag to approve payment of the insurance costs of $2,599 for the period of July 1999 - June 2000 with each City responsible for half of the cost.Motion carried 10-0. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned by unanimous consent at 6:24 p.m.