2A, MnDot I694TH 51 Improvement Project Municipal Consent Discu

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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—March 31, 2008 7 City Engineer Bloom stated that is why she is presenting the report at this time to the Council as they are hoping to get the meters installed before the wet or rainy season starts so that they can gather better data. Councilmember Grant asked if sump pumps were being looked at as well. Public Works Director Gregory Hoag stated they will be looking at these when they do the water meter battery replacements so that they will only have to enter a house once. Mayor Harpstead stated that the sump pump only needed to be disconnected from the sanitary sewer system but they could go out into the ground water. Councilmember McClung asked if it was possible to quantify how much the City had exceeded their allowable flow and how much of a difference the improvements have made. City Engineer Bloom directed Councilmember McClung to page 4 of 12 of the report for these numbers. MOTION: Mayor Harpstead moved and Councilmember Holden seconded a motion to accept the Presentation of Inflow and Infiltration (lil) Final Draft Report with specific action items to be brought to the City in the future. The motion carried unanimously (4-0)_ D. Consider Approving TH10 & CR96 Position Paper and Resolution. Stacie Kvilvang of Ehlers & Associates stated that the position papers were the final draft based on the last meetings and worksession. Upon consideration and approval of this document, City Staff and its transportation consultant, Bolten and Menk, will work with Ramsey County, MnDOT and SEH to coordinate preparing and gathering the data and information the Council will need to make decisions to progress the process forward to a final conceptual design. Councilmember McClung stated that because of the magnitude of this project, he would like to have it specifically stated something to the effect that this document does not imply municipal consent. Ms. Kvilvang stated that this document does not imply municipal consent and would not be seen as such but if the Council wished to add this language it could be done. Mayor Harpstead asked if making a statement such as this would hamper the City's ability to ask for funds in the future. Ms. Kvilvang stated that it would not be seen as the City withholding municipal consent but rather not grant municipal consent at this time.