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ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETNG—NOVEMBER 14, 2011 6 on June 9, 2010, so the City needs to have its update Plan approved by the RCWD Board of Managers by June 9, 2012. Public Works Director Maurer explained that the 2011 CIP includes $100,000 for updating the City plan. However, in his review of this item it has always been his intent to get as much useful information with this update while still meeting the requirement to bring our plan into compliance with RCWD's plan. The type of additional information he would like to acquire is an inventory of ponds and other water bodies the City is responsible for maintaining along with GPS locations, photos, and inspections of all inlets/outlets to these ponds. The inspection function is a requirement of our current MS4 permit; and we are supposed to be done with this work, but we have not even started. The pond inventory will be a requirement of our new MS4 permit which should be issued in 2012. Public Works Director Maurer stated that after much discussion and analysis of how to achieve both of these goals, he believes the best way will be to break them into separate tasks. The best and most cost-effective way to successfully get our plan updated and approved by RCWD is through our JPA with Roseville using Steve Kummer, Maplewood staff engineer. Director Maurer stated that he believes that Steve has most of the expertise to complete the update over the next several months. The little bit of expertise Steve is lacking would be supplemented with a small (less than$7,500) consultant contract with SEH, the consulting firm Maplewood uses for this type of work. Public Works Director Maurer stated that Steve has reviewed our current plan,the requirements for the update and discussed with SHE the outside expertise he would need, and has prepared a budget to accomplish the update for approximately $25,000 including the small consultant contract. Using some of the remaining CIP budget of$100,000, Public Works Director Maurer stated that he would like to solicit proposals from the City's pool of consultants to do the field inventory mentioned above. Once we have those proposals we would bring them back to the City Council for authorization to proceed. MOTION: Councilmember Holden moved and Councilmember Werner seconded the motion to authorize staff to expend up to $25,000 through the Joint Powers Agreement and consultants for the update to our Surface Water Management Plan as required by State law and RCWD policy and to direct staff to solicit consultant proposals to complete an inventory of our ponds and inlets/outlets. Motion carried unanimously (5-0). 9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Municipal Consent for US 10/Highway 96 Public Works Director Maurer stated that Ramsey County is proposing an interchange improvement to the intersection of US 10 and Highway 96. Earlier this year the City was presented with a MnDOT staff approved layout and Municipal Consent was requested. A Public Hearing was held by the City Council on July 11, 2011. Also, this project was discussed with representatives of Ramsey County at work sessions on April 25, 2011, August 15, 2011, and September 19, 2011. At the September 26, 2011, Council meeting, Resolution 2011-048 was