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Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />DATE: May 4, 2015 <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br />Patrick Klaers, City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: Terry Maurer, Public Works Director <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Karth Lake Improvement District Board <br />Street Sweeping Request <br /> <br /> <br />Requested Action <br /> <br /> <br />Consider the request from the Karth Lake Improvement District Board and give staff direction on <br />how the Council would like to respond. <br /> <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br /> <br />At their October 2014 meeting, the Karth Lake Improvement District Board was having an open <br />discussion about other Best Management Practices (BMP’s) that they could implement to <br />continue their mission of protecting the water quality in Karth Lake. One of the suggestions they <br />were exploring was sweeping the adjacent streets more than two times (spring and fall) a year. <br />They asked me if I thought the Council would allow them to hire City staff to provide additional <br />sweepings as needed. My answer was that I did not know, but if the Council would allow it, the <br />work would have to be done on overtime so we were not taking any time away from the tax <br />payers of the City. I suggested that they provide me with a map of the streets they had in mind <br />and I would work up an estimate to complete the work with City equipment and City staff on <br />overtime. Then they could decide if they wanted to have they question posed to the Council. <br /> <br />The Board provided a list of streets shown on the attached exhibit. Working with Joe Mooney, <br />we came up with an estimate of $500 per sweeping assuming one employee and the sweeper for <br />a period of three hours. The equipment rental prices were derived from MnDOT’s listing of <br />going rates for similar equipment considering fuel, maintenance and depreciation. <br /> <br />I presented this information to the Karth Lake Improvement District Board at their April 2015 <br />meeting. They thought they would like to try this extra sweeping on an ‘as needed’ basis if the <br />Council would consider it. The Board would plan to fund the extra sweepings through donations <br />to the Arden Hills Foundation designated for the betterment of Karth Lake. <br /> <br />NEW BUSINESS – 2C <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br />