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Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />UNFINISHED BUSINESS ITEM – 10A <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> DATE: November 9, 2020 <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br /> Dave Perrault, City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: Todd Blomstrom, Public Works Director/City Engineer <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Resolution for RCWD Drainage Proceedings Under the Watershed Law MS 103D <br /> <br /> Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: <br /> $ 0 $266.52 Surface Water Mgmt Fund <br /> <br /> Council Should Consider <br /> <br />The City Council is requested to consider adoption of Resolution 2020-051 providing approval to <br />conduct drainage proceedings for Ramsey County Ditch 4 under the Watershed Law. <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br /> <br />On October 19, 2020, the City Council reviewed a request from the Rice Creek Watershed District <br />(RCWD) for the City’s consent to conduct drainage proceedings for Ramsey County Ditches 2, 4 <br />and 5 under the Watershed Law. The Council directed staff to place the RCWD’s requested <br />resolution on the City Council agenda for October 26, 2020. The resolution was tabled during the <br />October 26 Council meeting with direction to modify the text to limit the City’s consent to the <br />currently proposed project along Ramsey County Ditch No. 4. The revised resolution is provided in <br />Attachment A. <br />The RCWD is currently developing plans for improvements to Ramsey County Ditch No. 4 (RCD <br />4) to convert a section of open channel ditch to piped storm sewer between County Road C and <br />Terrace Drive. The proposed improvements would address bank failures, erosion and sediment <br />being transported downstream into Oasis Pond, Little Johanna Lake, and Lake Johanna. <br />The Rice Creek Watershed District is requesting concurrence from the City of Arden Hills to conduct <br />the necessary proceedings for the project in accordance with the Watershed Law (Minnesota Statute <br />103D) rather than the Drainage Code (Minnesota Statute 103E). Kyle Axtell, project manager for <br />the Rice Creek Watershed District, will be available at the City Council meeting to provide a <br />presentation for the requested City concurrence. Presentation slides are provided in Attachment C.