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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - SEPTEMBER 10, 2001 ~~ ~- i 12 Mayor Probst stated there was a great deal of work to be completed. would be monitored by the school district for quality. He noted his hope that it . Mr. Lynch noted there was an additional meeting tomorrow. He added the 42-item list had been forwarded to the school district's construction company. Councilmember Grant asked if staff was willing to stipulate these lists represented the balance of the items to be completed. Mr. Lynch responded in the negative. He stated every time the building official went into the school he saw additional items to be completed. He noted staff did not want the city to be liable for school opening with work not complete. G. Storm Water Plan, Approval of Draft for Agency Review Mr. Lynch explained this is a follow up action both requested and required, to notiJ)' agencies about the storm water plan. He stated the requested changes had been made. He noted one issue under discussion was the Rice Creek Watershed's goals and policies. He added in order to make substantial change the city would have to have several meetings to adopt its own goals and policies. He stated submittal of this plan would be a good faith effort to show the Metropolitan Council that the city was attempting to adopt a Storm Water Plan as part of its overall Comprehensive Plan. He noted this draft would be sent to the Metropolitan Council and the Rice Creek Watershed District for comments. He added those comments would come back to the Council for discussion. He stated Mr. Ron Leafwas present tonight from S.E.H., Inc. Mayor Probst asked if they made modifications before the final adoption of the plan, would the . plan have to go back through process of review by the various agencies. Mr. Leaf responded that would depend on the nature of change. He stated if the change was a substantial deviation from the Rice Creek Watershed baseline than it would probably have to go back for review again. Mayor Probst asked if anyone doing development would have to follow the Rice Creek Watershed goals and polices. Mr. Leaf responded that was essentially correct. He stated the Rice Creek goals and policies would apply whether or not they were adopted by the city. Mr. Lynch stated this was the case unless the city wanted to be the agency to make the final determination in these matters. He noted the Council had stated they did not want to be that agency. Councilmember Grant stated Figure II, number 4 indicated proposed stormwater treatment. He noted the reference on page 42 was P4. He added these references make Valentine Park into a water retention pond. He stated he had previously indicated that if Valentine Park were to become a retention pond he would not vote to send this plan out for review. He noted he did understand that this area needs some stormwater treatment, but would not support the destruction of a city park to do that. Mr. Leaf stated that would be a minor change that could be made after the review. He noted on page 24, they had tried to layout 13 proposed ponds. He added the language tried to identifY the . fact that regional ponds were not the only practice recommended. He stated other alternatives