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<br />Mr. Joel Schilling <br />Short, Elliot, and Hendrickson, lne. <br />3535 Vadnais Center Drive <br />St. Paul, MN 55110-5196 <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br /> <br />Board of Manage <br />Regular Meetings: <br />2nd and 4th Wednesdays <br />at Shoreview City Hall <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />/;):(~), <br />, ',....i/ <br />-. :\,$/ <br /> <br />Rice Creek Watershed <br /> <br />November 26, 2001 <br /> <br />3585 N, LEXINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 330 <br />ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA 55126.8056 <br />PHONE 651.766.4191 . FAX 6SJ.766.4196 <br /> <br />,~ <br /> <br />BONITA TORPE, Admin. Assist. <br />Re: City of Arden Hills Draft Local Surface Water Management Plan - 60-Day Review <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Schilling, <br /> <br />Emmons & Olivier Resources, engineers for the Rice Creek Watershed District, have completed our <br />review of the City of Arden Hills Draft Local Stormwater Management Plan, dated September 2001. <br />The purpose of this memorandum is to outline the Rice Creek Watershed District's questions and <br />concerns regarding the Draft Plan. <br /> <br />The current issues are listed below with reference to the section in the Draft Plan. <br /> <br />. General <br />The Final Report by the Arden Hills Water Quality Task Force, 2000 identifies many issues I <br />problems as well as strategic actions to correct these issues I problems. It is unclear from the CIP and <br />Implementation Plan if the majority of the recommended actions will be taken I funded. The Draft <br />Plan should reference this document as containing the identification of problems and corrective <br />actions. These corrective actions should then be tied into the implementation section and funding <br />sources should be identified. <br /> <br />There are many misspelled words and grarrunatical mistakes in the text of the Draft Plan. These are <br />not specifically mentioned in our review. <br /> <br />Section 2 - Utilities <br />The Draft Plan states that the City requires stormsewer to be installed with the reconstruction of <br />streets. Installing curb and gutter and stormsewer will not necessarily have a positive effect on the <br />Cities water resources, They will convey the stormwatermore quickly, washing all of the pollutants <br />off the impervious surfaces to downstream receiving waters. Drainage ways and ditches are a more <br />narural means of conveying stormwater that provide for water quality treatment, a longer time of <br />concentration, and natural attenuation of pollutants. The watershed understands that the City is also <br />proposing significant regional stormwater treatment ponds to treat the stormwater, but it may be <br />more feasible and less costly to the residents to maintain the existing conveyance system of drainage <br />ways and ditches, while achieving the same outcome of protecting water quality in area lakes and <br />e wetlands. <br /> <br />A.J, CARDINAL, SR. <br />ANOKA COUNTY <br /> <br />TOM WADDELL <br />RAM5EY COUNTY <br /> <br />BOARD OF MANAGERS <br />JAMES A, LEROUX <br />WASHINGTON COUNTY <br /> <br />ORDEEN J, BRAATHEN <br />RAMSEY COUNTY <br /> <br />ROBIN C. DOEGE <br />ANOK.... COUNTY <br /> <br />EMMONS & OLIVIER RESOURCES Consulting Engineers &51-770-8448 . Co.Counsel: HAROLD H. SHEFF 612.332.1000, MICHEllE J. ULRICH 651.699-9845 <br />