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Major Task No. 2: like the Lake Owasso Use Attainability Analysis and Lake McCarrons water quality improvement strategies. We understand there is a l Understand the Citys of problem areas as a result of July 2011 rain events. Similar t Current Surface Water Management Plan that we undertook to support the City of Maplewood staff in resp last Julys localized flooding, we will assist staff in fully ev alternatives for each of the major problem areas identified. Our goal is to help balance cost of trunk line improvements versus a Assumptions and Responsibilities: of impacted property. City is responsible for all hands- on modeling and providing Our modeling strategy is to model, but rather involves reviewing the not access to all available reports, studies, plans, mapping and GIS. existing modeling results against the reported flooding areas an recommending modeling approaches for City staff. If modeling is SEH will review and document available information, and required, we propose to mentor City staff as they develop the mo collaborate with City modeling staff. the expertise to keep those models up to date in the future. We have done this previously in Plymouth and Chanhassen. The modeling in Deliverables: 1990 plan focused on flood routing, moving the runoff resulting rom a 100-year rainfall event through the Citys extensive network of pond Documentation of available information, recommendations lakes, and wetlands. Therefore greater efforts in modeling the to resolve existing problem performance of the storm sewer system itself will likely be need areas. problem areas (i.e. XPSWMM) and/or future street improvement are to evaluate potential enhancements. Over time, the City will devop a real-time model of the major storm drainage system. Public involvement throughout the planning process will improve There are multiple audiences for the CSWMP customer service. Major Task No. 3: including agencies, businesses, citizens, commissions, council, Effective and Ramsey County, and the Technical Advisory Panel. The RFP indicat Meaningful Public that the interface with the public-at-large should be assumed to occur Involvement Process through up to three planned meetings with the Public Works, Environment and Transportation Commission (PWETC). The public meetings with PWETC are a good idea; however, additional effort Assumptions and Responsibilities: required to achieve effective and meaningful public involvement. SEH will take the lead on all Traditional public involvement utilized public open house meetin conducting and documenting all public involvement efforts comment cards. However, while many people are too busy to attend single-agenda meetings, their input is still vital. We propose to follow the Deliverables: meetings in a box approach utilized by the City during the Documentation of public development of the Parks Master Plan. We propose to attend the e input, concerns, objectives and meetings of numerous commissions, boards, committees etc. to all priorities. a broader and more effective exchange of ideas, concerns, goals, objectives, and priorities and to implement the following: Develop a web presence to provide project information and solici project input (City website or Project website) Capitalize on web page to capture comments Roseville Listens Use the newsletter to publish project information City News Develop an information postcard that educates residents and busi about where and how to provide input: website, public meetings, social media venues Determine how social media approach can be used disseminate information and gather input | page 3 respondent proposal