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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 27,2012 Page 9 testing on carp population indicated their successful reproduction, creating a need to provide barriers to avoid their migration into those wetland areas, or to enhance the Blue Gill infiltration in a lake (e.g. bubble barriers) with some miti- gation efforts successful and others less successful. Councilmember Johnson stated that it was encouraging to hear that responsible steps were being taken for area lakes. Councilmember McGehee welcomed Mr. Aichinger; and expressed her excite- ment in what could be accomplished through the merger of the R-WMWD and the GLWMO with a larger watershed area. Councilmember McGehee refer- enced the implementation by the R-WMWD of its "Green Streets" project be- tween Minnehaha Avenue and Stillwater Road east of McKnight Road. Coun- cilmember McGehee questioned what happened to the carp netted. Mr. Aichinger advised that the netting was done by commercial fisherman; and there was a market for it as food, particularly in the Asian market and for other food products. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Mr. Aichinger reported on some lake impairments or problems with consuming fish from those lakes, basically confined to a mercury advisory consumption alert on some lakes, but most im- paired for nutrients; and PH levels handled state-wide and basically created by an airborne issue, and nutrient issues handled locally. Mr. Aichinger advised that there were currently no impairments for 3-coli or other nutrients. Mayor Roe thanked Mr. Aichinger for attending tonight's meeting and his in- troductory comments; and expressed the City's interest in working with the R- WMWD in the future. 11. Public Hearings a. Receive Community Input on the 2013 Budget and Tax Levy Finance Director Chris Miller provided a revised RCA dated August 27, 2012 Prior to Mayor Roe opening the Public Hearing, Finance Director Miller briefly presented a brief review of discussion topics for the 2013 Budget, including a Budget Process Chronology; Budget Impact Items; Budget Summary; Property Tax Levy Impact; Local Tax Rate Comparisons; and Utility Rate Impacts. Mr. Miller noted that the preliminary 2013 budget had been adopted in Decem- ber of 2011 as part of the City's first biennial budget process; with a revised City Manager-recommended Budget presented to the City Council at their Au- gust 13, 2012 meeting. Mr. Miller provided future key dates related to the budget process: