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171 Rice Creek Watershed District has 2018 construction (2017 preliminary work) for 172 iron enhanced sand filter installation at Oasis Park; and Ramsey County - 173 Washington Metro Watershed District has storm pond clean-up scheduled as well 174 as work on the S Owasso drainage issues. 175 176 At the request of Member Seigler, Mr. Culver advised that this is becoming a 177 typical average annual expenditure as expenses increase and in response to the City 178 Council's aggressive action in developing in-depth infrastructure management and 179 capital improvement program among all city assets. Toward that end, Mr. Culver 180 noted that the city had been collecting funds for awhile, but with the addition of the 181 Public Works Department's Environmental Specialist, Ryan Johnson, through his 182 efforts a more comprehensive program had been developed for pond clean-up and 183 to address best management practice (BMP) that may be more expensive initially 184 but develop more efficiencies going forward. 185 186 Specific to the Snelling Avenue project, Member Thurnau asked that a future 187 agenda discussion include a synopsis of all improvements involved, particularly to 188 review the Pathway Master Plan and Snelling Avenue improvements for sidewalks 189 along that segment, and especially in the area of Har Mar Mall with a missing 190 segment. 191 192 Mr. Culver duly noted that request and advised that staff was also planning 193 additional information for the PWETC in the future on the Pathway Master Plan in 194 conjunction with the comprehensive plan update process. 195 196 At the request of Member Wozniak, Mr. Culver reported on the anticipated timeline 197 for the Rosedale signal redesign; with a kick-off meeting later this week with the 198 consultant, MnDOT, Ramsey County and others involved to reconfirm all 199 components of the project. Mr. Culver advised that the intent was that the project 200 goes out to bid in the spring of 2017, with Rosedale Center having a preferred 201 window of opportunity for the work to be done as their construction projects are 202 phased in and in conjunction with mall operations in general (preferably with work 203 scheduled in June through August of 2017). 204 205 At the request of Chair Cihacek, Mr. Culver provided a brief update on the 206 delamination issue, reporting that while theories abound, the chemistry was still 207 under review in the laboratories and therefore, he was not yet prepared to make a 208 recommendation to the City Council to reinstate annual sealcoating processes in 209 2017 or 2018 until that additional research was completed. 210 211 7. Possible Items for Next Meeting — January 24, 2017 212 Discussion ensued regarding the scheduled December PWETC meeting and 213 preference of members as to whether or not to meet due to the holiday season. 214 Page 5 of 7