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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: April 10, 2023 Item No.:10.h Department ApprovalCity Manager Approval Item Description:Approve Ramsey County Ditch 4 Maintenance and Inspection Memorandum of Agreement 1 B ACKGROUND 2 Ramsey County Ditch 4 (RCD4) starts in the GluekLane Neighborhood and flows north through a 3 storm sewer pipe to Oasis Pondand eventually to Little Lake Johanna. In 2023, the City will 4 construct acrossing over RCD 4, north of Terrace Drive, to make a trail connection to Oasis Park. 5 To help with constructionof this new crossing, the City is working with the Rice Creek Watershed 6 District (RCWD) to dredge the ditch and perform other maintenance activities while equipment is 7 on-site. Since dredging and maintenance of the ditch is a function of the RCWD, the district is open 8 to reimbursingthe City to perform this workinstead of the district having to perform this work 9 aheadof our project. 10 As part of the City’snormal maintenance inspections, City staff walks the ditch to identify issues 11 and also inspect other publicinfrastructure. RCWDvalues theCity inspections and involvement, 12 andis open to reimbursing the City for anyinspections of their jurisdictional sections of RCD 4. 13 This Maintenanceand Inspection Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) is a standard agreement that 14 the RCWDuses with cities in their jurisdiction. The MOA allows cities to program maintenance 15 activities of RCWD owned infrastructure, and city time and materials spent on these activities can be 16 reimbursed. This allows cities to maintain drainage infrastructure within their boundaries in a timely 17 and efficient manner. 18 Annually, Roseville will work with the RCWD to finalize a work plan. This work plan will take into 19 account any work we have going on adjacent to RCD 4, and we will also look at any maintenance 20 activities we can effectively do at the same time. RCWD willreimburse Roseville for any costs 21 associated with the approved work plan. If there is a major issue with the ditch that arises, the City 22 would work with the RCWDoutside of this MOA to correct the issue. 23 P OLICY O BJECTIVE 24 It is City policy to keep City-owned infrastructure in good operating condition and to keep systems 25 operating in a safe condition. As Ramsey County Ditch 4 drains into City infrastructure, it is in the 26 best interest of the City to inspect all of the infrastructure at the same time. 27 B UDGET I MPLICATIONS 28 There are no direct costs associated with this Memorandum of Agreement. The only costs will be 29 staff time preparing the annual work plan, and reporting findings to the Rice Creek Watershed 30 District. 31 R ACIAL E QUITY I MPACT S UMMARY 32 There should be no equity impacts associated with this agreement. Page 1of 2