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Developers are encouraged to meet with. District staff early in the planning stages in an effort to develop good working relationships. Cities are also being asked to include in their building permit packets an ; introductory letter from the District in an effort to explain our requirements. Three weeks is generally enough time to allow for proper application review by District staff of the following issues: adequate erosion control measures, water quality, danger of flooding on the site, wetland impacts, and buffer impacts. There are 104 active permits at this time. Frequency of inspection is determined for each site according to the significance of the issues that exist. Karl has prioritized the 104 active permits as follows: 48 sites are inspected weekly, 27 are inspected monthly, and 29 are inspected seasonally (spring and fall). Staff is considering some updates to the process: ® Look at whether application fees and escrow amounts are meeting current expenses. Cliff Aichinger stated that the last review occurred about eight years ago. ® Collect enough escrow so that it covers District costs to hire someone to do the work that the permit holder fails to do. ® Permanently withhold escrow as a type of fine in those cases where immediate action is needed to prevent damage to a resource. Tracey Galowitz distributed a handout summarizing her involvement with permit enforcement issues since November 1996. She said the District should take pride in their efforts to maintain. good working relationships with permit holders, which is evident by the lack of contractor disputes that need to be resolved through the legal process. Paul Ellefson wanted to know if the high rate of silt fence violations could be linked to high. phosphorus levels in District lakes:.:Cliff responded that although it is impossible to .quantify, he feels that water quality in the District would be a lot worse if permit enforcement did not occur. Considerable discussion took place on methods that would motivate permit holders to comply with the terms of their permit, after which President Lake announced. a break at 8:10 p.m. 6. PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED FY2002 GENERAL FUND AND CIB BUDGET The hearing was opened by President Roger Lake at 8:19 p.m. Tracey stated that the public hearing was properly published in the legal newspapers for the District. Carole Pastorius stated that today's mail included a response from Terry Noonan, Ramsey County Environmental Services, but the Administrator had. not been able to review it prior to,the meeting. No one was present to make comments. Motion: Jack Frost moved, Bob Johnson seconded, to declare the hearing closed at 8:20 p.m. Motion carried. - Board action to finalize the budget will be placed on the December 5 agenda. 7. PROJECT STATUS REPORTS Tanners Alum System W Monitoring Staff reviewed the system performance graphs, which indicate that facility performance has remained consistent for 2001. It appears that the facility changes made prior to the start of 2001 monitoring have increased phosphorus removal rates to an average. of 82 percent. Beltline Outlet Structure Improvements Brad Lindaman distributed an October 1 memo to document the results of the meeting held .with Lametti & Sons on September 28. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss Barr's concern regarding the delay of project start until October 15. Lametti provided two proposed construction schedules. Either option will result in finishing before the substantial completion date, and they are aware of the importance of meeting this deadline. Page 3 October 3, 2001 RWNIWD Minutes