2010-03-17 CC Meeting Minutes SpecialMOUND CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
March 17, 2010
The City Council of the City of Mound, Hennepin County, Minnesota, met in special session on
Wednesday, March 17, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in the training room at the Mound Public Safety
Building, 2415 Wilshire Boulevard, for the purpose of participating in a joint meeting of area
cities officials and representatives to discuss the proposed rules revisions by the Minnehaha
Creek Watershed District (MCWD)
1. Call to Order
Mayor Hanus opened the meeting at 7:00 p.m.
Members present: Mayor Mark Hanus; Councilmembers David Osmek, Ray Salazar and Heidi
Gesch.
Members absent: Councilmember Greg Skinner
Staff Present: City Manager Kandis Hanson, Community Development Director Sarah Smith,
Parks Superintendent Jim Fackler, City Engineer Dave Poggi, Bolton & Menk, Inc. and Pete
Willenbring, WSB and Associates, Inc.
Others Present: Jim Paulsen (City of Victoria Council), Don Uram (City of Victoria
Stafff), Cheryl Fischer (City of Minnetrista Council), William Labelle (City of Tonka Bay
Mayor), Joe Kohlman (City of Tonka Bay Staff), Brian Heck (City of Shorewood Staff),
Kristi Luger (City of Excelsior Staff), Derek Asche (City of Plymouth Staff), Mike Kelly
(City of Wayzata Staff), Ken Willcox (City of Wayzata Council), Tom Turner (City of
Wayzata Mayor Orsen, City of Wayzata Staff), Ginny Black (City of Plymouth Council),
Jim Doak (City of Woodland Mayor), Sliv Carlson (City of Woodland Council), Paul
Skrede, (City of Deephaven Mayor), Dick Woodruff (City of Shorewood Council), Laura
Turgeon (City of Shorewood Council), William Rose (City of Greenwood Council), Tom
Fletcher (City of Greenwood Council), Deb Kind (City of Greenwood Mayor), Jim
Brimeyer (City of Spring Park Staff), Tom Scanlon (City of Spring Park Council), Jesse
Struve (City of Edina Staff)
Jim Caulkins (MCWD Board), Jeff Casale (MCWD Board), Eric Evenson (MCWD Staff) James
Wisker (MCWD Staff)
Jan Callison (Hennepin County Commissioner) Jeff Johnson (Hennepin County Commissioner),
Randy Maluchnik (Carver County Commissioner).
2. Welcome /Introduction and Discussion of Proposed of MCWD Rules F and D
Review (Revision date March 15, 2010)
Mayor Hanus welcomed meeting attendees and thanked them for their interest and attendance
and asked the representatives to introduce themselves. Mayor Hanus also stated that he would
like to hear what issues are important to the Lakes cities related to the proposed MCWD rules
amendments and commented that he would also like the cities to discuss common areas of
concerns including generalities and concerns.
Mayor Hanus introduced Pete Willenbring, P.E. of WSB and Associates, Inc. who has attended
a number of the recent MCWD meetings regarding the proposed new rules revisions. Mr.
Willenbring then provided a brief summary of the latest rules proposals for Rule D (Shoreline
and Streambank Stabilization) and Rule F (Wetlands) which were released at meetings held by
the MCWD on Tuesday, March 17, 2010. A question and answer session followed Mr.
Willenbrings' overview. The issue of providing cities the time and opportunity to review and
respond to the proposed rules revisions was brought up including the possibility of delaying the
process and how this could be done. MCWD representatives present at the meeting expressed
interest in working collaboratively on the rules revision process and further commented that the
schedule would need to be formally discussed by the MCWD Board. Several cities expressed
interest in working together to review and respond to the rules revisions and it was also noted
that special issues that cities might have could be addressed by each city independently.
Involvement and attendance by the MCWD at upcoming cities meetings was also discussed.
3. Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned the meeting at 9:00 p.m.
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Mayor Mark Hanus
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