2014-12-11 CC Meeting MinutesMOUND CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING WORKSHOP MINUTES
DECEMBER 11, 2014
The City Council of the City of Mound, Hennepin County, Minnesota, met in special session on
Thursday, December 11, 2014, at 6:30 p.m, in the council chambers of the Centennial Building
Members present: Mayor Mark Hanus; Council Members Kell Gillispie, Ray Salazar, Mark
Wegscheid, and Heidi Gesch
Others present: City Manager Kandis Hanson, Public Works Director Carlton Moore, Public
Works Superintendent Ray Hanson, Metropolitan Council Member Jennifer Munt, Met Council
Assistant Manager of Engineering Planning Kyle Colvin, Business Unit Manager for Interceptor
Services Tim Keegan, City Engineer Dan Faulkner (Bolton & Menk), Assistant City Engineer
Brian Simmons (Bolton & Menk), Vice President of Bolton & Menk Kreg Schmidt
1. Welcome -- Mayor Mark Hanus
Mayor Hanus called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
2. Introductions
Mound council and staff and Metropolitan Council member and staff introduced themselves.
3. History of the Issue
City Manager Hanson reviewed history of events from June 1 & 9, 2014, and subsequent
meetings with MCES and the City.
4. System Configuration Review
Assistant City Engineer Simmons reviewed the sanitary sewer system configurations for
regional, local, and private.
5. City /MCES Collaboration
Simmons explained that the goals are to minimize risk of private sewer service backups and
overall system inundation and reduce the amount of inflow infiltration entering the Mound and
MCES integrated sewer systems.
6. Collaborative Work Plan
The City of Mound and the MCES will draft an emergency response plan which would be a tool
the City can use to respond to similar situations such as the ones that occurred in June 2014.
Near term, medium term, and long term work plans were discussed, as well as the MCES
planned projects, both regional and local.
7. Conflict Point Investigation
Interim measures for conflict point investigation were covered. These include flow metering,
identifying future discharge points with buffers between it and lake.
Mound City Council Special Meeting Minutes - December 11, 2014
8. Next Steps
Next steps would be:
a) Finalize Emergency Response Plan
b) Consider Sewer Modeling Proposal
c) Consider and Develop a Private Sewer Service Inflow Infiltration Program
d) Public Outreach /Education
e) Construct Planned Projects - Completing Long Term Solutions
9. Adiourn
MOTION by Gesch, seconded to Wegscheid, to adjourn at 8:11 p.m. All voted in favor. Motion
carried.
Mayor Mark Wegscheid
Attest: Catherine Pausche, Clerk
Note: Approval of minutes took place at 1/27/15 meeting with new Mayor.