Agenda - Public Works Committee - 02/21/2012

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flooding. Notification: Observations: Staff prepared a brief RFP, to investigate the areas of concern, and distributed it to members of the City's consultant pool in the fall of 2011. The goal of this project was to have an independent third party evaluate the areas, provide options for corrective actions, and associated estimates to implement the work. Hakanson Anderson was awarded the project to undertake these investigations, and they have recently completed their analysis and compiled a report that references potential solutions for each area identified. Attached to this case is their final report; the summaries and recommendations section in the beginning gives a brief overview of their findings and will be used as the basis of our conversation. Also in the fall of 2011, while staff was in the process of updating the City's Capital Improvement Program (CIP), we budgeted additional funds to stormwater improvement projects over the next two years in an effort to address some of these concerns. Staff is seeking input from the Council on prioritizing potential stormwater improvements for the areas that have been identified, and developing a program for implementation. The final report prepared by Hakanson Anderson presents multiple options for each specific area, which could be further refined based upon Council direction received. As a result of some of the localized flooding that occurred Rum River Hills Golf Course filed a claim with the City seeking reimbursement for damages and loss of revenue. The claim was forwarded to the League of Minnesota Cities (LMCIT) for processing. Attached is the claim as submitted by Rum River Hills, and the LMCIT response and settlement offer. For informational purposes, I have also attached a precipitation summary of the entire state that shows the amount of rain received in the 4 month period from April 1, 2011 through August 1, 2011. This exhibit shows that the City of Ramsey received almost twice as much rainfall over this 4 month period, as compared to the statewide average since these records began being collected. It also shows that we were one of the top three areas for amount of precipitation received during this 4 month period. Funding Source: The Capital Improvement Program (CIP) lists a $75,000 annual expenditure for the next 5 years to address city wide drainage enhancements. Other projects have previously been identified for corrective action, and those will be evaluated with some of the items on the attached summary list for prioritization and potential improvements; these will be brought back at a future date for Council consideration. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends receiving input from the Public Works Committee to assist in prioritizing and developing a program that would address the flooding concerns identified and associated with the unprecedented 2011 spring/summer rainfall. There may also need to be some discussion related to the Rum River Hills insurance claim settlement proposed by the LMCIT. The correspondence was forwarded to the property owner approximately one month ago, and to date there has been no response. We have invited representatives from the golf course to tonight's meeting. Committee Action: Based upon discussion. Attachments Location Map Flooding Summary and Priority Ranking Hakanson Anderson Report Rum River Hills Claim