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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL WORK SESSION <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br />ANOKA COUNTY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />The Ramsey City Council conducted a City Council Work Session on Tuesday, July 21, 2020, at <br />the Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. <br />Members Present: <br />Also Present: <br />Mayor John LeTourneau <br />Councilmember Mark Kuzma <br />Councilmember Jeff Menth <br />Councilmember Debra Musgrove <br />Councilmember Chris Riley <br />Councilmember Dan Specht <br />City Administrator Kurtis Ulrich <br />John Nelson Utilities Supervisor <br />Public Works Superintendent Grant Riemer <br />Deputy City Administrator Timothy Gladhill <br />City Engineer Bruce Westby <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br />Mayor LeTourneau called the City Council Work Session to order at 5:50 p.m. <br />2. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION <br />2.01: Review Draft Feasibility Study for Centralized Water Treatment Facility <br />Chris Larson, Water Treatment Manager with SEH, introduced himself and thanked the Council <br />for the ability to work on the project. He reviewed details of the existing infrastructure of the <br />City's water supply and the current treatment that is provided. He explained how the modeling <br />was developed in order to make future projections. <br />Mayor LeTourneau commented that he is a bit concerned that two of the wells on the east side of <br />the city are potentially not a part of this and asked how they would plan for that. <br />Mr. Larson replied that those could be left as backups and would not be capped. He stated that the <br />City has already decided not to use one of those wells and therefore it would only be one additional <br />that would not be used in this model. He reviewed the distribution model with the existing <br />demands and provided details on the different PSI levels and provided similar information for the <br />projected needs in 2040. He moved to the issue of water quality noting that manganese is the <br />overriding factor in this instance. He reviewed the Department of Health guidelines for manganese <br />and stated that out of the eight production wells, four of the seven remaining wells have manganese <br />levels of .2 to .4. He stated that the other wells have ranges between .02 and .05. <br />City Council Work Session / July 21, 2020 <br />Page 1 of 5 <br />