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<br />Councilmember Musgrove introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: <br /> <br />RESOLUTION #24-153 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION ORDERING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT <br />PROJECT #25-01, RIVERS BEND REGIONAL STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in June of 2016 the Anoka Conservation District completed a Stormwater <br />Retrofit Analysis for the City of Ramsey and the Lower Rum River Watershed Management <br />Organization (LRRWMO) to identify and rank potential improvement projects that drain to the <br />Mississippi and Rum Rivers; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Stormwater Retrofit Analysis recommended stormwater pond <br />modifications within Rivers Bend Park to increase the volume of stormwater runoff storage <br />provided within the wetland that currently treats runoff from a 38-acre catchment area to reduce <br />sediment and phosphorus loads within the receiving water, an oxbow of the Rum River; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, several undeveloped properties are located within the 38-acre catchment that <br />drains to the wetland in Rivers Bend Park; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Lightbridge Academy is proposing to develop one of these properties and <br />is unable to construct stormwater management facilities on their site and requested assistance from <br />the City to provide required stormwater management facilities; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, City staff has been working with the LRRWMO to receive their approval to <br />construct the necessary stormwater management facilities to facilitate construction of the <br />Lightbridge Academy in 2024; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, City staff recommends constructing the necessary stormwater management <br />improvements to treat the stormwater runoff from all remaining properties within the 38-acre <br />catchment to current LRRWMO stormwater design standards as recommended in the Anoka <br />Conservation District’s Stormwater Retrofit Analysis; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Anoka Conservation District recently awarded $248,250 in watershed- <br />based grant funds to pay for a portion of the proposed Rivers Bend Regional Stormwater <br />Improvements project; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City has the capability to fund the remaining project costs for the <br />proposed Rivers Bend Regional Stormwater Improvements project using storm water utility funds; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City received a professional services proposal from Bolton & Menk, Inc. <br />to prepare final plans and specifications and administer bids for said improvements. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />