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From YouTube: August 25, 2021 Transportation & Public Works Committee
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A
B
Good
afternoon,
this
is
the
regularly
scheduled
meeting
for
tpw
august
25th
2021,
I'm
councilman
reich.
I
chair
this
committee.
B
Before
we
begin,
I
will
note
for
the
record
that
this
meeting
has
remote
participation
by
the
members
of
this
committee
city
staff
as
authorized
under
the
minnesota
statute,
section
13.021
due
to
the
public
service
emergency,
the
city
will
be
recording
and
posting
this
meeting
on
the
website,
the
youtube
channel
as
a
means
of
increasing
access
and
transparency.
B
D
B
And
I'll
note
that
president
bender
won't
be
attending,
she
had
a
conflict
with
the
family
business.
So
we
have
a
quorum,
we'll
proceed.
We
have
12
items,
we
have
a
discussion
and
11
consent
items
I'll
go
through
the
consent
items.
First,
any
committee
member
can
pull
them
for
further
deliberation
as
they
wish
item.
One
is
accepting
a
grant
from
the
mississippi
watershed
management
organization
to
construct
green
stormwater
infrastructure
and
drainage
improvements
as
part
of
the
downtown
east
reconstruction
project.
B
13
is
an
easement
agreement
with
minneapolis
park
and
rec
for
sanitary
sewer
at
bryn,
mawr
meadow
parks,
forest
laid
approval
for
the
hennepin
county
lake
street
42nd
street
east
pedestrian
crossing
safety
improvement
project.
Five
is
the
contract
with
mo
vision,
technologies
incorporated
for
traffic
count
processing
services.
B
Six
is
the
contract
member
black
and
reach
corporation
for
design
and
construction
engineering
services
for
the
10th
avenue
bridge
water
main
river
crossing
project.
Seven
is
the
designating
the
non-governmental
tax-exempt
parcel
streetlight
operation
fee
for
2022
the
assessments
and
will
have
a
public
hearing
this
year
october.
13.
B
B
Nine
is
setting
the
public
hearing
for
october
13
to
consider
the
2022
public
services
and
service
charges
for
non-42a
special
service
districts.
10
is
the
maintenance
commitment
from
the
whittier
international
elementary
school
safe
routes
to
school
project
11
is
the
bid
for
cochrane
americans
with
disability
act,
88
pedestrian,
ramp
improvement
project?
B
B
E
Thank
you,
chair
reich
and
committee
members.
I
appreciate
the
time
this
afternoon
because
of
the
ongoing
drought
conditions
in
minnesota.
We
felt
like
it
was
a
good
time
to
review
what
happens
during
the
drought,
in
particular
with
our
drinking
water
system,
and
I
guess,
thankfully,
as
we
sit
here
today,
this
is
more
about
sharing
information
and
not
about
explaining
any
imminent
new
restrictions
and
and
in.
F
E
We
are
happy
to
present
again
in
the
future,
and
I
guess
with
that
I'd
like
to
introduce
annika
bankston,
the
director
of
water
treatment
and
distribution.
Who
will
give
this
presentation.
F
Thank
you,
director,
jelly
council
committee,
chair
reich
and
committee
again.
I
welcome
the
opportunity
to
provide
this
update
in
regards
to
the
2021
drought
next
slide.
Please
just
a
quick
overview
of
what
I'll
be
discussing
I'll,
provide
a
little
bit
of
historical
context
for
the
drought.
We're
experiencing
talk
a
bit
about
the
planning
exercises
that
go
into
drought,
preparation,
discuss
the
response
that
we
have
had
here
in
the
city
and
then
talk
about
next
steps.
The
if
I
could
see
one
more
back
to
the
previous
slide.
F
Please
sorry,
the
map
you're
seeing
is
the
drought
monitor
map
of
minnesota,
and
this
is
actually
from
about
just
a
week
ago,
and
what
this
basically
shows
is
the
red
and
the
maroon
areas
are
areas
of
severe
and
extreme
drought
and,
as
noted
on
there,
you
can
see
the
map
of
the
the
blue
line
of
the
mississippi
river
and
much
of
the
mississippi
watershed
through
a
week
ago
was
in
that
extreme
drought
phase
next
slide,
please
so
some
historical
context.
F
F
The
red
line
in
1934
represents
the
dust
bowl
era.
We
had
multi
few
years
of
drought
in
a
row
that
adversely
impacted
the
entire
country
and
minnesota
was
no
exception.
That
is
really
the
lowest
drought
of
concern
on
record
1977
actually
was
a
drought
year
as
well.
It
actually
represented
some
of
the
lowest
flows
we
had
seen
in
the
april
and
may
kind
of
the
early
spring
river
conditions.
F
F
But
the
really
complete
lack
of
rain
in
june
caused
those
river
flows
to
dramatically
drop,
and
you
can
see
that
these
really
are
the
lowest
flows
we've
seen
through
july
and
august
since
1988.,
comparable
to
the
dust
bowl
next
slide.
Please
one
thing
I
like
to
make
sure
I
talk
about
when
we
talk
about
drought
is,
of
course
the
question
is:
is
the
city
going
to
run
out
of
water
and
I'd
like
to
explain
a
little
bit
the
difference
or
the
nuances
between
flow
rate
and
water
level?
F
The
photo
there
is
of
our
pump
station
up
at
our
fridly
water
treatment
campus
and
the
minneapolis
pump
station
intake
is
in
what
we
call
the
upstream
pool
above
the
upper
st
anthony
falls,
damn
and
even
at
low
river
flow
rates.
The
water
level
at
our
intake
state
is
deep
enough
to
produce
as
much
water
as
needed.
F
I've
tried
to
put
some
graphics
to
kind
of
illustrate
that
point
with
our
intake
pipe
shown
and
a
dam
surface
or
a
dam
crest
is
the
vertical
line
there,
and
so,
as
rivers
flowing
normal
or
high,
it's
really
kind
of
almost
run
of
river
and
the
dam
doesn't
really
impact
the
the
levels
that
are
intake
as
much
water
is
coming
into
the
pool
flows
over
the
dam
and
out,
but
at
lower
flows
that
control
surface.
F
That
dam
service
still
keeps
the
dam
pool
deep
enough,
so
even
if
it
would
slow
to
a
trickle
there's
still
enough
water
in
the
dam
in
the
pool
above
the
saint
anthony
falls
dam
to
maintain
the
level
of
water
over
intake.
So
in
all
conditions,
even
back
in
1988,
we
didn't
have
any
concerns
about
the
ability
to
produce
as
much
water
as
minneapolis
needed
next
slide.
Please.
F
F
So
luckily,
then
the
rains
came
around
august.
1St
and
drought
conditions
were
alleviated,
but
again
that
summer
was
was
tense.
Next
slide.
Please.
F
So
the
1988
drought
severely
stressed
minnesota's
water
resources
statewide.
I
wasn't
in
minneapolis
at
the
time,
but
I
understand
these
were
times
of
high
tensions
between
all
users
of
the
river
and
and
water
supplies.
In
general,
recreation
ag,
hydropower,
drinking
water
suppliers
and
other
users.
The
state
recognized
that
a
drought
plan
was
needed
and
legislation
in
1990
mandated
that
the
dnr
prepare
that
plan
and
basically
participants
are
the
dnr.
F
The
army
corps
of
engineers,
in
consultation
with
bureau
of
indian
affairs
and
the
minnesota
chippewa
tribal
council,
the
metropolitan
council
and
the
governor
and
related
plans
that
contributed
to
and
were
developed
in
concert
with,
the
drought
plan
with
the
local
water
supply
plans
and
then
also
the
mississippi
river
system-wide
low
flow
management
plan.
The
low
flow
management
plan
focuses
on
kind
of
hydropower
facilities.
The
local
water
supply
plans
are
something
that
all
drinking
water
providers
in
the
state
have
to
have
to
develop
and
apply,
and
in
particular,
in
the
seven
county
metro
area.
F
F
F
We
have
another
set
of
criteria
that
include
the
river
flow
as
measured
up
by
the
usgs
gauge
up
at
highway,
610
near
anoka
and
so
for
those
phases,
as
we
move
through
the
phases
we're
looking
at
how
much
flow
is
in
the
river,
so
the
drought
warning
phase
happens
when
the
river
falls
below
2000
cubic
feet
per
second
for
five
days,
and
our
actions
required
or
expected
to
put
in
place
have
the
goal
of
reducing
water
to
50
above
january
levels
as
the
drought
progresses
and
gets
worse.
F
The
river
flow
drops
below
1500
cubic
feet
per
second,
and
our
use
goals
drop
further
to
be
within
25
of
january
levels
in
extreme
emergency
phases,
when
the
river
falls
below
a
thousand
cubic
feet
per
second.
Basically,
the
goal
is
to
reduce
use
all
the
way
back
to
january
levels
and
there's
actually
minnesota
statutes
that
define
water.
You
should
only
be
for
the
highest
priorities,
which
does
include
drinking
water
supply,
but
other
uses
of
lower
priority
are
basically
restricted.
F
Next
slide,
please
an
interesting
point
and
credit
to
minneapolis.
I'd
like
to
point
out
since
that
plan
was
developed.
This
is
a
chart
that
shows
our
annual
average
use
in
minneapolis,
as
well
as
the
peak
use
that
we
are
experiencing
typically
in
the
summer,
and
then
the
green
is
is
gallons
per
capita
per
day.
F
So
that's
the
amount,
a
single,
a
single
person
uses
per
day
in
minneapolis
and
our
wholesale
customer
cities,
and
so
you
can
kind
of
see
an
encouraging
trend
over
the
years
in
the
70s
and
80s
our
you
know,
our
average
use
was
in
the
60s
to
70s,
and
our
summer
peaks
were
much
much
higher.
We
were
peaking
at
you
know,
150
to
160
million
gallons
per
day,
but
really
since
2000,
you
can
see
the
steady
march
downward
both
in
the
annual
average,
the
annual
peak
and
the
gallons
per
capita
per
day.
F
Minneapolis
and
minneapolis
residents
have
become
much
more.
I
would
say,
conscientious
about
their
water
use.
Outdoor
water
use
has
limited
and
reduce
those
peaks,
our
gallons
per
capita
per
day.
Just
the
water
used
throughout
the
year
has
become
more
efficient
with
water,
efficient
fixtures
and
just
better
overall
use
practices.
F
So
back
in
you
know,
88
and
90.
We
were
talking
about
closing
that
gap
during
a
drought
that
we
see
highlighted
in
yellow
on
the
left,
but
going
into
this
year's
drought,
we're
really
trying
to
close
a
much
smaller
gap
and,
again
that's
a
credit
to
the
wise
water
use
that
the
minneapolis
residents
employ
year
in
and
year
out.
F
Next
slide,
please
so
in
2021.
This
is
just
a
timeline
of
what
happened
in
july
16th.
The
dnr
did
declare
a
drought
warning
for
much
of
the
state
again
based
on
those
drought
conditions
they
were
seeing
throughout
the
watersheds
and
then
on
july.
19Th.
F
The
river
flow
hit
that
first
threshold
of
about
2
000
cubic
feet
per
second
minneapolis,
and
our
wholesale
customers
implemented
mandatory
odd,
even
water
restrictions
on
july
21st
to
to
meet
that
goal
of
staying
under
that
january
and
under
that
50
over
january
use,
and
our
very
good
news
is
that
our
goal
has
been
met
on
those
32
of
those
35
days
since
those
restrictions
went
into
place
last
week.
At
this
time,
things
were
dicier.
F
The
river
fell
below
1500
cfs
back
on
august
16th
and
on
august
17th
dnr
declares
extreme
drought
in
three
of
the
major
watersheds,
including
the
mississippi
headwaters.
That
means
our
goal
now
became
needing
to
reduce
our
water
to
our
our
use
to
25
above
january
levels.
F
I'll
show
it
in
a
chart,
but
again
at
this
time
our
use
was
within
two
percent
of
that
plus
25
goals,
so
things
really
had
progressed
well
and
and
people
were
adhering
to
restrictions
and
following
it
and
frankly,
we
were
getting
timely,
just
enough
rainfall
to
help
us
out.
One
note
is
that
we've
been
in
close
communication
with
saint
paul
regional
water
services
and
st
paul's
actions.
They
had
a
few
more
regulators
or
legislative
hoops
to
jump
through
to
make
their
their
previously
voluntary
odd,
even
restrictions
mandatory.
F
They
were
able
to
make
those
mandatory
on
the
18th
in
minneapolis
code
of
ordinances.
We
have
the
ability
to
clear
water
emergencies
that
allow
us
to
put
restrictions
in
place.
Those
were
some
things
that
st
paul
didn't
have
in
place
and
needed
to
make
that
happen
before
they
were
able
to
make
the
restrictions
mandatory
in
an
emergency
phase
that
would
have
been
triggered
if
the
river
had
fallen
below
a
thousand
cfs
for
five
consecutive
days
next
slide.
Please.
F
So
this
is
a
track
of
of
what
happened
this
summer,
so
you
can
see
again
where
we
were
at
the
beginning
of
june.
Orange
again
is
a
minneapolis
use.
The
dashed
line,
the
73.2
million
gallons
per
day,
is
our
50
over
january
flow
targets
and
the
61
is
a
25
over
january
flow
targets.
So
again
we
put
the
drought
restrictions
in
place
around
in
the
or
the
odd,
even
restrictions
in
place
on
july
21st,
and
we
were
doing
doing
well
and
then
the
hot
weather
dry
weather.
F
At
the
beginning
of
last
week,
we
did
see
that
use
trend
start
creeping
back
up,
but
again,
with
the
timely
rains
we
had
that
use
has
fallen
and
the
river
has
come
up
just
a
quick
note
on
odd,
even
restrictions.
What
that
means
is
if
you
live.
If
your
house
number
is
odd
and
you
live
on
the
odd
numbered
side
of
the
street,
you
water
on
odd
calendar
date
days.
If
you
have
an
even
house
number,
and
that
means
you
live
on
the
even
side
of
the
street
and
you
water
on
even
calendar
days
now.
F
We
also
with
those
youth
restrictions,
restricted,
no
sprinkling
should
occur
between
noon
and
6
p.m,
during
the
hottest
part
of
the
day.
F
So
really,
this
is
where
we
sit
today,
even
with
the
rains,
the
odd
even
restrictions
are
still
appropriate.
The
river
flows
are
still
below
the
2000
cfs
target.
So
what
are
our
next
steps
next
slide?
Please
so,
basically,
well,
we
will
be
staying
with
the
odd,
even
watering
restrictions
until
that
river
flow
is
comfortably
above
the
2000
cfs
cubic
feet
per
second
excuse
me,
and
the
dnr
really
takes
a
look
at
and
in
essence,
declares
the
drought
over.
I
don't
think
the
drought
will
really
be
over.
F
We
we've
heard
that
this
will
be
a
multi.
It
could
be
a
multi-year
consideration,
so
whether
things
stay
abnormally
dry
or
even
moderate
is
there
is
some
question
about
that
we'll
be
sending
out.
I
believe
today,
or
we
are
targeting
another
press
release
today,
to
remind
residents
to
stay
with
the
even
online
sprinkling
restrictions,
and
I
do
want
to
note
that
our
wholesale
customers
by
contract
have
to
implement
the
same
restrictions
we
do
and
just
relatively
a
wholesale
customer
use
is
about
20
to
25
of
our
current
use.
So
it's
a
big.
F
We
definitely
need
their
partnership
in
this
as
we
limit
overall
minneapolis
demands
next
slide.
Please,
and
as
brett
alluded
to
excuse
me,
director
jelly
alluded
to
at
the
beginning.
There
is
optimus.
We
have
optimistic
that
this
is
hopefully
just
a
recap
of
the
drought
response
that
the
city
went
through
this
summer.
We
were
hopeful
that
the
relief
coming-
maybe
not
tomorrow's
rains
but
rain
through
the
weekend-
will
olivia
alleviate
help
us
to
make
a
major
step
forward
in
alleviating
the
drought
conditions
in
the
watershed.
F
Basically
we're
still
every
bit
of
rain
helps
we're
still
we're
still
very
behind.
Even
if
we
get
three
to
six
inches.
You
know
it's
not
going
to
wipe
out
that
six
to
ten
inch
deficits
that
we're
seeing
in
the
watershed,
but
it
is
going
to
help
considerably.
F
B
Are
there
any
questions
from
my
colleagues
on
the
committee
for
staff
for
this
presentation,
councilmember
garden.
D
Yeah,
thank
you
very
much
and
thanks
for
the
presentation,
this
question
is
a
little
bit
off
topic,
but
you
did
show
us
the
saint
anthony
dam,
and
my
understanding
is
that
the
army
corps
of
engineers
is
wanting
to
get
out
of
maintaining
that
dam,
and
I
recently
have
been
getting
some
questions
from
constituents
who
were
concerned
about
the
future
of
that
and
apparently
there's
some
concrete
something.
There's
a
lot
of
structure
under
there
and
deep
under
the
water.
D
There's
some
structure
and
we've
been
hearing
some
reports
that
there's
some
seepage
under
that
and
it
might
be
compromised.
Somehow
do
you
have
any
updates
about
the
dam
and
is
the
city
going
to
become
responsible
for
this
and
any
information?
I
guess
you
could
provide
a
little
bit
and
maybe,
while
you're
talking
I'll,
just
dig
back
to
the
email
I
got
about
it
and
see
if
I
can
be
more
specific.
F
I
believe
referring
to
the
cut-off
wall,
that
is,
that
is
under
the
riverbed
and
yes,
as
indicated,
the
the
upper
st
anthony
falls.
Dam
and
infrastructure
is
important
to
the
to
the
minneapolis
water
supply.
We
feel
the
core
army
corps
of
engineers,
who's
built
those
structures
and
maintain
those
structures
and
been
present.
F
They
they
are
in
the
best
position
to
continue
that
oversight
and
maintenance
and
inspection
of
the
structure,
and
we,
you
know,
minneapolis,
division
of
water
treatment
and
distribution
services,
public
works,
as
well
as
other
stakeholders,
whether
that's
department
of
transportation,
hydropower
facilities.
All
of
that
need
to
work
together
to
understand
the
long-term.
You
know
monitoring
and
integrity
of
all
that
structure,
but
again,
under
the
leadership
of
the
army
corps
of
engineers.
D
Well,
I
appreciate
that
and
I
there
was
an
article
in
mill
city
times.
I
think
that
was
digging
into
this
in
some
detail
and
I
I
think
maybe
we
should
all
be
united,
then,
and
make
sure
that
we
try
to
keep
them
responsible
for
maintaining
the
integrity
of
this
critically
important
piece
of
infrastructure
for
the
city,
so
appreciate
that.
A
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
just
just
wanted
to
reiterate.
So
obviously
the
saint
anthony
falls
lock
and
dam
is,
is
in
ward
three,
and
I
got
a
fairly
detailed
briefing
on
this,
and
I
just
want
to
sort
of
back
up
our
public
work
staff
and
in
reassuring
that.
A
A
So
if
there
was
some
sort
of
a
failure,
it's
something
that
we
would
have
enough
a
lot
of
opportunity
to
correct
before
it
got
to
a
place
that
it
was
actually
impacting
water
flow
or
having
some
of
the
more
catastrophic
impacts
that
mr
amphinson
speculated
about
in
the
middle
city
times
article,
and
so
it
is
certainly
something
to
take
seriously
and
be
aware
of
our
infrastructure
underground.
A
We
actually
have
some
very
impressive
infrastructure,
maintaining
our
overflow,
but
I
wouldn't
want
us
to
irresponsibly
create
concern
in
this
meeting
about
those
impacts,
because
I
think
there's
there's
a
lot
of
reason
to
think
that
we
are
monitoring
the
things
we
need
to
monitor
to
know.
If
there
was
a
problem
well
before
it
became
a
problem
that
would
have
an
impact
on
minneapolis
residents.
B
Thank
you
for
that
councilman
fletcher.
When
I
see
councilmember
gordon
forded,
the
article
that
he
had
referred,
and
certainly
you
know,
this
is
a
very
significant
issue
of
you
know
great
magnitude,
of
course,
and
so
thanks
for
bringing
those
damn
related
topics
up
because
they
are
interrelated.
B
But
I
really
want
to
thank
staff
for
this
presentation.
This
is
a
very
important
topic
that
sometimes
just
sort
of
on
the
one
hand
gets
ignored
when
things
are
fine
or
there's
a
lack
of
understanding
to
what
the
issues
are
and
how
we're
trying
to
manage
them
on
the
other
end.
So
this
is
really,
I
think,
an
important
pivot,
since
we
do
have
a
drought
to
know
how
we
do
manage
these
things
and
yep
1988
will
be
always
the
one
we
refer
to,
at
least
in
recent
history.
B
When
I
recall
getting
a
briefing
on
that
based
on
a
question,
you
know
how
how
much
when
which
what
level
of
jeopardy
were
we
in
terms
of
water
extraction
for
for
our
water
supply
and
got
a
lot
of
confidence
from
what
I
heard
then,
and
this
just
reinforces
that
with
today's
conditions
as
well,
and
I
think
good
news
since
1990
when
the
state
took
action
on
this
issue,
what
minneapolis
has
done,
as
demonstrated
in
your
graph,
by
way
of
performing
on
that
gap,
it
seems
like
we're
doing
our
part,
and
so
I
think
we
can
take
a
little
civic
pride
in
that
as
well,
but
because
we
are
restless
in
our
civic
ambitions,
we
will
continue
to
close
that
gap.
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Any
other
questions
counselor.
I
just
want
to
see
you
tonight
again.
Counselor
gordon
was
did
your
inclusion
in
the
chat
just
highlight
those
documents,
or
did
you
want
to.
B
In
the
article
that
you
forwarded
has
a
really
cool
historical
picture,
so
thanks
for
sharing
any
other
questions
for
staff
or
comments,
if
not
thank
you
extend
our
committee's
gratitude
for
your
work
and
if
there's
no
questions
or
comments
I
and
or
without
objection,
I
will
direct
the
clerk
to
receive
and
file
this
report
and
with
that
action
I
will
call
this
meeting
adjourned
as
we've
completed
the
agenda
as
submitted
thanks,
everyone.