02/06/2003 - City Council Special
MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
EAGAN CITY COUNCIL
Eagan, Minnesota
February 6, 2003
A special City Council workshop meeting of the Eagan City Council was held on
Thursday, February 6,2003 at 6:30 p.m. at Camp Sacagawea Lodge located in Lebanon
Hills Park. Present were Mayor Geagan and Councilmembers Carlson, Fields and
Maguire. Councilmember Tilley was absent. Also present were City Administrator Tom
Hedges, Director of Public Works Tom Colbert and Superintendent of Utilities Wayne
Schwanz.
A2enda
The purpose of the meeting was for the City Council to hear a presentation by
representatives of Dakota County and their consulting firm Barr Engineering for
improvements to the Dakota County drainage plan for Lebanon Hills Regional Park.
There were presentations by Dakota County staff and representatives of Barr Engineering
that addressed the overall 2003 stormwater study schedule for McDonaough Lake
Watershed which includes: Lebanon Hills Regional Park, referenced to a 1986 County
resolution; history of changes that have occurred in the overall watershed for the park,
and a presentation of some 20 options that are under review and consideration.
There were a number of residents, mainly from the City of Eagan, who were present
asking questions about how various options to mitigate future drainage issues in the
McDonaough Lake Watershed would impact their subdivisions which are downstream.
Residents were generally from the Lakewood Hills neighborhood and West Thomas
Lake. Members of the City Council Public Works Committee consisting of
Councilmember Fields and Councilmember Maguire are planning to meet in the near
future to discuss facts and information that were shared at the meeting to determine
which of the options are consistent with the overall objectives of the City of Eagan
Comprehensive Storm Water Plan.
There was no official action at the meeting which ended at approximately 9: 15 p.m.
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City Clerk