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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: JUNE 4, 2018
AGENDA #: 5D
PREPARED BY: JASON WEDEL, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR/CITY ENGINEER
BRIAN WELCH, INFORMATION SYSTEMS COORDINATOR
PRESENTED BY: JASON WEDEL
AGENDA ITEM: COINSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CITY OF
PRIOR LAKE PART 2 WELLHEAD PROTECTION PLAN
DISCUSSION: Introduction
The purpose of the agenda item is for the City Council to adopt Part 2 of
the Wellhead Protection Plan Amendment and Source Water Protection
Plan.
History
The State of Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) oversees and
enforces Minnesota Rules applying to public water supplies. The rules
require cities that use groundwater to develop a Wellhead Protection Plan
(WHPP) and to update it every 10 years. The WHPP uses well pumping
data and groundwater modeling to identify areas around the City’s drinking
water wells that may be vulnerable to infiltration of contaminants into the
city water supply. It catalogs land use and practices that may lead to
contamination. Completion and adoption of the update makes the City
eligible for MDH grants to facilitate the removal or phase-out of potential
contaminants in the Wellhead Protection Zone. The City contracted with
Barr Engineering to complete the City’s original WHPP ten years ago.
Part 1 of the update was a technical report that summarized groundwater
conditions and possible future impacts on the aquifer via water level logs
from existing wells and computer modeling of the aquifer. Part 1 of the
update was completed by Barr Engineering and submitted to and approved
by MDH in late 2016. Part 2 of the update is the implementation plan to
identify potential contamination risks within the Wellhead Protection Zone
that was defined during Part 1. Familiarity with the modeling results and
groundwater conditions facilitates the development of the implementation
plan.
Current Circumstances
Barr Engineering, Inc. was contracted by the City to complete the required
elements of Part 2 of the WHPP update. The draft of Part 2 was completed
in August 2017 and sent to relevant local government units for the required
60-day comment period. Responses were developed for comments
received from the Prior Lake-Spring Lake Watershed District. The MDH-
required a public hearing to review the results of Part 2 of the WHPP and it
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was held on Nov. 6, 2017. Final MDH approval of the WHPP amendment
was received on March 20, 2018.
ISSUES: MDH requires the City Council to adopt the updated WHPP. Adoption
keeps the City in compliance with state and federal requirements and also
opens up funding opportunities to assist the City in protecting drinking
water sources.
FINANCIAL
IMPACT:
Part 2 of the WHPP update outlines a variety of monitoring and ongoing
remediation steps that the City must undertake to ensure safe drinking
water from the groundwater wells. This monitoring work also helps the City
track any changes to groundwater levels and impacts between local and
regional pumping activity (e.g. from neighboring municipalities or
commercial/industrial activities). Ongoing monitoring and test sampling of
the City’s observation wells is already budgeted at $13,000 for 2018.
Adoption of the updated WHPP makes the City eligible for MDH funding in
2019 to offset some of the monitoring and test sampling costs in that year.
The application window for 2019 funding opens up in September 2018.
Sealing and filling private wells and septic systems within the Drinking
Water Service Management Area (DWSMA) remains a priority for the City.
Most of these private systems were eliminated with the Welcome Ave.
reconstruction in 2012-13, but there are still a few remaining systems.
While some private systems will be eliminated through redevelopment, City
Staff also looks for state and county grant monies that can be used to
incentivize property owners and offset the costs of sealing wells, filling
septic systems and connecting to City services. When possible, Staff
utilizes existing budget to cover any required matching costs, but may
request specific funds through the budget process when the grant
application process has sufficient lead time. Itemizing these tasks in the
WHPP now makes them eligible for funding through different MDH grant
programs once the updated plan is adopted.
ALTERNATIVES: 1. Motion and second as part of the consent agenda to adopt a resolution
approving Part 2 of the Wellhead Protection Plan Amendment and
Source Water Protection Plan.
2. Motion and second to remove this item from the consent agenda for
additional discussion.
RECOMMENDED
MOTION:
Alternative #1
4646 Dakota Street SE
Prior Lake, MN 55372
RESOLUTION 18-___
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CITY OF PRIOR LAKE’S PART 2: WELLHEAD
PROTECTION PLAN AMENDMENT AND SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PLAN
Motion By: Second By:
WHEREAS, On November 6, 2017 the City of Prior Lake held a Public Hearing on Part 2 of the Wellhead
Protection Plan; and
WHEREAS, The City mailed out notices to effected government units and provided a comment period of
60 days for the plan ending on November 5, 2017; and
WHEREAS, The MN Department of Health gave final approval of Part 2 of the City’s Part 2: Wellhead
Protection Plan Amendment and Source Water Protection Plan on March 20, 2018; and
WHEREAS, The adoption of the Wellhead Protection and Source Water Plan is required by the MN Dept.
of Health and is critical for the protection of groundwater resources in Prior Lake.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PRIOR LAKE,
MINNESOTA as follows:
1. The recitals set forth above are incorporated herein.
2. Part 2: Wellhead Protection Plan Amendment and Source Water Protection Plan is hereby adopted by
the Prior Lake City Council.
3. City Staff is authorized to include implementation of the plan in the 2019 Capital Improvement Program
update and in the 2019 budget.
Passed and adopted by the Prior Lake City Council this 4th day of June 2018
VOTE Briggs McGuire Thompson Braid Burkart
Aye ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
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Frank Boyles, City Manager