HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981 07-23 City to pay half of Battle Creek assessments PIONEER PRESS Metro!RegionThursday
St.Yaul Pioner PrcsSJuly 23, 1981 21
City topayhalf assessments of Battle
By'Dane Smith , Mayor George Latimer had recom- Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed carry excess runoff and keep the creek's Beaver Lake with Battle Creek through
Sail Writermended the subsidy last February be- District in May. flow stable. a storm sewer.
Property owners in the flood-prone cause the city had failed to provide ade- Blees said he expected that property The park,tucked in a scenic sandstone Latimer contends that 90 percent of
Battle Creek area will have half their 9uate ponding areas for flood control canyon,had been a popular picnic area the water that ends up in Beaver Lake
owners would have the option of paying
assessments for a'$6 million flood con- while that part of the city was being the assessment in a lump sum or in in- until it was closed after a flash flood comes from outside St.Paul,and that St.
troC projectpaid bythe cityof St.Paul, built up. ripped through it in 1977. Paul should not paythe entire bill sim-
j stallments over a 10-year period. ripped
h Latimer recommended that plybecause the le is within citybor-
under a'resolution passed by the City The project involves construction of g r
Council this week. St. Paul will pay for 46.5 percent of P J the council accept the assessment plan ders.
the project,and the Washington County check dams and ponding areas,rerout- proposed by the watershed board, he Roger Lake, president of the
A typical homeowner in the area suburbs of Maplewood,Woodbury,Oak- ing of some channels,and stabilizing the urged that the city seek modification of watershed board of managers, said a
would have been assessed$300 for the dale,Lake Elmo and Landfall will pick erosion-prone banks of Battle Creek, the proposed assessment for runoff from few details on'financing and the design
project,,but the city's contribution will up various percentages of the remaining Blees said. Beaver Lake into Battle Creek. The of the project must be worked out.How-
cut that to$150,said city Budget Direc- costs,based on their contribution to the A storm sewer will be laid under the drainage systems are separate now,but ever,work is expected to begin this fall
tor Greg Blees. flow, under a plan approved by the stream in the Battle Creek Park area to long-range plans call for connecting and be completed by sometime in 1983.