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Minnetrista staff: four stormwater ponds need work; two HOAs will proceed this year
Summary
City engineer Allison Falsky told the Minnetrista City Council that bathymetric surveys flagged four stormwater ponds for maintenance; Hunter Crest and Jenny Cove HOAs plan to do the work this year while two Palmer Point ponds are paused pending HOA boundary/documentation issues.
Minnetrista City engineer Allison Falsky told the City Council on March 2 that the Surface Water Management Asset Program has identified four stormwater ponds that need work after bathymetric (sediment) surveys.
"We identified a score of 65 as a threshold to take a look at some of those ponds," Falsky said, and added that the surveys "found four ponds that are recommended to have some work done on them at this time." She said two homeowners associations, Hunter Crest and Jenny Cove, are looking to proceed with excavation and remediation this year and that staff will help secure a Wetland Conservation Act no-loss permit as a precaution even though wetlands are not expected to be affected.
The update explained that an engineering technician will verify excavation depths before work begins. "They have indicated that the work would be done this year," Falsky said.
Falsky also reported that two ponds in Palmer Point raised an administrative issue: the homeowners association management company told staff that association documents did not reflect that the pond site was technically within a different HOA. "They have some internal work to do," Falsky said, and staff recommended pausing activity on those two ponds while the HOAs sort their documentation; staff offered to assist and to provide notice to the other HOA once the paperwork is resolved.
Mayor Lisa Whan took no formal action on the update; council members had no substantive questions during the presentation. The council did not need to vote on the pond work itself during the meeting but staff reported it would continue coordinating with the affected HOAs and proceed where associations had approved the work.
Votes at a glance: the council approved the evening's amended agenda and later approved the consent agenda (items A—E), which included approval of minutes, a claims resolution, closing Fund 433 (the 2023 street capital improvement fund), and an offer of employment for William Ewald as a community service officer. The meeting concluded with a routine vote to adjourn.
What happens next: staff will assist with the permitting steps and with verifying excavation depths for the two ponds slated for work this year; the two Palmer Point ponds will remain paused until HOA documentation and boundary questions are resolved.
