5.3. SR 03-21-2011REQUEST FOR ACTION
TO ITEM NUMBER
Ci Council 5.3.
AGENDA SECTION MEETING DATE PREPARED BY
Administration March 21, 2011 Chris Leeseber ,Park Planner-Planner
ITEM DESCRIPTION REVIEWED B~/
Monitoring Well Placement in Windsor Park Steve Benoit, Recreation Mana er
REVIEWED BY
ACTION REQUESTED
Staff and the Parks and Recreation Commission are recommending the City Council approve the
placement of a monitoring well in Windsor Park as requested by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
(MPCA).
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
Staff was contacted by Peer Engineering, on behalf of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, about
the possibility of placing a monitoring well in Windsor Park. They have identified an area in the
southwest corner of the park. A representative from Peer Engineering was in attendance at the Parks and
Recreation Commission on March 9, 2011 to provide information on what is being proposed.
The well will be approximately 20 feet deep and will have to rise above grade at least one foot. The time
frame for the need for the well was assumed to be indefinite, pending state funding. Peer Engineering
identified the south west corner due to the easy accessibility. They indicated that the well could be in any
location within the park.
The Commission was in favor of the request but asked the engineers to work with staff and a
commission member in siting the well in a location that was not in one of the main access points of the
park.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
All cost associated with the installation, restoration, and monitoring of the well will be by the MPCA.
ATTACHMENTS
^ Location Map
^ Peer Engineering email
^ Fact sheet prepared by the MPCA
^ Site summary sheet
^ Well diagram
^ MPCA access agreement
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Action Motion by Second by Vote
Follow Up
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Leeseberg, Chris
From: Becca Reason <breason@peerengineering.com>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 1:14 PM
To: Leeseberg, Chris
Subject: Monitoring Well of MPCA
Attachments: MPCA Amb. Mtring Fact Sheet.pdf; Ambient GW Access Agreement (Jan 2010j.docx; Figure
2 Monitoring Well.pdf; Proposed Well #62.pdf; Monitoring WeII.JPG
Hi Chris,
Thanks for talking with me today about the possible installation of a monitoring well in Elk River as part of the
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's Ambient Groundwater Quality Monitoring Networking program. I have attached a
fact sheet prepared by the MPCA describing the program. Peer Engineering is a consultant for the MPCA, and we have
been contracted to assist with identifying viable permanent monitoring well locations and obtaining access for
installation. The goal is to have access agreements in place by end of March and install the wells between late April and
early June of 2011. The MPCA/State are paying all well installation and future sampling costs.
Also attached is a site summary sheet for the possible well location in Windsor Park. The actual location of the
monitoring well can be moved based on the city's recommendation /future plans for the parks. As I discussed during
our conversation, the well is 6" in diameter and sticks out of the ground approximately 2 feet and will have a lock on
it. Please see the attached "Figure 2 Monitoring Well" for the typical well construction as well as the "monitoring well"
photograph showing what a finished monitoring well will look like.
I've also attached the general MPCA access agreement for the groundwater quality monitoring program. This
agreement has been reviewed by the State Attorney General. Please use review it and use it in your discussions going
forward.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me. Thanks again for your help.
eecca Reason
Peer Engineering
7615 Golden Triangle Dr., Suite N
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
Direct: 952.697.0563 Cel1:952.237.9276
Main: 952.831.3341 Fax: 952.831.4552
breason@peeren~ineerin~.com
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Ms. Sharon Kroening
PROPOSED 1'1'ELL #62
COUNTY: Sherburne
LOCATION: Windsor Park
13444 212°i Avenue
Elk River, MN
LATITUDE: -93.612114
LONGITUDE: 45.354592
DES112ED LAND USE:
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Current Land Use:
The proposed well location is in the southwest corner of
Windsor Park. The park is a neighborhood park within
the Windsor Park subdivision. The park includes paved
trails, a swing set, a climbing rock and a gazebo. Anew
residential development is currently being built to the
west of the proposed well location along 212i1' Avenue.
Several houses are constructed that are not shown in the
air photo. The land use within 500 meters of the well
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• Surface Elevation: 990 ft
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FIGUP.E
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MPCA PROPERTY ACCESS AGREEMENT WITH
(Property Owner)
1. Purpose of Agreement. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is enhancing its ambient
groundwater monitoring network i-i Minnesota. The attached fact sheet describes this groundwater monitoring
network ("network"), which will Help provide information about the quality of Minnesota's groundwater and
identify trends in water quality. The MPCA is assessing groundwater in this region. As part of the groundwater
assessment, the MPCA is installing wells to obtain water samples for analysis.
2. Parties. This agreement is between the MPCA and (the "Property Owner"), who owns
property located at (the "Property") where the
MPCA would like to install a monitoring well. The MPCA is authorized to enter any property, public and
private, for the purpose of conducting surveys under Minn. Stat. §§ 115.04, subd. 3.
3. Consent_to access. The "Property Owner" hereby consents to participation in the network and authorizes the
MPCA, its employees and agents, to enter the Property for the purpose of:
1) installing a permanent groundwater monitoring well at the location shown on attachment 1; and
2) collecting groundwater samples from the monitoring well according to the schedule set forth below.
4. Notice. The MPCA will notify the Property Owner of the name of the environmental consulting firm that will
be managing the monitoring well installation at least two weeks before the installation.
5. Location of well. The MPCA's consultant will coordinate the monitoring well installation with the Property
Owner to ensure that a mutually agreeable location on the Property is identified.
5. Permits, required actions. The MPCA will be responsible for obtaining all permits and providing notices to
utilities related to the installation. The MPCA's consultant will coordinate all contractors involved in
installation, including locating all utilities prior to well installation and completing all Minnesota Depa--tment of
Health pern~its required to install tl~e well.
6. Well installation. The Property Owner understands and agrees that the well installation will require three
separate site visits. All buried utilities will be located during the first site visit. Tliis will take approximately I-2
hours to complete and will be done prior to the well installation. The well will be drilled during second site visit,
which will take approximately one working day to complete. The well will be prepared for water sample
collection during the final site visit. These preparations involve pumping water from the well and monitoring its
quality. These activities will take one-half day to complete and will be performed no sooner than 24 hours after
well installation.
7. Sampling; notice of sampling. After installation, the MPCA will sample the monitoring well once a year.
Sampling will involve pumping water from the well, collecting field measurements of the water, and collecting
samples for later laboratory analysis. Sampling will take between I to 2 hours to complete. The MPCA or its
consultant will notify the Property Owner at least 48 how's before entering the Property for the purpose of well
installation or sampling.
8. Hours of work. All work under this access agreement will be conducted during regular business hours (8:00
AM to 5:00 PM) unless the MPCA or its consultant receives written permission by the owner or his/her agent to
conduct work during different hours.
9. Disturbance of property. The well installation and sampling will be performed by the MPCA in a manner
which minimizes interference with the Property Owner's use of the Property. If the MPCA's activities disturb
any portion of the Property, the MPCA will restore the property to as close to its original condition as is
reasonably possible under the circumstances.
10. Property Owner responsibilities. The Property Owner agrees to take reasonable precautions to insure that the
equipment of the MPCA or its agents that is located on the Property, and any monitoring wells that are located on
the Property, are not damaged and that the work being conducted by the MPCA, its employees and agents is not
disrupted.
1 1. Sampling results. Upon request, the MPCA shall provide copies of the results of all sampling conducted on
the Property to the Property Owner atter test validations. The data collected from the monitoring well on the
Property will be public information.
12. Liability. The MPCA will be liable for injury to or loss of property or personal injury or death caused by any
act or omission of any employee of the State of Minnesota in the performance of the work described above, under
circumstances where the State of Minnesota, if a private pe--son, would be liable to the claimant, in accordance
with Minn. Stat. § 3.736.
13. Termination. This monitoring well is part of a network designed to provide long-term information about
Minnesota's groundwater quality. It is the MPCA's intention to maintain this monitoring well and to monitor it
indefinitely. This agreement, however, can be terminated by either party (MPCA or Property Owner) with 60 days
written notice to the other party. The Property Owner understands that, should either party decide to terminate this
agreement, state law requires proper closure of tl~e well. The MPCA will be responsible for all costs and
activities associated with closure of the monitoring well. The Property Owner agrees and understands that, to
close the well, it will be necessary to provide access to the MPCA for the purpose of well closure, and the
Property Owner hereby agrees to provide that access, conditioned only on 48 hours written notice.
14. Sale of Property. If the Property Owner sells the Property, the Property Owner agrees that it shall notify the
buyer of this access agreement and provide the MPCA with notice and an opportunity to reach agreement with the
buyer under which continued access for sampling will be allowed.
MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY PROPERTY OWNER
Glenn Skuta Signature
Manager, Water Monitoring Section
Date: Date: