REQUEST FOR BOARD ACTION
ATTACHMENT 4.4
AGENDA ITEM:
NE Edison High School Green Campus - Phase I
Presenter:
Requested Meeting Date:
March 12, 2013
Estimated Time:
 Consent Agenda
 10 Min.
 15 Min.
Board Action:
 Information/Review
 Motion to approve
L Stromme
Flexibility:
 Yes
 No
 30 Min.
 45 Min.  1 Hour
 Budget Change
 Other
DRAFT MOTION: Please word the motion below as you would like it to appear in the minutes.
Motion to direct MWMO staff to enter into agreements with the Minneapolis Public Schools and Stantec in an
amount not to exceed $500,000--to design, install, oversee, and complete Phase I of the Northeast Green Campus
capital project (parking lot and gym roof) at the Edison High School campus in Northeast Minneapolis.
ACTION TAKEN:
Date of Action:
Comments:
 Approved as Requested
 Denied
 Tabled
 Accepted Report
 Other
BACKGROUND (Attach Supporting Documents as needed)
The Northeast Green Campus area in Minneapolis encompasses Jackson Square Park, Edison High School, and a City
of Minneapolis flood-mitigation basin, located in Northeast Minneapolis at 22nd Ave. NE and Quincy St. NE. Three
public entities – Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, Minneapolis Public Schools, and the City of Minneapolis –
have collaborated on this phased capital project to manage stormwater on their contiguous properties in a crossjurisdictional manner.
The MWMO Board was first apprised of this collaborative project in 2011. Since then, feasibility studies have been
completed, community engagement meetings have been held, and the Minneapolis School Board has committed to
proceed with Phase I of this two-phase project in 2013. (Phase II involves redesign of the city-owned flood mitigation
basin to collect stormwater for reuse to irrigate Jackson Square Park and the Edison athletic fields.)
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Phase I would start with the parking lot and gym roof at Edison High School during the summer of 2013. The gym
roof is about 23,000 square feet, divided into north and south sections. Each section has four separate roof drains
that currently connect directly to the city storm sewer. New piping would re-route the roof drainage to two
connected cisterns: one above-ground that routes stormwater to landscaped infiltration areas and one underground
cistern that expands stormwater storage for reuse as on-site irrigation. The proposed design would handle a four-inch
rain event.
The redone parking lot would capture drainage from the adjacent north/south alley and manage a four-inch rain
event. Stormwater features include strategic areas of pervious paving, a rainwater infiltration area, a tree-trench
infiltration area, and an infiltration curb swale.
The future Phase II of the Northeast Green Campus project envisions restructuring the city’s flood-mitigation basin
to store and reuse stormwater to irrigate Edison High School’s adjacent athletic fields. Edison students and
community members have reviewed and endorsed this project and committed to helping to maintain the landscaped
areas and tree trenches.
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