Citizen Advisory Meetings announced

It's time to talk. A citizen panel will meet five times in the coming weeks to hash over the future of the field at 43rd St. E. and 19th Ave. S., city councillor Sandy Colvin Roy announced by mail this week.

The volunteer panel will make a recommendation to the city sometime in early December.

All meetings will be at the Lake Hiawatha Recreation Center from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Here's the schedule and agendas:

Oct. 8
Water resource refresher, with talk of flooding, combined sewer overflows, quality of stormwater runoff, regulatory considerations and state of the art stormwater management.

Oct. 27
Discussion of our options: Do nothing, water quality pond, flood control pond, infiltration systems, filtration systems, rain gardens, stormwater volume control.

Nov. 3
Eliminate the worst options and develop a way to evaluate the rest

Nov. 17
Evaluate options

Early December, date to be determined
Select best option