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1I~60 ,arson You a ~e going to have Sheldon StrE;et through between Al'oert and Hamline soon. I don't think much of relying on tha± tank truck for Fire protection. ?0~ of bressure isn't, enough either. B. Armstrong V~'here is the actual reservoir? male Street? Nilsen Isn't there talk that they once considered abandoning the Dale Street Reservoir? Larson That is the one they had to abandon because of algea. Armstrong ~;Je would have the same situation as Highland Park. Utecht They have water up there. Armstrong They have been fighting it for three or four years. Nilsen They have corrected that situation and improved our vrater pressure ti"pest of Snelling by the installation of electric pumps. Larson I think we would be very short sighted not to complete the grid in the North section. If you fail to do that, and the City does run a line out Hamline, we won't be able to benefit from it. As long as vre have paid for a grid system, why shouldn't we have the same standards as the rest of the Village. Bonestroo Actually=, a certain amount of vrater costs .are generally paid from general revenue. V:~e have always set up a sizable payment from revenue. Vue don't ha-„e that opportunity here -- at least not at tiresent, and I feel there would be a certain amount of over-taxation if the grid were carried through. I could show you that this, as presently planned, is the same as an 8" going out. If vre were to complete the grid, I would feel that a portion of the cost should come from revenue. I feel the system as planned is certainly an adequate water system. Gridding isn't a corrective measure. I don't see the merit of it. The corrective measures are going to have to be made by St. ?aul. V~arkentien If we don't have enough water, can vre force the City of St. Paul to provide pressure; Bonestroo The water is there. As I recall, the pressure is 34tt`. St. Paul told us they thought they could hold, the 30,~~ static and. that they thought it would improve, but I must confess I don't know what imx~rovements they have under contract. I do know that St. Paul is willing to sunoly us vrith water, and, as the supplier, they should make improvements as necessary. There a.re always certain things we should get out of revenue. How far has the water table dropped in Falcon Heights? Bonestroo According to Dr. Schwartz, 20 to 30'. We :ire in a dish, and the outer fringes felt the terrific drop last year. Approximately 1000 •nrells in ':~aplewood dried up last year. They were all drift wells about 85 to 90' so all they could do was drop the wells deeper. Hoer long would you say it would be before we have a serious condition in this area?