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MINUTES City Council reb. 13, 19~5 MeCro Council Mr. Wiger reported that the State is in violation of: pumping (Cont.) se~aage into the Mi.ssi.ssippi. Ri.ver. Also, a lot of money has been spent to separate storm water and sewage. Wisconsin has filed a law sui.t agains~ the State and the Governor supports Wisconsin in t:heir ef£orts. 'Phe Met Council has put to~ether 1 10-year prop,ram to handle the problem and it wi11 be financed half Uy ci.ties of St. Pau1, Minneapolis and South St. Paul. The other. half would be paid for through an interest-free loan from the State. This proposal. does not involve the suburban citi.es other than the extent of their parti.cipation due to the loan by the State. Mrs. Scalze pointed out that Little Canada property owners pay $3.50 i.n overflow charges this year. ScaLz.e asl<ed if: when St. 7?aul and P1i_nneapolis has to pay f.or. their sl~are of. this program, if the costs wi.11 be passed back to the City in increased sewer rates. The Clerk reported that the overflo~a charpes o~ill be elimi.nated a.n less than f.ive years. Judy Pletcher of the!daste Control Commission commented that the Ci.ty will onl.y pay for the sewage that goes through St. Paul and not for storm water. Ms. Pletcher r.eported that the Waste Control Commissi.on expects a full report fr.om its mana~ement commission i.n early `~arch. The prelimi.nary findings shoo~ that in some cases wages are not comparable., a new management statf is recommended and a different chai.n of command is bein~ studi.ed. Also, the FlasCe Control Commi.ssion has a 1ot of bi.g projects ~oi.ng on in the farm of the Mi.ddle Belt Line and the Lalce Gervais Inter- ceptor. The Lalce Gervais Interceptor is pr.ojecced to be completed in January of 19~36 and the Middle Ilelt I,ine should also be completed about the same time. Mrs. Scalze commented that Mrs. Nardi.ni informed her that there are some additional houses that cannot be connected to the Lalce Gervai.s Interceptor alon~; County Road I3-2 and these houses will be faced with dependence on the lift station on I3-2. Wi11 Chis cause a larger lif.t station to have to be built~ [~Ir. Glanzer replied that the addi.tional homes wi11 not create the need for a larger lif.t stati.on. The City will be able to get by with a smalLer lif.t station than iY. presently has. It was su~gested that Mrs. D]ardi.ni. discuss the matter wi.th Mrs. Fletcher. when she returns. The En~;i.neer agreed wi.th Mr.. Glanzer that a smaller 1if.t stati.on would be possi.ble on I3-2 after the inter.ceptor. li.ne i.s in operation. Page -4-