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METROPOLITAN COUNCIL <br />300 Metro Square Building, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 <br />September 27, 1984 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Mayors' Lake Overflow Task Force <br />FROM: Lake Overflow Technical Advisory Committee (LOTAC) <br />SUBJECT: Recommended Approach to Resolving Remaining Issues <br />BACKGROUND <br />Last December the Metropolitan Council accepted the recommendations of the <br />technical committee for resolution of the lake overflow problem. Those <br />recommendations called for construction of a new Belt Line interceptor to carry <br />sanitary flows, with the old interceptor to be sold back to St. Paul and /or the <br />suburbs to carry storm flows. The recommendations also called for the MWCC to <br />cease charging for lake '. overflow at the end of two years. <br />The recommendations were broadly stated, and left several unresolved issues. <br />Among them were: <br />o How to allocate the cost of the buy back to St. Paul and the suburbs. <br />o What happens to the overflow charges once the cities stop paying them? <br />o What the cost of buying back the old interceptor should be? <br />On August 14 the technical committee presented the mayors with an approach to <br />resolving the remaining issues. Three concerns were raised at that meeting. <br />They were: <br />1. Who should ultimately own the old Belt Line and be responsible for its <br />maintenance? <br />2. What limitations should be placed on the use of the capacity of the old <br />Belt Line? <br />3. Could the date for ceasing to charge for overflows be moved back? <br />Over the last six weeks the cornnittee has met three times. In addition, the <br />staffs of St. Paul, the MWCC and the Council have met several tunes to devlop a <br />proposal that addresses the stated concerns. <br />RECOMMENDED APPROACH <br />1. The MWCC would construct the new Middle Belt Line interceptor at an <br />estimated cost of $10.5 million, using its usual financing mechanisms. <br />2. The City of St. Paul would agree to pick up so- called local projects costs <br />which are estimated to be $1.0 million. The way in which the actual local <br />costs would be financed could be negotiated by St. Paul and the MWCC. <br />A e A PT <br />1 5` <br />