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c &11 141 ceemaelee <br />515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117 -1600 <br />(612) 484 -2177 / FAX: (612) 484 -4538 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />MAYOR <br />Raymond G. Hanson <br />COUNCIL <br />Beverly Scalze <br />Jim LaValle <br />Steve Morelan <br />Bob Pedersen <br />ADMINISTRATOR <br />Joel R. Hanson <br />TO: Mayor Hanson & Members of the City Council <br />FROM: Joel Hanson, City Administrator <br />DATE: December 15, 1994 <br />RE: Metropolitan Council Beltline Disposition Resolution <br />The beltline interceptor was at one time a combined sanitary <br />sewer /storm sewer facility within the City of St. Paul. It was <br />constructed starting in 1924 and added on to through the year <br />1970. The total cost of this work was $2,173,103. In 1971, the <br />Metropolitan Waste Control Commission (MWCC) took over the line <br />and agreed to reimburse the City of St. Paul a little over <br />$4,000,000 for the line which was arrived at by formulas <br />prescribed in the State law that account for both inflationary <br />costs of the construction and the depreciated value of the asset <br />based on its useful life. (This same process has been used for <br />lines acquired within the City of Little Canada.) This <br />reimbursement occurs over a 30 year period at 4% interest. <br />Sometime during the mid 1980's, MWCC constructed a new <br />interceptor which separated the sanitary sewer and storm sewer <br />flows. This project allowed the beltline interceptor to serve <br />strictly as a storm sewer line. <br />MWCC does not operate storm sewer systems. In 1989, they <br />proposed to reconvey the line to the City of St. Paul whereby St. <br />Paul would pay $1,399,424 to the MWCC for the beltline storm <br />sewer line. The City of St. Paul objected stating that this line <br />is now being used for storm sewer conveyance by all cities which <br />are part of that storm sewer's watershed. This watershed ties <br />into the Phalen Chain of Lakes which includes the City of Little <br />Canada. Therefore, a committee was convened this past May to <br />attempt to resolve this issue in a fair and equitable manner. <br />The attached correspondence from Metropolitan Council provides a <br />brief summary of that process. Also, attached is a resolution <br />supporting the recommendations of the Beltline Interceptor <br />Reconveyance Study Group on ownership of the beltline <br />interceptor. The Metropolitan Council has asked that all <br />jurisdictions affected by this proposal execute the resolution <br />indicating their support. This resolution will then be taken to <br />the Metropolitan Council in an attempt to seek their agreement on <br />Page 88 <br />