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RESOLUTION SUPPORTING 111E RECOMMENDATIONS OF
<br />THE BELTLINE INTERCEPTOR RECONVEYANCE STUDY GROUP
<br />ON OWNERSHIP OF 1111; BELTLINE INTERCEPTOR
<br />WHEREAS, at the urging of the Metropolitan Council, the Mayors' Lake Overflow Task Force was
<br />established by the Cities of Falcon Heights, Little Canada, Maplewood, North Saint Paul,
<br />Oakdale, Roseville, Saint Paul, Vadnais Heights, and White Bear Lake to plan for
<br />effective management of lake overflows from Beaver, Phalen, Como and Mccarron's
<br />Lakes; and
<br />WHEREAS,
<br />the Mayors' Lake Overflow Task Force in turn established the Lake Overflow Technical
<br />Advisory Committee (LOTAC), composed of staff of the Cities, the Metropolitan Council,
<br />and the former Metropolitan Waste Control Commission (MWCC) to evaluate
<br />alternatives for issues associated with the lake overflows; and
<br />WHEREAS, the LOTAC evaluated alternatives and made recommendations that the former MWCC
<br />should construct a new Middle Beltline Interceptor, initiate a structural inspection of the
<br />Beltline Interceptor, classify the Beltline as unnecessary for metropolitan sewage
<br />management purposes, and negotiate an agreement for reconveyance of the interceptor to
<br />the City of Saint Paul for use as a storm water and lake overflow facility; and
<br />WHEREAS, the LOTAC also recommended that the Beltline Interceptor be sold to Saint Paul and/or
<br />the suburbs and that the appropriate watershed management entity eventually take over
<br />maintenance of the interceptor, and
<br />WHEREAS, the Cities and the Metropolitan Council adopted the LOTAC's recommendations and the
<br />former MWCC constructed the new Middle Beltline Interceptor at a cost of approximately
<br />513 million, paid one -half the cost of inspection of the Beltline interceptor with Saint
<br />Paul paying the other half, and initiated a process for reconveyance of the Beltline
<br />Interceptor to the City of Saint Paul at a depreciated value of 51,399,381; and
<br />WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul determined that it was not advisable for Saint Paul to become sole
<br />owner of the Beltline Interceptor, due to its limited authority to control land use practices
<br />within the Beltline subwatershed and due to equitable considerations that all cities which
<br />benefit from the availability of the Beltline Interceptor should share the costs and
<br />responsibilities of owning and operating the interceptor as a storm water facility; and
<br />WHEREAS, in May, 1994, the Metropolitan Council invited policymakers from the Cities of Saint
<br />Paul, Maplewood, Little Canada, Vadnais Heights, White Bear Lake, North Saint Paul,
<br />Gem Lake, and Oakdale, the Counties of Ramsey and Washington, and the Ramsey -
<br />Washington Metro Watershed District to a meeting to discuss issues of ownership and
<br />maintenance of the Beltline Interceptor and
<br />WHEREAS, as a result of the meeting of policymakers, the Interceptor Reconveyance Study Group
<br />was formed, made up of policymakers and /or staff of the watershed district and the
<br />affected cities and counties, and facilitated by staff of the Metropolitan Council, including
<br />staff from Metropolitan Council Wastewater Services; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Study Group met biweeldy from June through October and achieved consensus on a
<br />number of recommendations regarding ownership, operation, maintenance, value, and
<br />financing of the transfer of the Beltline Interceptor, for continued use by the cities for
<br />storm water management; and
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