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Environmental Committee Meeting of May 9, 1995 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL Mears Park Centre, 230 East Fifth Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-1634 Phone (612) 291-6359 TDD (612) 291-0904 FAX (612) 291-6550 Metro Info (612) 229-3780 DATE: May 1, 1995 TO: Chair and Members of the Environment Committee FROM: Jeanne Matross, Office of General Counsel (229-2108) SUBJECT: Authorization to Execute an Agreement to Convey Interceptor Facilities to the city of Lino Lakes, Committee Item No. 95-025-E EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ISSUE: The Metropolitan Council approved the Facility Plan for Lino Lakes on August 19, 1993 by Resolution No. 93-47. However, the Facility Plan approval was conditional upon resolution of conveyance and cost sharing issues prior to initiation of preparation of plans and specifications for the proposed project. Upon completion of construction of a new lift station, the Metropolitan Council Environmental Division is proposing to convey to the City of Lino I iilo s the lift station and interceptor facilities that are no longer necessary for the regional metropolitan interceptor system. POLICY IMPLICATIONS: Policy 1-6A of the Metropolitan Council's Water Resources Management Plan adopted in 1988 provides as follows: Interceptors that no longer have a role in providing metropolitan -level sanitary sewer services should be removed from the metropolitan system and either capped and abandoned or reconveyed to local units of government with fair compensation made to the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission All facilities that are conveyed to local units of government should be fully functional. FUNDING IMPLICATIONS: Metropolitan Council Wastewater Services Department had determined that the facilities to be conveyed to the City of Lino Lakes will have been fully depreciated by the time the new system has been completed. It is therefore proposed to convey ownership of the facilities to the City in an "as -is" condition for zero cost. The termination of the Land Use Agreement with the City of Lino Lakes would cost $22,00.00. PREVIOUS ACTIONS: The Metropolitan Council approved the Facility Plan for Lino Lakes on August 19, 1973 by Resolution No. 93-47 conditional upon resolution of conveyance and cost sharing issues prior to initiation of preparation of plans and specifications for the proposed project. DISCUSSION: As part of the Facilities Plan for Lino Lakes, MCWS is proposing to build a new lift station in Lino Lakes. When the new lift station is complete, a portion of sanitary sewer and lift station facilities now serving the City of Lino Lakes will no longer be necessary for the metropolitan interceptor system. Therefore MCWS has proposed that that portion of the sanitary sewer and lift station facilities be conveyed to the City of Lino Lakes.