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May 26, 1976 A special ",meeting of the Lino Lakes Planning and Zoning Board was called to ordrat 7:40 P.M. by Chairman Gourley. Members present; Nadeau, Kelling, Shearen, Karth. Absent; Hill. Mr. McLean was also present. Mayor Bohjanen, Councilmen Karth and Zelinka, Engineer Gotwald, and Planning Consultant Short were in the audience. Representing the Metropolitan Council Advisory Staff on Planning was Mr. Lee Starr and Mr. James Barton. This meeting had been called for the purpose of discussing the needed regulatory ordinances the City will be required to adopt in order to utilize the reserve capacity in the force main interceptor now planned for installa- tion to serve Country Lakes, Shenandoah and the Baldwin Lake Trailer Court. Mr. Starr presented the members with a list of expectations this City must comply with before any additional connections to the interceptor wi•I1 be approved. The first step required from the City is the adoption of a Resolution stating the City's intentions to protect the Metropolitan Council investments in the interceptor. This will limit development in the South West corner of the City to the number of homes dictated by the capacity built into the interceptor. The next step for the City is to draft ordinance that will control this development, have the ordinance reviewed by the Metropolitan Council for their approval, then adopt the ordinances. Mr. McLean asked if their basis concern is to protect the Metropolitan investment in the interceptor so that it is not allowed to become over used and Mr. Starr said, Yes, but also to prevent pollution problems from occuring in other areas. Mr. Barton said the reason the interceptor is being built is the Metropolitan Council admits that part of the problem is their responsibility in that the projects were approved and allowed to develop by the Metropolitan Council. But,once--the interceptor is built to serve the problem areas, this relieves them of any responsibility in this area. Any other problem area then become the responsibility of Lino Lakes. Mr. McLean asked, until when? Mr. Barton said, 10 or 15 years. Mr. McLean asked the proposed capacity for the interceptor and Mr. Gotwald said it would serve approximately 700 units. Mr. McLean asked Mr. Short if he had any idea the cost of revising the City's Comprehensive Land Use Plan to conform to the demands of the Metro- politan Council and Mr. Short said he had not done any computations as yet. Mr. McLean asked Mr. Starr the cost of the original plan and Mr. Starr said $2500.00. Mr. Starr added there is planning assistance monies available from the Metropolitan Council for the revision ofthis plan and he felt that Lino Lakes would qualify for this assistance. Mr. McLean asked how long would it take to receive approval of these funds? Mr. Barton said the funds would not be available until August and only Step 3 in the proposal would be eligible for funding. Timing is a problem since the funds would probably not be granted until Fall. Mr. McLean asked if the grant would 'pay back'? Mr. Barton thought 'maybe' but didn't know for certain since these applications must go through several committees. Mr. McLean said the City may or niay not get assistance on approximately