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i <br />Or LINO LAKES <br />MINUTES <br />3 <br />4 DATE July 6, 2020 <br />5 TIME STARTED 6:00 p.m* <br />6 TUME ENDED : 10:30 p.m. <br />7 MEMBERS PRESENT Council Member Stoesz, Lyden, Ruhland, <br />8 Cavegn and Mayor Rafferty <br />9 MEMBERS ABSENT None <br />to Staff members present: Ciri Administrator Sarah Cotton: Community Development <br />] 1 Dissector Michael Grochala: Director of Public Safety John Swenson; Public Services <br />12 Director Rick DeGardner; Human Resources Manager Karissa Bartholomew;_ Cite <br />13 Planner Katie Larsen <br />l4 1. Water Treatment i'lant>�easib0i�� Study, Rich e�ardner and dreg <br />l5 Johnson of WSB & Associates, Inc. — Gre�7 Johnson. WSB & Associates. presented <br />16 information on the feasibility study they have completed for the Cit<%. He noted the <br />l 7 recent history of manganese levels in some City wells. a public information campaign and <br />18 the council's direction to prepare a feasibility study on the possibilit-�7 of a water treatment <br />19 facility. He reviewed basics of the report., including information on. <br />20 <br />21 Water Sampling - to identify all contaminants in the water that could potentially cause <br />22 concern; also looking at what area cities are doing for water treatment; Environmental <br />23 Protection Agency (EPA) rules and Minnesota Health Department guidance is included. <br />24 <br />25 Water Demand History (past ten years) were reviewed in order to understand maximum <br />26 demands. <br />27 <br />28 Options studied — drill new wells. purchase water from another community, or implement <br />29 treatment. With the option to drill new wells, including in deeper aquafers, there's no <br />30 guarantee that issues would change. Looking at purchasing water. the cost would be <br />31 high even with multiple communities participating in building a system from St. Paul and <br />32 purchasing from other area communities is not seen as feasible either. The study looks at <br />33 the possibility of water treatment facilities that would meet the City's projected demands <br />34 to 2040. <br />35 <br />36 Water Treatment Elements —recommend conventional gravit�� filtration with biologic <br />37 treatment of manganese and that would include savings in chemicals cost. Additional <br />38 water mains would be required but improvements could be phased over time. <br />39 <br />40 Councihnember Lyden noted that the City of Lino Lakes surrounds the City of <br />4l Centerville which must have a similar water supply. He wanders how that comn�uiuty <br />42 deals Nvith its water. Staff said that Centerville does have a treatment process and that <br />43 the City- would probably have discussions with Centerville about involvement in <br />14 development of a treatment plant if and when that was appropriate. Regarding <br />