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1 187 Mr. Gotwald stated that other builders have requested sewer disposal and have been told to get an indication from the State and this is a calculated risk. Mr. L'Allier told Mr. Busch he did not feel the Council had encouraged or dis- couraged the Company concerning the franchise and Mr. Busch replied they had made preliminary contact since Feb. or March and the Council had given no sign of disapproval. Mr. Jensen recalled that he had been in the office of a staff person for PCA some time ago and stated that the staff people discuss the scope of the develop- ment, specific area, type of development in general terms, sewer treatment, and the fact that this would be a temporary system and ultimately be connected with a community system. In this light he thought the PCA would act favorably. Mr. Gotwald explained the structure of the Pollution Control Agency: 1) It is a Board made up of private citizens. 2) The Board is advised by professional staff members who work full time on matters concerning pollution. 3) The staff makes recommendations to the Board who in turn make the final decisions. Mr. Jensen stated the Board has no control over private individual systems as the policing of this type is left up to the community. Mr. Locher stated the sewer is the main problem as the water is a self- contained unit. He again listed the three choices stated by Mayor L'Allier above. A franchise could be handled in three ways: 1) Installation of both sewer and water to accomodate both the Company and other areas. 2) Leave it in the development only and have a buy -out feature. The buy- out price would be the value on the date of purchase. If a disagreement arises over the price a board of appraisers would be picked by the Village and the Company. Money for the buy -out would have to be assessed to the landowners by special assessment or cash payment. The Village would have to issue bonds and costs would include the main trunk and laterals but not the treatment plant. 3) The developer could add on the charge of installation of sewer and water to the cost of each home as he sells them as is being done with the streets. One charge of this type may price the homes out of the sales market as there is stiff competition for mortgage money. These homes would still be subject to assessment in the future when trunk lines are brought in. Mr. Locher thought the whole situation was a matter of getting the horse before the cart, or the cart before the horse, etc. He felt the Company could get an indication of approval from the PCA over the general overall theory. Mr. L'Allier stated that Lino Lakes had gone on record in opposition to Forest Lake dumping into the Rice Creek Chain and it would not be right for Lino Lakes to dump in and disregard the communities downstream. He sympathizes with the developer in his not wanting to spend a large amount of money without some assurance from the Council but hoped they would try and get some indication from PCA as to either approval or disapproval of the treatment plant. Mr. L'Allier asked if there was anyone present from the Pollution Board. No answer. Mr. Rosengren asked Mr. Dielentheis for his projection as to how many homes would be built in the next year. He replied that prior to the interest rate raise last week, they had planned on completing 200 homes a year until completion. Mr. Rosengren asked if Village sewer came in the not- too - distant future, the Company could install private wells and septic tanks with the necessary connections to be hooked up to the municipal system. Mr. Dielentheis thought if sewer comes in 3 -5 years and 600 -1,000 homes have their own systems which are working good they will resist hook -up to a central system. If they are not working