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CITY OF LAKE ELMO COUNTY OF WASHINGTON STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO.2020-098 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELMO PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE STATE OF MINNESOTA'S PROPOSED CONCEPTUAL DRINKING WATER SUPPLY PLAN FOR THE EAST METRO WHEREAS, on February 18, 2018, the State of Minnesota settled a lawsuit against 3M Company in return for a settlement of $ 850 million and, WHEREAS,; after legal and other expenses are paid, approximately $720 million remained to meet the priorities of the settlement including providing clean drinking water in sufficient supply to residents and businesses in the east metro to meet their current and future water needs and, WHEREAS, the State of Minnesota's 2018 settlement with 3M established a grant for the "3M Water Quality and Sustainability" appropriation in the Remediation Fund; and, WHEREAS, under Priority 1 of this settlement agreement, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will use the grant to enhance the quality, quantity and sustainability of drinking water in the East Metro to ensure clean drinking water in sufficient supply to residents and businesses in the east metro to meet their current and future water needs; and, WHEREAS, the MPCA and DNR as the "Co -Trustee" of these funds established three working groups in 2018 and have been holding public meetings toward the development of a Conceptual Drinking Water Supply Plan (CDWSP); and, WHEREAS, on September 10, 2020 the Co -Trustees released their $700 million drinking water protection plan for the Twin Cities East Metropolitan Area; and, WHEREAS, the draft CDWSP includes three options to provide safe and sustainable drinking water for more than 174,000 Minnesotans impacted by PFAS contamination from 3M; and WHEREAS, the Co -Trustees identified their preferred option as option 1 which provides construction, operating and maintenance costs for approximately 40 years and private wells for more than 100 years using granular activated carbon (GAC) filters. It requires drinking water to be treated for PFAS at a health index value of .5 or greater. The preferred option also includes the largest allocation ($38 million) for future contingency planning; and WHEREAS, under both options 1 and 2, Lake Elmo would be supplied with drinking water from Woodbury and under option 3 Lake Elmo would be connected to St. Paul Regional Water; and