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water supply. Who will have the ability to determine the water rates being charged to Lake Elmo initially and into the future? How is Lake Elmo assured they will always be treated fairly? g. The timing of the proposed interconnect solution is unclear. Improvements take years to plan and implement, and the city is obligated to grow its water system to meet today's growth. 2. The "placeholder" plan should include an independent water supply for the City Lake Elmo. The city may need alternate sources of water to avoid adverse effects on White Bear Lake. If Lake Elmo will not be allowed to follow the city's adopted water supply plan and place wells in the northern portion of the city, outside of the impacts of PFAS and TCE, the "placeholder" plan should include an independent water supply for the city. Under these circumstances, the City of Lake Elmo supports a plan that includes the abandonment of Well No. 4 (inside of the 5-mile White Bear Lake radius) and the construction of three new 1,500 gpm water supply wells outside of the 5-mile radius of White Bear Lake, together with raw watenmains to a centralized 4,500 GPM GAC water treatment facility for the three new wells. 3. The City of Lake Elmo supports the State's plan and commitment to preserve groundwater as the continued source of drinking water in Lake Elmo. 4. The City of Lake Elmo supports Option 1, in regards to the treatment of wells with an HI > 0.5; and does not support treatment of wells with thresholds below HI < 0.5; as funding is proving to be insufficient for all needs. 5. The City of Lake Elmo supports an emphasis on the funding of the first priority goals while maintaining a minimum funded period of 40 years for O&M costs for new treatment infrastructure on public water systems, prior to releasing or committing to funding for secondary goals. Lake Elmo also believes that O&M costs should be included for public water distribution infrastructure such as booster stations and pressure reduction valves (items with mechanical and electrical components similar to treatment plants). 6. The City of Lake Elmo supports funding to be set aside to cover O&M costs for private well treatment for a period of 100 years. 7. The City of Lake Elmo supports the funding of drinking water protection projects to be used for the remediation of groundwater not related to the actual 3M disposal sites, to help reduce future treatment needs and improve overall source water quality. In particular, the City supports potential remediation projects related to the removal of PFAS from sediments and surface waters in Project 1007 (targeted sediment removal; treating contaminated surface water). Lake Elmo believes that the funding set aside amount should be established in the same manner as the community drinking water systems, by defining specific projects and developing costs estimates for each project. 8. The City of Lake Elmo supports the funding set aside for sustainability and conservation, but only for those specific projects that can be clearly identified and defined and their impacts to the long-term quantity and quality of drinking water is known. Lake Elmo is concerned that the proposed $60 million set aside is too much and may not be supported by a defined need. The funding set aside amount should be established in the same manner as the community drinking water systems, by defining specific projects and developing costs estimates for each project. 9. The City of Lake Elmo is requesting compensation in frill for recent water distribution system