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Minutes Approved: September 4, 2007 consistent with how we treated other communities in the county. The plans, if approved, would be implemented this fall along with the work on the trail. Several questions about the type of plantings, the history of landscaping plans with the county and City along the corridor and the cost sharing proposed arose. These items were discussed among City Council members. Council Member DeLapp said that although he is a proponent of beautifying the City with landscaping that he would not support the motion because the trees are being planted only in the median and on one side of the road, not both sides and because in the past, the county promised the City that it would pay for this landscaping when the area was designed as a county parkway. Motion 1: Council Member Johnson moved to approve the Keats Avenue (County 19) landscaping plan option 2 to 10 Street in the amount of $42, 000 with the city's share at $16, 800, Mayor Johnston seconded the motion. Mayor Johnston and Council Members Park, Johnson and Smith voted for the motion with Council Member DeLapp voting against. Motion 2: Council Member DeLapp moved to provide the opportunity to include additional plantings along this section of Keats Avenue in the future when the current landscaping plans were completed. Council Member Smith seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Information on the Lake Elmo Avenue (County Design Review Process from Washington County Wayne Sandberg, Washington County Deputy Physical Development Director, gave a presentation on the process and schedule for implementing a design review committee to include Grant, Lake Elmo, Washington County and MnDOT representatives to study alternative designs for the intersection of Lake Elmo Avenue (County 17) and Highway 36. He explained that the county will provide some options for the City Council to consider in appointing members to the committee later this fall. The City Council expressed an interest in this process with Council Member DeLapp noting his interest in serving. The City Council directed the staff to bring back some options for appointing committee members to this process for its consideration. Receive information and give direction on options for the Ba own Superfund site disposal options from the PCA Administrator Hoyt explained cleaning up the Baytown Superfund contamination is a high priority for the pubic health and safety. The MPCA has developed clean up plans to treat the contamination, which is under the Hagberg property. Several options were reviewed over the past months. Part of the challenge in the process was disposing of the clean, treated water. She explained that the plan before the council was to allow some of the treated water to be disposed of through a horizontal well several feet underground LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES AUGUST 21, 2007