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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES NOVEMBER 20, 1984 PPRUM, The meeting was called to order by Mayor Eder at 7:00 p.m. in the council chambers. Present: Dunn, Fraser (arrived 7:50) Mazzara, Morgan, Administrator Klaers, Engineer Bohrer. 1. Agenda M/S/P Mazzara/Morgan - To approve the agenda as amended. Delete 7C - Liquor License renewals; Add 5E - 201 Financing, and 7G - MAMA Comparable Worth Study. (Motion carried 11-0). 2. Minutes M/S/P Morgan/Dunn - To approve the minutes of the November 7, 1984 City Council meeting as presented. (Motion carried 4-0). 3. Claims M/S/P Morgan/Dunn - To approve claims 85436 thru 85535 as presented. (Motion carried 4-0). 4. Public Inquiries A. John Schiltz on 201 Program. John Schiltz: "I attended the public hearing on the 201 Program in Stillwater on December 7, 1984. 1 was told the objective of the 201 Program is to stop water contamination in Washington County. When the letters were first sent out to the residents in Lake Elmo, anyone that had a concern or had a problem with their septic system were asked to identify themselves. However, a lot of people were scared by the potential cost for an improvement, not realizing that 94% of the cost would be paid by the grant. Everyone in Lake Elmo that is affected is not in this program, and I am not aware that there will be another program in the immediate future to take care of the problems that were not taken care of this year. The Old Village area is probably the worst area - there are places in the Old Village that are pumping their cesspools into their own gardens. I am going to live here in Lake Elmo for the rest of my life, and so will my children. I am concerned with the water problem that we are facing and which we'are not really going to solve with this 201 Program. I also asked the Washington County Board if this program would solve our problem or is it just a little step in the right direction, but not the right solution. I also asked if there was a central sewer system put into the Old Village area of Lake Elmo, would 94% of the cost be paid by the grant. I was told yes. Unfortunately there were not enough people interested or that wanted to talk about the water contamination problems in Lake Elmo. I would just like the people to know that a grant for 94% of a central. sewer system for the Old Village area could take place, and if the remaining 6% was broken down over ten to twenty years, it would cost very little annually for each family. I was also told at the public hearing that these new systems would be monitored and contolled. We have the same rules and regulations on our books now, and I don't believe that the code is being monitored or controlled".