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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 11-20-84 PAGE 3 There were no residents present to offer comments for or against this proposal and this public hearing was closed at 7:48 p.m. The consensus of the Council was to allow Mr. Derrick to remove the ( diseased trees privately, without City involvement. C. Public Hearing for review of City Water rates. Pursuant to published notice, this public hearing was opened at 7:52 p.m. in the city council chambers. The Council reviewed the Administrator's background information and the proposed resolution establishing water service rates from and after 1985. There were no residents present to offer comments for or against the proposed water rate increase after July 1, 1985 and the public hearing was closed at 7:53 p.m. M/S/P Eder/Morgan - To adopt Resolution 84-59 establishing the City water rates after July 1, 1985 to be a fixed charge of $5 per quarter plus a ninety -cent charge for each one -thousand gallons of water used, provided the minimum charge per quarter shall be $7.50. (Motion carried 5-0). D. MSA Designation The Council reviewed the memo from the City.Engineer dated November 15, 1984 in which he discusses the 1985 Municipal State Aid apportionment. The tentative total apportionment for Lake Elmo is $128,891 which is an increase of 3% over 1984. This total apportionment is broken down as follows: Construction Allotment $115,511 Maintenance Allotment $ 13,380 Total Allotment $128,891 The maintenance allotment is received by the City each year automatically in two installments. The construction allotment is released only after a City awards a construction contract. After the 1984 MSA project is closed out, there will remain an estimated $98,789 in the City's construction account. Adding this amount to the 1985 construction allotment of $115,511 will result in a total amount available for construction of $214,300. Although the City's 10-year plan does not show a construction project planned for 1985, with this substantial amount available for construction, the City may be able to move up the time table. The City Engineer will discuss the MSA construction schedule with the Council at a future meeting. The City has 0.75 miles of undesignated State Aid mileage. The City can designate up to 20% of its local road mileage as Municipal State Aid Streets. As more local roads are built, the amount of mileage the City can designate as MSA increases. Presently the City has 0.75 miles which it can designate as MSA, within certain restrictions. The primary restriction is that the termini of an MSA Street street must be a Trunk Highway, County State Aid Highway, or another Municipal