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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FOR 3-19-85 PAGE 7 � Engineer that,this 1% rule will be met. At this point, the Engineer has no, further concerns with the planned improvements for County Road 13B. /S/P Armstrong/Mazzara - To approve the plans for road constructions by Washington County for County Road 13B, as recommended by the City Engineer. (Motion carried. 5-0) Regarding the realignment of Manning Avenue into West- Lakeland Township to avoid the sharp curves around Horseshoe Lake, the Engineer stated the disadvantage to this plan is that approximately one mile of existing Manning Avenue would be turned back to Lake Elmo and West Lakeland Township for ownership and maintenance. It is customary that a road,is improved to some standard prior to it being turned back to a community. When the final plan.is developed, City approval is necessary because this is a County State Aid Highway. The Engineer recommended that concept approval be given for CSAH 15 realignment bub that the t-urnback of Manning Avenue be thoroughly negotiated prior to actual plan approval. The' Engineer felt it would be .appropriate for West Lakeland to take the portion of this road that swings oub into West Lakeland up to 20th Street, and Lake Elmo take the section from 20th Street north. It would fit into our maintenance route, as far as plowing, and feels it would also fit into West Lakeland's ,route. M/S/P Morgan/Mazzara - To give concept approval to Washington County for County State Aid Highway 15 (Manning Avenue) realignment from loth Street to one-half mile north of 20th Street. (Motion carried 5-0) F. Discussion: Washington and Ramsey Counties staff report on safe drinking water around the landfill site. The Administrator stated that the Washington County Board, on a 5-0 vote, accepted the recommendations of the staff. This will be before._ the Ramsey County Board on the 26th of March and the sub -committee of the Ramsey County Board has recommended approval. The County is committed to paying $485,000 of this, but they may go through an assessment process, and pay the assessments conditioned upon the landowners signing a waiver that no further lawsuits will be processed (two have been filed to date). Christ stated that the committee pushed for this well to go to 325 homes initially. He does not feel the City should be too adamant about,reducing this figure. The Counties liability for the initial homes does not go away when they put in a system that will only supply one -hundred homes.- It is the Counties problem if this well is not big enough; or if the main isn't big enough, they are going to have to put in a bigger main. The Engineer stated that we will have to address the issue of fire protection first. Fire protection will require the 8 inch main. If the Counties would allow the City to size the major portions of the system, the well, pump and the distribution system, for the larger service area that would meet the City's needs for fire protection of this immediate area with very few modifications, the City would receive two benefits. Now if the City addresses the issue of fire protecion and decides that they wan'b it, the sizing is already there and should additional contamination show up, there is no basis for extra contribution by the County because the City already paid for