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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OCTOBER 7, 1986 PAGE 3 <br />show them these land values the commissioners came up with and ask <br />them to concur in those amounts. If they agree, then the grant will <br />be increased to participate in that land acquisition to the same <br />percentage as they did for the $125,000 that was already approved. <br />Has the Council made any determination as to how the City will handle <br />failure of systems either unreported, not known now, failing, or which <br />will fail in the future? Morgan answered if we are aware of the <br />problems, we will enforce our codes the best way we can. We will <br />first insist that the owners repair those systems and if they refuse <br />to repair them, then we will go in and repair the systems at the <br />owners' expense. <br />Is significant commercial development going to be impaired by the <br />inability to treat large volumes of waste? Morgan answered that is a <br />matter of the Comprehensive Plan and reality. The City of Lake Elmo <br />at the present time does not have a central sewer system and it is <br />unlikely that we will be getting one. There is almost no possibiity <br />that we could ever get federal funding for bringing in a central sewer <br />system or building our own plant. In the event that we would, the <br />land that would have to be taken for the sewer from people would far <br />exceed the land and cost we are taking today. It would totally change <br />the complextpn, of the City of Lake Elmo. Today, we do not have the <br />services in any area, except Section 32-33, to handle any development <br />that would require such a large system. <br />Has the Council made a conscious decision to limit growth by means of <br />not installing a municipal sewer and water treatment plant or by <br />providing access to existing neighboring systems? Morgan, speaking <br />for himself, felt that the Council has not made a decision to limit <br />growth by not trying to install a central sewer system, but is just <br />facing up to reality that the possibility of getting a sewer system is <br />not very likely and we are zoning and planning accordingly. Armstrong <br />added that even if we want a system, there is no room for Lake Elmo to <br />be included in the Metropolitan system. <br />Bohrer responded that there are only two ways to serve this area with <br />metropolitan sewer. There is an existing interceptor that goes to the <br />metro plant and this ends at the intersection of 94 and 694. That <br />pipe was sized back in the 1960's for only a certain area of Woodbury, <br />Oakdale and Lake Elmo. There is a certain amount that is reserved in <br />that pipe for Lake Elmo which was set aside for Section 32 and the <br />landowners were assessed for that so there is no excess capacity in <br />that pipe. If it were to be served with the Pig'sEye Plant, there <br />would have to be another interceptor built or an increase in size of <br />that existing one. Another alternative would be to upgrade an <br />existing wastewater plant in Cottage Grove and run a new pipe north <br />through Cottage Grove through Woodbury and into Lake Elmo. Neither of <br />these two are feasible, because the need does not appear to be there. <br />Recently, the Metropolitan Council has taken the position that there <br />is enough sewered land already in the east part of the Metro that is <br />not developed yet, and they feel that those areas should be infilled <br />before new interceptor areas are expanded further. <br />The City of Wyoming, Minnesota which has a population of 1,800 have <br />their own sewer disposal plant done by TKDA. What is the difference <br />between Wyoming and Lake Elmo? Bohrer replied that the type of system <br />that Wyoming has is a sanitary type sewer that goes into a sewage <br />