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RESOLUTION NO. 86-35 <br />CITY OF LAKE ELMO, MINNESOTA <br />WHEREAS, the Lake Jane Landfill was granted for many years within <br />this City by Washington and Ramsey Counties; and (hereinafter the <br />"Counties") <br />WHEREAS, the Lake Jane Landfill has created a serious environmen- <br />tal and health problem for citizens of the City as the result of <br />groundwater pollution; and <br />WHEREAS, the aforesaid groundwater pollution has, in addition to <br />its health and environmental impact, substantially and negatively <br />affected property values in the area surrounding the Lake Jane <br />Landfill, resulting in lower assessed values; and <br />WHEREAS, the State of Minnesota has ordered the Counties to take <br />efforts to remedy the pollution problems created by the landfill, <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the Counties by earlier resolution had accepted a public <br />water supply as the appropriate resolution of the problem; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo has over the past year, made every <br />good faith effort to negotiate with the Counties in order to <br />allow for construction of an adequate public water supply for the <br />affected area within the City; and <br />WHEREAS, the Counties have, despite said lengthy negotiation, <br />decided, without notice to the City, to install a stop -gap char- <br />coal filtration system in lieu of an adequate public water <br />supply; and <br />WHEREAS, a ten -home, inadequate water system to some of the <br />affected homeowners would cost in excess of $225,000; and <br />WHEREAS, Washington and Ramsey Counties have offered a combined <br />total of $175,000 for the construction of such a system, an offer <br />manifestly inadequate and in bad faith; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo operates no other ten -home water <br />system as a municipal system and is unaware of any such system <br />being operated by any other city; and <br />