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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES MARCH 15, 1988 PAGE 4 appears to be some contingency funds that the City may not use on its j current 201 Program? Bohrer stated that any contingencie, funds left over cannot be used to reduce the assessments to the property holders or to allocate the money in a fund necessary to maintain for eventual replacement of the systems. A grant is a reimbursement --we would have to spend it to pay a contractor, etc., before we are eligible to get reimbursed. It is not a lump of money the City gets, but a cost reimbursement of eligible costs. Councilman Graves, referring to the assessment roll, felt why should they participate if it is going to cost them more than if an installer did it on their own. The consensus of the Council was that the 201 Program should be closed and to continue on with the Public Hearing. M/S/P Graves/Moe - to approve Change Order 7--additional monitoring well at Oak -Land School and Change Order 8--addition of Twin Point Tavern into the 201 Project, Part D. (Motion carried 5-0). Councilwoman Armstrong did vote in favor of the motion, but had a problem with letting the Twin Point Tavern coming back into the program when they told the City they were not interested. b. Final assessment role for 201 assessments City Engineer, Larry Bohrer, provided an assessment roll which had been proofread and corrections were made on it. The primary change was the inclusion of the Twin Point Tavern. Bohrer recommended that the Council approve the roll so it an be forwarded to Washington County for the hearing. M/S/P Graves/Moe - to approve the final assessment role for the 201 assessments and forward this onto Washington County for them to hold the assessment hearing. (Motion carried 5-0). c. Response to concerns raised over off -site systems At the March 1, 1988 Council meeting, Ed Gorman appeared before the Council to express his concerns over what he believed were problems with the 201 Project and Old Village Remote Site D in particular. Mr. Gorman reported standing water on the site, odorous conditions, and the alarm lights coming on intermittently. A letter was written to Mr. Gorman responding to his concerns. Bohrer reported that this site, and all of the other sites, have been monitored periodically by Tom Prew, TKDA project inspector; Dan Olinger, Maintenance Foreman or City Engineer Bohrer, since December 31, 1987 when the City took over responsibility for the daily operation of the system. The Contractor provides a one year warranty on all material and workmanship. To respond to Mr. Gorman's concerns, Tom Prew again inspected Remote D on March 3 and again on March 9. In particular, Mr. Prew looked for evidence of pipe failure or any other system malfunction. Based on his inspections and their experience in start-up of these systems, Remote Site D has functioned and continues to function as designed.