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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES September 18, 1990 PAGE 6 Councilman Williams noted he did not hear at the public hearing an outcry for fire protecion, but did hear people asking for houses to be hooked up. The Comp Plan states we are going to be private well and septic system until year 2010 andl'?felt we are now getting away from the intent of providing safe drinking water to the 81 homes in the well advisory area. Councilman Graves commented he was not sure this groundwater contamination is limited to the existing area because they have seen expansion this last year. If in the future the contamination has expanded outside of this area, we would have to replace the pipes with larger capacity to provide safe drinking water. As representatives of the community, Graves felt they have an obligation to take advantage of an opportunity to provide the extra protection that the fire hydrants would give these people. Graves suggested we contact Oakdale about fire protection and hold a public hearing on Alternate No. 2 as described in the Engineers's letter dated September 18, 1990. If there is further contamination beyond the existing area, Councilman Hunt noted the Counties are responsible for cleanup. There were only a few residents at the public hearing that stated they would be in favor of oversizing the pipes for fire protection if the City could pay for it. Our goal is to provide a safe water supply for the residents in the contaminated area, and not get carried away to put a water system for the entire area. He would be willing to hold a public hearing on Alternate No. 2. M/No Second Graves/No Second - to direct the City staffwith the support of the City Engineer to approach Oakdale to increase the service area and fire fighting flow rate as an amendment to the contract and schedule a public hearing to discuss the Alternate No. 2 as stated in Larry Bohrer's .letter. Councilman Williams explained he could not second the motion because he had a philosophical problem in expanding the municipal water system beyond a specific problem area based on the comp plan which states we will not provide city water and sewer to any areas outside the MUSA. The problem with putting in .larger pipes, we are saying we will hook up more people. Williams stated he didn't want to put the City into a position where we have people fighting over who is going to get hooked up to water and felt it would be better to address a specific problem and state that we are not going to allow anybody else to hookup who does not already exist in the well advisory area. The people in the expanded service area are protected by the Counties if pollution is shown coming from the landfill. Williams stated he would be in favor of holding a public hearing, listening to the public if they want fire p(otection, but would not be in favor of oversizing the pipes to hookup additional people.