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Notes on meeting with State Representatives and Oakdale Council ( members on March 12, 1993 at 1.00 p.m. in the State Offices: Pam Neary's office. Present: Pam Neary, State Representative Ted Bearth, Mayor, Oakdale Sheri Timmerman, Oakdale Councillor Wyn John, Mayor, Lake Elmo Rita Conlin, Lake Elmo Councillor Wyn John circulated notes he had made on the March 2 meeting. Pam Neary then summarized her understanding of the position as at the end of the last meeting: 1. That Oakdale and Lake Elmo were agreed on the need to provide a sewer, along 4th Street, in Sections 32 & 33, to be jointly funded by the cities. 2. That sewer capacity would be transferred from the MinDoT land areas to support Lake Elmo's Business Park District. The sewer would be sized to be adequate for this additional capacity, and for potential longer range extension of the MUSA along I-94. The additional costs would be borne by Lake Elmo. 3. The question of land transfer to Oakdale was unresolved. Lake Elmo was reluctant to hand over the land to Oakdale without some recompense for the loss in revenue that this transfer represented. It was agreed that Lake Elmo would approach the landowners to see whether they were still interested in transfer to Oakdale, provided a sewer were made available. This would permit a boundary adjustment between the cities to be considered. Wyn John then reported on the results of contacts with a number of the Section 32 & 33 landowners. This indicated that some did not mind in which city they were located as long as sewer were available at the earliest. Some felt that after being in conflict with Lake Elmo for so long, they did not wish to rejoin the city which had resisted their requests for sewer and water service. Others did not want their land to be within two cities after a boundary relocation. There were some on small lots, who had not petitiuoned in the first place, who wanted to stay in Lake Elmo.