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From this, Pam Neary tried to see if an agreement could be reached ( whereby the land was transferred to Oakdale, but that Lake Elmo would receive some compensation in relation to sewer costs as an exchange. Both Rita Conlin and Wyn John emphasised that Lake Elmo was interested in ensuring that the sewer reached the East side of CSAH 13 within this project. Also, that it was technically feasible for Lake Elmo to install the sewer along 4th Street to CSAH 13 as a stand alone project, since all the relevant land was still in Lake Elmo. In addition, that Helmo Avenue was still a Lake Elmo street, as all assessments had not been fully paid by the landowners. Consequently, another portion of the Oakdale sewer project could not proceed without Lake Elmo approval. Ted Bearth would not agree to any support of sewer costs, as he felt that the benefitting parties should pay their share of the project. He did not see that enabling the project to proceed in a timely manner, saving the costs of litigation to order the land into Oakdale, or having land transferred into Oakdale with the potential of additional tax capacity, were benefits for Oakdale. He felt that the bill had been submitted and that the legislative action should take its course. After some discussion, it was agreed that the respective City Staffs.would identify the real costs of: a) increasing the sewer capacity to meet the needs of the Business Park District, and then the MUSA extension and b) extension of the sewer from the NE corner of Guardian Angels Church property to the east of CSAH 13 In addition, a date for the start of the project (the 4th Street main stem) would be established. At Ted Bearth's suggestion, a joint session of the two councils was tentatively agreed for March 22 at Oakdale City Hall. This would be confirmed following the March 16 Lake Elmo Council meeting.