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a plan for drainage --five different methods were actually proposed, and we accepted the first one - -that of Minneapolis sewer collection. The Pigs Eye facility is to be enlarged. In September of 1960 the Village received a preliminary report for its own sewer system within the Village. This was filed with the Village, which was the basis for the projects and plans discussed in the last two hearings. In the meantime, negotiations were still going on with Arden Hills hoping for some means of an outlet. We had the approval for a sewage system but not the outlet. In February of 1961 the Village of Mounds View requested legislation to pass the N.S.S.S.D. bill and it was passed in that year. In November of 1962 we met with Arden Hills and Arsenal officials to discuss various means of hooking onto their system. In February, 1963 we made a formal request for a utility sales contract with the U.S. Army requesting that we be permitted to hook onto one of their sewer lines and we would pay them on a metered basis. In March of 1963 we wrote the Army again Eaking for an answer and on May 15, 1963, a letter was received by the Village of Mounds View from them denying an outlet for the Arsenal system. They gave as their reason a security problem. Since that time the Village has been presented with a contract from N.S.S.S.D. It has not been signed by the Village of Mounds View as yet. This contract would provide us with an outlet. Mr. Meyers pointed out that now one of the main problems has been solved - -an outlet has been provided. The problem we are trying to resolve now is, "Should an internal sewer system be constructed in the Village of Mounds View ?" The law required that an election be held for water installation, but not for sewer, and since 1959 even water systems can be completed without a vote of the people. To clarify some previous questions, Mr. Meyers stated -4-