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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 10, 2015 Page 6 Mayor Faust stated the bottom line is we are refinancing at a lower rate. 4 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to approve Resolution 15- 5 066 Providing for the Sale of $4,445,000 General Obligation TIF Refunding Bonds Series 6 2015B. 8 Motion carried unanimously 9 10 B. Resolution 15 -067 a Resolution Approving Cooperative Agreement with the City of 11 Minneapolis for the St. Anthony Treatment and Storm water Research Facility. 12 13 City Engineer Todd Hubmer reviewed Council is requested to consideration a cooperative 14 agreement between the City of St. Anthony Village and the City of Minneapolis for the 15 ownership and operation of the St. Anthony Research Facility located in the City of Minneapolis 16 in the vicinity of Lowry Avenue and County Road 88. The cooperative agreement includes the 17 following language: 18 1. The City of St. Anthony will take ownership of the storm sewer system for approximately 19 300 feet south of the City limits. 20 2. The City of St. Anthony Village would maintain ownership of the research facility and would 21 be the MS4 Permit Operator of the system under the NPDES rules for the Minnesota 22 Pollution Control Agency. This allows Mississippi Watershed Management Organization 23 (MWMO) from becoming a regulated NPDES MS4 Permit holder. 24 3. This agreement also outlines the requirements for changes and/or alterations or 25 decommissioning of the system in the future. 26 4. The City of St. Anthony and the MWMO will have a separate agreement for the operation 27 and maintenance of the facility. This agreement will be presented at a future Council 28 Meeting. 29 30 He explained the hope is construction will begin by the end of December to the first part of 31 January 2016. This segment will be added onto the City's current permit. MWMO is paying the 32 entire cost for the facility. 33 34 Councilmember Stille noted the only cost to St. Anthony is the permit cost and maintenance. 35 36 Mayor Faust stated this is still taking care of 600 acres in St. Anthony and is being paid for by 37 the MWMO. He noted there is a description on the website of what resident's may actually see. 38 Mr. Hubmer stated the system will be entirely underground but there will be some boxes above 39 ground that contain some equipment. 40 41 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Breyer, to approve Resolution 42 15 -067 Cooperative Agreement with the City of Minneapolis for the St. Anthony Treatment and 43 Storm water Research Facility. 44 45 Motion carried unanimously 46 47 C. Resolution 15 -068 a Resolution of the Canvass of the 2015 General Municipal Election. M