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1 Manager .Remains Hopeful That Cit ' s Lev Y Limit A pp eal Will .Be- Granted 2 The September 2nd -letter from the . League of Minnesota ,Cities .had 3 advised that :most. of the 13:0 cities ' and 29 counties ' ..appeals had been 4 turned down by the . State Revenue . Department, but Mr. Childs indicated 5 that he perceived because St. Anthony had heard nothing .to date, 6 there might still be a chance' St. - Anthony's appeal would be granted. 7 Copies _o,f the letter- which advised ..potential., rebuttals to denials had 8 been distributed - before the meeting along with a copy. of the League ' s 9 ' Executive. Director ' s August 27th letter to. the editor of the St . Paul 10 Pioneer Press responding to the' article the paper had carri,ed,;.which _. 11 had failed to include - the relevant viewpoints of the cities . and 12 counties forced to cope with the new levy limit law. Mayor Sundland 13 - suggested the Northeaster Editor might find these letters, especially 14 the latter, helpful in understanding the impact of the new law on 15 cities like St. Anthony. 16 NEW BUSINESS 17 EPA REQUESTS CITY TO MAINTAIN ROSEVILLE WATER SUPPLY CONNECTION FOR 18 EMERGENCY BACK UP 19 Mr. Childs explained that Mr. Hamer ' s September 4th letter to the St. 20 Paul Water Department had resulted from his discussions with Roseville 21 and the MPCA in compliance with the above. He said the Federal 2 Government had paid for the connection in the first place and the EPA 3 had requested the City sign an agreement with Roseville which would 24 make the connection available all year long in case one of.. the1:.::City' s 25 wells should break* down. Councilmember Marks indicated he`felt a 26 little bit easier knowing all contingencies would be covered. 27 The Manager said Roseville hadn' t seemed to. resent the City not using 28 the connection at all and he perceived the only problem they might have 29 with• a year-round contract might be the meter which they had installed 30 for the City and might need for their own use sometime in the future. 31 It could well cost St. Anthony over. many thousands of dollars to 32 purchase its own meter, he warned. Mavor Sundland said the Council 33 couldn' t complain they hadn' t been warned about the possibility later 34 on. 35 Council Action 36 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Makowske to authorize the --Public _Works 37 Director to negotiate a, two year extension of the City' s agreement with 38 Roseville to furnish water to St. Anthony with an amendmen:t :to the 39 original agreement which would allow the City to, connect to the 40 . Roseville water supply all year round in cases of emergency rather than 41 just during the summer months . 42 Motion carried unanimously. • 11