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City Council Meeting Minutes November 9, 1999 Page 4 ' 1 Ranallo asked if Task No. 8, which is to complete the diversion to the Minneapolis sewer, had 2 been approved by the City of Minneapolis. Mr. Hubmer said it had not been approved yet, but 3 the plan is to divert some of the flow that is causing problems into Minneapolis'.systems. He 4 clarified.that the City needs for the Metropolitan Council to agree that St. Anthony's existing line 5 does not have the capacity. Hopefully, the Metropolitan Council can work with St. Anthony and 6 Minneapolis so that additional flow can be diverted from St. Anthony. 7 Ranallo recalled that 10-15 years ago, the Metropolitan Council did give approval on a similar 8 issue and that the City of Minneapolis denied the request for diversion of water. Mr. Hubmer is 9 optimistic because there are new options that will be presented to Minneapolis, and these options 10 have the potential for improving that city's current conditions. 11 Mr. Hubmer directed the Council's attention to Exhibit B, which depicted the private property 12 infiltration/inflow source reduction project schedule. Exhibit B lists 12 Tasks, and each Task was 13 reviewed with the Council. 14 Cavanaugh asked Mr. Hubmer if the entire city would be impacted by the project. Mr. Hubmer 15 responded that the project is citywide and is part of any new home construction as well. 16 Mr. Hubmer mentioned that other communities are aggressively pursuing these same types of ' 17 issues. 18 In this respect, Thuesen was concerned about Task No. 11, which is to initiate an aggressive pro- 19 gram after evaluation. Mr. Hubmer responded that a number of homes have been investigated 20 and some have sump pumps that are tied into the sewer system, and some homes do not have a 21 sump pump but are directly tied into the system. 22 Thuesen questioned if homeowners that have systems in violation would find it cost effective to 23 correct the situation. Mr. Hubmer responded that, by law, once a violation is discovered, the 24 system must be disconnected. However, Mr. Hubmer felt that it is possible that many of the 25 systems in the City were satisfactory. . 26 Faust clarified that the City is not planning on any intrusive measures for quite some time, and 27 for now, the City is collecting data, providing information, and developing a plan. Once the 28 education part of the project has started, Faust believed the residents would understand the 29 benefits. 30 Ranallo reaffirmed that once the residents view the videotape on the project, he believed they 31 would support the modifications. An added plus is the project has the potential to lower the 32 homeowner's bills.