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1 1 -7- There was no one else present. to offer further input and the Mayor • closed the hearing at 8 : 20 -P.M. , for Council action. Motion by Councilman Enrooth and seconded by Councilman Makowske to tentatively approve, pending Planning Commission input, the allocation of Year X Community Development Block Grant funding for the following: $29 , 600 Kenzie Terrace Elderly Rental Housing Project 5 , 219 Senior Programs $34, 819 Motion carried unanimously. Steve Campbell of Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc. , was present to give the results of a feasibility report by his firm for temporary and permanent water service from Roseville, ordered by the City when it became apparent the CH2M Hill study had underestimated the costs and misjudged the methods of connecting with Roseville. Mr. Campbell affirmed that the City ' s Wells 4 and 5 would continue to meet the City's fall, winter and spring water supply needs and he said he anticipated it would only be necessary to connect the southern third of the City to Roseville during the summer as long as water conservation measures are taken during the heavy peak use periods in July. • Because the State Health Department had declared Well #3 to be an unreliable source of water supply, the City would be eligible for Federal Superfund assistance and Mr. Campbell said, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is now preparing an application on the City ' s behalf for such assistance. The consulting engineer indicated on a map of the City just where the first connection between St. Anthony and Roseville could be made by installing a valve at 29th Avenue N.E. and Rankin Road. He told Councilman Makowske this would be a per- manent installation which the City could switch on or off within an hour' s time, whenever there is a need for' Roseville water. Mr. Camp- bell indicated the location of a connection off Highcrest Drive, which with the Rankin .Road installation, could be implemented as a permanent solution to the contaminated water supply problem. The consultant said Roseville gets its water from St. Paul and because that water is both softened and treated, the need for the City' s filtration facilities would be eliminated but the plant could possibly be used to remove the odors which have on occasion been noticeable in the St. Paul water. Further study of the feasibility of odor removal is needed, he said. He suggested a letter to the Federal EPA be drafted explaining the circumstances which support an immediate expedition of funding for the summer and the consultant assured the Mayor his firm would have no problems substantiating the differences between the costs projected • by Short-Elliott-Hendrickson and the Hill study. Mr. Campbell said he is certain when the MPCA talks to the Hill engineer he will quickly recognize the omissions in his estimates .