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• -14- that Mayor Latimer, a good Democrat, would be hand delivering the Committee's recommendation to the two state Republican Senators, Boschwitz and Durenberger, • pleasing with them to help the cities. Councilmember Marks indicated he perceived it would be very important for tax increment financing to be continued to give the cities some sense of being in control of their own futures and giving them the means of improving their own state and condition. Motion by Councilmember Marks- and seconded. by Mayor Sundland to approve payment of $227.05 to the League of Minnesota Cities. Motion carried unanimously. The Manager had distributed copies of the November 21st letter from the Metropolitan Pollution Control Agency: asking whether St. Anthony wanted_ to do its .own feasibility study to identify long-term water supply alternatives for the City in face of the Minnesota Health Department's concern about the rising levels of solvent contamination being detected in Well #4, or to have MPCA request $25,000 or $35,000 from EPA to have MPCA do the study for the City. 'Mr. Childs told Councilmember Makowske there was no certainty the City would be reimbursed for doing its own study. .and he added, the MPCA could conceiveably have to do another study anyway to -verify the City's figures. The Manager also told her the EPA would probably not accept .the City' s contention that some of the residents who use the Roseville water in the summer are less than enthusiastic about its quality as a reason for not selecting. such an alternative, if it proved the most cost effective- choice. • Motion by Councilmember Ranallo-and seconded by Councilmember Makowske to authorize the MPCA to request that the EPA give them the funds to conduct a feasibility study on water supply alternatives for St. Anthony. Motion carried unanimously. The Manager' s November update on the Ramsey County plans for County Road D this winter was accepted as informational . Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Ranallo to accept the low bid of $1 ,732 from Crysteel District, .Inc. , for the purchase of an eight foot Fischer snowplow for the City's one ton GMC truck in 1986, as recommended by the Public Works Director in his November 20th memorandum to the Council . Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilmember Ranal.lo and seconded by Councilmember Marks to adopt the resolution which authorizes the signing of the agreement with Ramsey County under which the City would continue to provide winter street maintenance on County roads this winter. RESOLUTION 85-048 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN RAMSEY COUNTY • AND THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY FOR 1985-86 WINTER ROAD MAINTENANCE SERVICES Motion carried unanimously.