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•1 -13- 2 Mayor Sundland responded to the latter statement by saying it was for 3 that very reason the City had made the diversions into Minneapolis and 4 Roseville which Mr. Hamer had discussed. The Mayor recalled that when 5 29th Avenue was being rebuilt, the project engineer had commented that 6 the biggest sanitary sewer line in the world could be put in that street 7 and there would still be backup problems because when the sewage 8 ultimately leaves the City it has to pass through the pipe size provided 9 by Minneapolis and Roseville. 10 Mr. Farenholz responded by saying he knew the City of Minneapolis had 11 been involved for the last forty years in trying to separate its 12 sanitary sewage flow from its storm sewers. He was told the two 13 systems are already separated in St. Anthony and that the sewer pipes 14 along St. Anthony Boulevard had been enlarged when that street was 15 rebuilt to provide additional capacity at some future time when the 16 Wilson Street line might be enlarged. 17 Commissioner Wingard reported St. Paul had undertaken an incentive 18 program to encourage its residents to disconnect drain tiles and 19 downspouts which are connected to the sanitary sewer system. He asked 20 what could be done to keep storm water from infiltrating the sanitary 21 sewer lines and was told any type of plug in the manhole cover might 22 result in an explosion of sewer gas. He was also told there was just not 3 enough vacant land left in the City to provide much more ponding area, 4 although a holding pond was planned for the last phase of the Kenzie 25 Terrace Redevelopment project. Mr. Childs told the Commissioner it had 26 been evident from the eruption of water in the 32rd and Edward 27 intersection during the last storm that there had not been the drainage 28 across the higher Johnson Manor property which had been assumed. 29 Councilmembers Suggest Public Education Attempt 30 Enrooth: -acknowledged that many of the issues had been thoroughly 31 examined in 1978 but perceived the Council wanted to get 32 the same issues before the residents, especially those 33 who are new to St. Anthony, so they can be fully apprised 34 of their options. 3.5 Ranallo: -suggested the City should encourage those residents with 36 apparent illegal connections to .disconnect and advise those 37 whose connections are not easily discernible that they are 38 causing problems for their neighbors. 39 Makowske: -was told, even though the City has access to any house in 40 the City, it would be very difficult for non-conforming con- 41 nections to be seen; however, 42 -those connections could be logged when the lines are tele- 43 vised so there would be a record which could be used if the 4 City decided to mandate disconnections. whenever a structure 45 is sold.