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1 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING • 2 FEBRUARY 25 , 1992 3 PAGE 11 4 5 6 all existing cash and rebonding in 1993 ; paying off 7 the debt in 1993 and levying a one-time three cent 8 per 100 cubic feet of water consumed; or, rebonding 9 the debt due in 1993 and levying a one-time three 10 cent per 100 cubic feet of water consumed. 11 12 The City Manager requested direction from the 13 Council regarding this matter so an ordinance can 14' be drafted for a first reading. 15 16 The City Manager noted that presently two tanks are 17 being used to clean the water. The operating costs 18 borne by the State is about one million dollars . He 19 advised that the standards which must be met today 20 may change in the future. 21 22 It has been determined that. many more contaminents 23 have been detected in the ground than those 24 mentioned in the lawsuit . The monitoring filters 25 are picking up many more things and this situation 26 will probably not change for some time. •27 28 Disposal and clean up of carbon is going to become 29 more expensive. It is very expensive to ship the. 30 carbon to Pennsylvania. According to State 31 regulations the City cannot "re-generate" its own 32 ' carbon . 33 34 The City Manager stated that New Brighton, St . 35 Louis Park and St . Anthony use carbon but they all 36 have different specification so the three cities 37 cannot go out for bids together . 38 39 Because of an earlier arrangement , the City of New 40 Brighton has all of its costs. paid by the Army 41 whereas, the City of St . Anthony only has .ninety 42 percent . 43 44 Councilmember Marks felt option #3 would be the 45 most beneficial for the City. Option #3 recommends 46 paying off thedebt in 1993 and levying a one time 47. three cent per 100 cubic feet of water consumed. 48 49 The ordinance for this recommendation will be on 50 the agenda of the next Council meeting. 51 52 8 . PUBLIC HEARINGS _ 053 5.4 There. were _no public hearings..