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Mr. Short then presented his firms proposal to study the feasibility and • cost of diverting surcharged sanitary sewer flow from that area of the City northeast of Central Park into a Metro Waste Commission line into Roseville. He felt the diversion could not help but be beneficial but said he could not tell without monitoring the system whether it would provide adequate assistance to the City's system.. Such a diversion had been recommended by the Ad Hoc Sewer Study Committee in 1976 . Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Sundland to authorize the expenditure of $4,000 to Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc. to perform Tasks Numbers 1, 2 and 3 of their proposal submitted December 19, 1978 for the investigation and evaluation of the northeast portion of the City's sanitary sewer system directed towards the relief of sanitary sewer flooding within the St. Anthony system. Motion carried unanimously. Councilman Sundland said he was going to accept Mr. Fornell 's invitation to ride along with a City patrolman the following evening. This action was suggested by the Manager to give Council Members a better understanding of the patrolman's perspective on his job and allow an open discussion of the proposed reserve officer program about which many of the police have ex- pressed reservations . Their skepticism he said is based not so much on a fear of being supplanted by the reserves but rather apprehension regarding working side by side with an untrained person in potentially dangerous situations . He felt they might be more receptive to the reserves being • utilized in the areas suggested by the Police Chief and the Council agreed the reserves might best be used to assist the police with traffic at certain school functions, park patrolling and various crime prevention pro- grams. Mr. Fornell will investigate sources of training which might be available to the reserves . The Mayor felt the suggested uses for the re- serves should be presented to the department for suggestions from them as to how the program can be facilitated. Motion by Mayor Haik and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to approve the pro- posed preliminary application for Year V Community Development Block Grant funds and to adopt the one and three year summary proposals for the funds which are recommended by the Manager. Motion carried unanimously. The Mayor said she still had an interest in stablizing the area around Mirror Lake and felt there were enough low to moderate income residents in that area to benefit from a grant to develop the pathway around the pond. The Council will hold a work session on job classification and salary ad- ministration with a Stanton representative February 5th (subsequently changed to February 12th) . Interviews of lawyers interested in serving the City will be held February 26th. ® Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Mayor Haik to approve the in- crease in fees to be paid George M. Hansen Company for the City's 1979 audit. (5)