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~4~ PUBLIC HEARING, .WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1956 The hearing xas declared open at 7:t~0 PM., all council members being present as follows: William R. Utecht, Mayor; George J. Shavor, Trustee; David P. Cartwright, Trustee; Harold C. Nilsen, Trustee; Clyde J. Stuart, Clerk. Also present -William E. Olsen, Treasurer; Arndt J. Duvall and A.M. Steffes, representing the Village's sanitary suer engineers; and Frank N. Graham and Frank Hammonds Village^Attorneys. The audience included some 200 persons. Mayor Utecht announced the purpose of the hearing and referred to the statute which requires the holding of a public hearing before the council may proceed in such matters as the proposed sanitary suer system improvement. He spoke on the published notice of the hearing and regarding the brochure on the proposed improvement which had been mailed to. residents prior to the hearing. He named the Village areas now served by St Paul's serer system and the remaining portions of the Village not having sewer service. Referring to xhen our present sanitary sewer engineers xere engaged by the council in May 1955, he said that a preliminary survey xas subsequently authorized and that in October 1955 the engineers reported that the construction of a gravity system of sanitary sewers was feasible in Falcon Heights. The Mayor told of developments leading to negotiations with the City of St Paul and the passage of an ordinance by that City, granting permission to our Village to connect its sewer system to St Paul's under certain conditions at Hemline and Hoyt and at Snelling and Hoyt avenues. The Mayor said tonight's hearing xas being held to determine xhether or not the council should accept the St Paul ordinance and proceed xith the proposed improvement. The Clerk read a letter under date of November 30, 1956, from the State Depart- ment of Health, University Caatpus, Minneapolis, relative to the problem in Falcon Heights of providing a central system of sewage collection or continuing xith the septic tank-soil absorption system. An accompanying article on sewage disposal, from the June I95b issue of Public Health Reports magazine, xas summarized. Attorney Graham outlined legal procedure under the Local Improvement code (Chapter lt29, M.S.A.) which must be followed if the council decides to go ahead with the proposed improvement. He told haw the lax provides for financing the improvement, how plans and specifications must be approved by the council, the time needed for analyzing bids, letting o° contracts and indicated the work might be completed by next summer if the council decides to proceed xith the pro3ect at this time. He pointed out that subsequent steps would be the preparation of an assessment roll and holding of a public hearing in this connection. He to]rl how assessments may be paid off by the property owners. He also said the lax provides for passage of ordinaices by the council relating to suer charges and collection, for determining policies for connecting to the sewer and for licensing plumbers rho would do the connection work. Mr. A. M. Steffes, representing our sanitary sewer engineers, spoke before a lighted roll map and pointed out the areas in the Village to be served by the proposed sanitary suer system, also the points of connection to the St Paul suer system. Proposed suer depths, he said, xere 18 ft. i[aximum, which is not considered excessive, to minimum depths of 9 ft. Mr. Steffes completed his talk by presenting figures on estimated costs of the proposed sanitary server system. Questions At this point, the Mayor asked if anyone wished to be heard for called for or against the proposed improvement. Scott Johnston, said his home is on the corner of Hemline and Ioxa, that he 13l.~1 Iona now has serer connection to the City of St Paul, and asked chat the charges xould be against his property xhen the proposed sewer ia.run up Hemline.