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MINUTES FOR THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 27. 1995 The meeting was reconvened from the regular City Council meeting of February 21, 1995 by Mayor Fran Miron at 7:3C► PM. PRESENT: Barnes, Goiffon, Leroux, LaValle, Miron City Administrator, Robert Museus OSM engineer, Brian Bourassa The Council meeting of February 21, 1995 was recessed until this evening in order to allow the City Engineer to review concerns raised by Council member LaValle regarding a proposed housing development south of Cedar Street and west of Elmcrest Avenue, and its potential impact on the City of Hugo. Mr. Bourassa had researched Council concerns raised on the 21st and provided a detailed explanation of his findings. The Council discussed the development and had the following concerns: 1. SEWER - The City of Hugo has a contractual arrangement with the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission regarding reserved capacity for the City's use of the Forest Lake interceptor, and the City needs to insure that this capacity is preserved for the City's future use. In addition, the Centerville force main has a record of leakage and is an environmental concern to the City. The Council directed staff to contact the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, requesting that the City be notified of any future breakage in the line. There was discussion regarding a potential change in the alignment of the Centerville force main to parallel County Road 14/8, and also the potential that inflow/infiltration into this line may be being charged to the City of Hugo. 2. DRAINAGE - The drainage from the proposed development will flow through a culvert under Elmcrest Avenue to the City of Hugo. The City needs to find out who's responsible for cleaning and maintaining this culvert. In addition, the drainage study underway for the Clearwater Creek basin shows that Clearwater Creek needs to be cleaned, and perhaps, reprofiled, and that a low -flow culvert needs to be established under 35E. 3. PARKS - A large park abutting Elmcrest Avenue is scheduled as a part of the proposed development, although no parking and access points are shown for the park. This could generate additional traffic on to Elmcrest Avenue. 4. TRAFFIC - Elmcrest Avenue is a concern given that Lino Lakes' problems with financing improvements to their portion of the street. The proposed development will have some impact on Elmcrest Avenue, and also potentially, on other roads in the City as traffic attempts to reach White Bear Lake. 5. WATER - It could be of benefit to the City of Hugo to sell water to Lino Lakes as an interim measure to serve this development. There is potential for this to be of benefit to both communities.