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• % • *Cilyo^ Sonh^ay <br />4d01 Mjn.too no»d. TwM«a Uav V!lftnesot« 5S331 (6T2) 474 7994 <br />?AX 4 1\ r.01«» <br />M;\ < o« <br />i. M <br />CCUNCIC <br />G§f‘9*d <br />Doug*M « •» <br />Guv fiaui <br />johr» • r#** <br />ADMiKif rp STOlt <br />January 4, 1993 <br />Hsnorabl* Ed Callahan <br />Mayor, City ot Orono <br />P.O. Box <br />Crystal Day, MM 55323-0066 <br />Dear Public Official: <br />Many communltie# recently received notice Croa the <br />Metropolitan waste Control Comaleeion (MWCC) that their <br />wastewater chargee for 1993 will bo increasing. The MWCC <br />currently serves 105 aetra nunlclpalities, including 13 in the <br />Lake Minnetonka area. As you can see from the attached <br />spreadsheet, Lake Minnetonka area conaunities have taken the <br />brunt of the latest increases. For example, Minnetrlsta's <br />rates will be increasing 78%, Wayzata'e 601, Tonka Bay's 541, <br />Shorewood's 47% and Spring Park's 461. Our area has the <br />distinction of having five of the six largest percentage <br />increases of ail 105 laetro coBaaunltlee for 1993. In addition, <br />many of these ease cdiununitles have received notice that their <br />1994 rates are expected to increaas 60% or more. <br />We should all be outraged that the MWCC has, without <br />justification, dumped additional coots onto our comunlties <br />leaving us no choice but to pass along these outrageous <br />increases to our residents. <br />This fall, two meetings were held among our cities to dlecues <br />the Increases, similar Inflow and Infiltration problems and <br />update each other on what each city was doing to addrsss thssm <br />problsots. We also Invitsd rsprsssntatives from MWCC to <br />sxplain their cost allocation and wastewater Clow measuring <br />methods. <br />The oitlee of Shorewood end Tonka Bay are both contesting t.he <br />MWCC'a vaetevater flow estimataa and I hope other cities in <br />eiailer situetione ere pursuing this matter and not simply <br />accepting their eetioatea end sending e monthly check. <br />Pert of the problem with the MWCC is that we do not believe <br />their wastewater flow eetlmetee ere accurate, thus we ere <br />providing more then our fair share of revenue and directly <br />eubeidialng the rest of the eyetee. However, the purpose oC <br />this letter le to focus on the other side of the ledger, l.e. <br />graMth la iLaft aad iPtcdlng which also results in <br />increased sewer chargee levied by the MHCC egelnst ell cittee.