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r ■i r ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD APRIL 22, 1991 (II5)STUBBS BAY SEWER CONTINUED presented. He said, "I would ii.<e to see toe committee put together some option that wou ,d constitute a general consensus and then present that package to the residents, aid see i: we can’t meet half way." Callahan stated that f-'e cost an important fictor, but before that is determined, it ,\s necessary to determine what areas will be included in the pro3ect. Jerry Rcwlet-he asktid l£ the Sta-.e his establ ishfd any specific time frame by which lakeshore properties m.st b- sewered. Goetten stated that the ^ity’s Comprehensive Plan cites Stubbs Bay as the last lakeshore area to be sewered, but does not set forth a time frame. Lee Barren, 175 Landmark Drive, stated that he supports the sewer project and believes that sewer should be installed, but the City should e.namine what properties are to be included and which are to be excluded. He sa.d, "I was in the same position as the Ziesroers, except that I decided in March, l')89, to have a mound system put in, because I wa.*? told thar I d .d not have any alternative. I am within the area iet forth in the Comprehensive Plan as needing sewer, but my property does not need sewer. I am aaying that sewer is a good idea, but those of U3 with two-plus acre lots aid new existing mound systems need alternatives and some flexibility." Jabbour suggested that those people that have already been actively involved with this project would make ideal members for the citizens committee. John Bjrger asked for the opportunity to comment. H?* said, "In the Stat* Legislature, where I spent considerable time in recent years, there is an anti-Lake Minnetonka attitude. I am afraid that if we do not exercise our judgment and do the things that need to be done, that someone else will be telling us what to do. The attitude is that nothing .i.s too expensive for people that live on Lake Minnetonka, or too unfair, as long as Lake Minnetonka people pay for it. I cannot document this, but I can tell you ^’lat there will be actions taken, because Lake Minnetonka becoming a more State-wide resource. If we who live out here want to have anything to say about it all, we had better start talking. I urge the Council and Staff to do whatever is necessary to gat this sewer project done. Wo all know that it needs to be done, and that things are not going to get any less expensive. I am willing to holp and will d«> anything that I can. Mayor Peterson suggested having Dsve Peterson and John - 20 -