09-28-1988 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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MAYOR'S ARTICLE jIMG (Comment by 9/26 ) c ` P 2 B Orono/Minnetonka Beach Interceptor Construction - As you ppaqg :be aware, the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission (M.W.C.C.) has s�h'ehuled the project to start this fall to replace the interceptor line along County Roads 19 and 51 from Minnetonka Beach to the old Orono Treatment Plant on Old Crystal Bay Road. This construction is to replace an interceptor that was originally put in in the mid 60's and is one that has currently exceeded capacity several times, dumping raw sewage into Lake Minnetonka. Under the sponsorship of JoEllen Hurr, the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission representative for this district (who is also an Orono resident, a former Orono Council Member and Orono's Lake Minnetonka Conservation District representative), the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission undertook to develop this project. While this will provide a great long-term benefit for the preservation of the Lake, it will involve some intermediate inconvenience for people along the route. To a degree, the work has been coordinated with the County Road 15 construction, so that persons are not totally limited in access, but it is not anticipated at this time that County Road 15 work will be fully completed before this project starts. It is anticipated that County Road 51 will be blocked off near Tonkawa for a period from September 26 through November 30. This City's pu:)lic safety forces have made necessary arrangements to accommodate this blockage. Should you have further questions or comments, please feel free to either contact either Tim Keagen, Project Engineer, 229-2174, at the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission or John Gerhardson, Orono staff at 473-7357. Orono Police - Emergency Medical Forefront - Recently an article in the Wall Street Journal pointed to the success that the automatic defibrillators have had in the Seattle, Washington area. The City of Orono Police Department together with two other places in the County has for the last year been one of the test sites for such a machine. This is under the sponsorship of North Memorial Hospital This pilot program has been felt to be a success by the Police Officers as it allows a heart attack victim to be defibrillated without having a paramedic present. (It should be noted that all of Orono's Police Officers are trained as Emergency Technicians and are qualified to utilize this spec4al training and equipment.) The pilot program will continue and when it is over, North Memorial Hospital will publish results as to the gains of the Police Department having this new device.