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REGULAR MEETING OF THE ORONO COUNCIL HELD APRIL 9, 1984. PAGE 9 <br /> CouncilmemberGrabek asked if the interceptor goes in <br /> will it clean up the lake. <br /> Shardlow stated no that it would not clean up the lake, <br /> but eliminate only one point source and create others . <br /> Bob Churchill of 1517 Minneapolis Avenue stated that <br /> one and a half tons of phosphorus/year come from Maple <br /> Plain plant. Churchill stated that that represents <br /> roughly 40 percent of the total loading into Jennings <br /> Bay. (1980 report by the MWCC) <br /> Orville Fisher of 1991 Fagerness Point Road stated <br /> that there is a solution to solve the problem available <br /> right now. Fisher noted that they will study it to <br /> death if they try to put in the new plant. Fisher <br /> stated he doesn' t think that the present City Council <br /> should try to tie the hands of a future City Council so <br /> that theland cannot be developed. Fisherstated that <br /> the citizens may want that area to be developed in the <br /> future. Fisher stated that the City should look at <br /> what is best for Orono right now, and not try to judge <br /> what might be best for that area 20 years down the line, <br /> but to leave that to the flexibility of a future <br /> Council. Fisher stated that the City needs to stop <br /> the pollutants from going into Lake Minnetonka. <br /> Mayor Butler stated that the present Council is <br /> listening to the reports of experts and trying to <br /> weight both sides of the story and to try to come up with <br /> a solution. <br /> Fisher stated that the solution must be a saleable one. <br /> Councilmember Hammerel stated that the if northern <br /> Orono was urbanized the runoff (phosphorus ) would be <br /> ten times as bad. Hammerel stated that the present <br /> Council has to look into the future to see what the <br /> effect of the solution will be. <br /> Councilmember Grabekstated that the Councilwillneed <br /> the support of the citizens in this matter. <br /> Bob Zit stated that Maple Plain has announced that they <br /> will not allow any more room for the expansion of the <br /> plant. Zit stated that this interceptor can only go <br /> forward if everyone agrees with the plan. Zit stated <br /> that if Orono disagrees with it, then a legal battle <br /> will start and the sewer line will be delayed <br /> indefinitely. <br />