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RESOLUTION #653
RESOLUTION REQUESTING SIXTY DAY EXTENSION
FROM THE POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY (PCA)
TO ALLOW THE CITY OF ORONO AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE PROPOSED
ORONO - LONG LAKE INTERCEPTOR
WHEREAS, the City of Orono first received the environ-
mental assessment concerning the proposed Orono - Long Lake
interceptor (hereinafter interceptor) on November 14, 1975,
and
WHEREAS, the City of Orono has not had adequate time
to review the environmental assessment prior to the December
4, 1975 public hearing on the proposed interceptor, and
WHEREAS, the City of Orono still has not received the
final plans and specifications for the interceptor, and
WHEREAS, the City of Orono is very concerned about the
possible adverse environmental effects of the proposed inter-
ceptor;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
1. The City Council, Planning Commission and staff
have not had adequate time to reveiw the environmental as-
sessment submitted concerning the interceptor and have not
yet seen the final plans and specifications for proposal
number 1 of the interceptor.
2. There has been no application by the MWCC or any
other agency for a variance under our Ordinance No. 125, to
allow for the construction of the interceptor within 26 feet
of or within the wetlands and marshes in the City of Orono.
Such an application from the Metropolitan Waste Control Commis-
sion (hereinafter MWCC) must be made, reviewed and approved
prior to any construction.
3. There may be irreparable damage to the wetlands
and marshes of Orono unless there is first an additional
study of the possible adverse effects of the interceptor.
4. The interceptor as understood presently by the
City is contrary to the land use policies of the City.
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5. The City must be granted a sixty day extension
of time to allow for a detailed analysis of the interceptor,
which analysis addresses itself to the concerns raised herein
and set forth in the letters of December 4, and November 26,
1975, attached hereto.
6. The City still approves of the concept of removing
effluent from Lake Minnetonka but must have additional time
to review the final plans and specifications once they are
filed and the proposed amendments to the environment assess-
ment to determine if the interceptor is environmentally ac-
ceptable to the City.
7. The City of Orono appreciates the recent staff as-
sitance provided by the MWCC and the PCA and hopes that through
immediate review and reaction by their staffs and the City
staff and City Council that the questions which have been
raised concerning this project may be answered satisfactorily
and that the project or a project similar in nature may be
implemented in the calendar year of 1976.
8. If there is any possibility of applying for Federal
funds and holding those funds for the interceptor for at least
ninety days until additional analysis and input can be com-
pleted by the City, that the PCA take those steps necessary
to realize those goals.
9. The City asks that the PCA or other agencies charged
with the responsibility of abating and preventing pollution in
the Lake Minnetonka area take those steps necessary to obtain
funds to finance a complete study to be made by the Minnehaha
Creek Watershed District concerning the effect of urbanization
on Lake Minnetonka and the surrounding watershed.
The foregoing resolution was adopted by the City Council
of the City of Orono on December 8, 1975, by a vote of 5 ayes
and 0 nays.
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Robert L. Searles, Mayor
Attest:
Walter R. Benso , Clerk -Administrator
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