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City Council Minutes February 4, 1991 Page 3 -------------------------- e 5.5. Mississippi Rip-Rap Project Update Terry Maurer informed the Council that the rip rap project along the Mississippi River Bank has been completed. Property restoration which will be completed in the Spring. 5.6. Otse~o Sewer Terry Maurer indicated that the City Council had considered the idea of sharing (at a cost to be determined) some of the City's sewer capacity to Otsego until such time that they can build their own plant. He stated that at a recent joint City Council meeting with Otsego, he got the impression that Otsego would not request sewer capacity from Elk River until the late 1990's. The City Administrator indicated that by the time Otsego is ready to request Elk River's sewer capaci ty, there may be no "excess" capacity remaining. The Council discussed the fact that if Otsego did purchase temporary sewer capacity from Elk River, a time limit would have to be set for disconnection. The Council discussed the fact that this could turn into a difficult situation if Elk River needed the capacity and Otsego was not ready to disconnect by the set date. e Mayor Tralle indicated that if the City does provide capacity to Otsego, one of the stipulations should be that the capacity would be available to residential property only. Mayor Tralle suggested the possibility of an area wide sewer district. He directed the City Engineer to study this possibility and report back to the Counci 1. 5.7. Pay Estimate #3 for Evans Avenue Project COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN MOVED TO APPROVE PAY ESTIMATE #3 FOR EVANS AVENUE STREET IMPROVEMENT TO BITUMINOUS CONSULTING AND CONTRACTING FOR $8,331.42. COUNCILMEMBER DIETZ SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0. 5.8. Fillmore Street Plans The City Engineer explained that MnDOT will be changing the rules for road design this Spring. He indicated that the proposed changes would require Fillmore to be a 9 ton road design rather than a 7 ton design, therefore, increasing the City's cost. Mr. Maurer suggested authorizing the preparation of plans and specifications in order to get them approved by MnDOT prior to the rule changes. e COUNCILMEMBER DIETZ MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 91-8 A RESOLUTION ORDERING THE PREPARATION OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS IN THE MATTER OF THE FILLMORE STREET IMPROVEMENT OF 1991. COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0.