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<br />Joint Elk River/Otsego City Council Minutes <br />May 28, 1991 <br /> <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />wastewater. The cost of expanding the plant beyond that capacity is <br />unknown as are the permit parameters that would be placed on EI k River <br />hy the Minnesota Pollution Cont.rol Agency (MPCA). <br /> <br />Otsego Council members indicateo that it is not a question of if an <br />Otsego plant would be constructed but more of a question of when the <br />pI ant wou I cl be constructed. Otsego Councilmembers noted that they <br />definitely have plans fOl' their own WWTP. <br /> <br />Elk River representatives stated that they felt more comfortable with a <br />definate timeframe for requesting sewer capacity and disconnecting from <br />the Elk River system. Otsego representatives noted that in planning <br />for a sewer plant, a ten year timeframe is rather short for the <br />permi ttj ng process ano pI ant construction process. Both Councils <br />acknowleoged that the length of the agreement and other timeframes <br />within the agreement plus the financial contingencies within the <br />agreement can be worked out to the mutual henefit of both communities. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Discussion continued regaroing when sewer capacity would be rf-quested. <br />Otsego Councilmemhers indicateo that it was uncertain when the request <br />wou1 d come forwaro, hut that the request may very well he based on <br />po 11 uti on concerns and not new deve I opment. The vacant land in Otsego <br />where t.he sewer is planned to be extended includes mainly re8ioentially <br />zoned prOl)f~rty a long wi th a small er amount of commercial and industrial <br />zoned property next to Highway 101. <br /> <br />The ultimate residential development in the sewer district in Otsego <br />calls for approximately 1500 new homes to be developed whi ch would <br />require a capacity of approximately 365,000 MGD. Currently, Elk River <br />has excess capacity, if the plant was expanded to 1.1 MGD, of <br />approximately 500,000 MGD. <br /> <br />Elk River representatives noted that when Elk River is fully developed <br />it alone would exceed the design capacity of the plant if all the <br />development in the sewer and water di strict takes place as projected. <br />Discussion continued regarding a future plant to serve both communities. <br /> <br />Representat i ves of both communities felt that the issue deserves more <br />discussion and that it can be more thoroughly evaluated in a committee <br />format. It was the consensus of both the Councils that a committee be <br />fot'med i nc 1 uding the appropriate staff members of each community along <br />with two elected officials from each community. The committee can be <br />estflblislwo any time this summer ann would hegin meeting to seriously <br />o i scuss the components and the possi bil ity of a future agreement in <br />1 ater SlImmet', 1991. <br /> <br />3. Other ~Isiness <br /> <br />A. <br /> <br />Ma in Street Brioge Reso lutton <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />The Elk River City Council discussed a 5/14/91 memo from the City <br />Engineer regarding the progress maoe to replace the Main Street <br />bridge and have this project take place in 1992. The next step in <br />