HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 88-76RESOLUTION 88- 76
BEING A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE SUBURBAN RATE AUTHORITY
AND IN OPPOSITION OF STATE FUNDING OF COHBINED
SE%~ER SEPARATION IN THE CITIES OF MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL
~HEREAS, the Suburban Rate Authority has assisted the Metropolitan
Council, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the Minnesota Legislature
in formulating a program for funding combined sewer separation in the cities of
Minneapolis and St. Paul; and,
WHEREAS, such sewer separation is required by law and by contract, and
is otherwise desirable; and,
WHEREAS, expected federal funding for the Cities of Minneapolis and St.
Paul combined sewer separation program has been cancelled and replacement
funding must be identified; and,
WHEREAS, most cities in the seven county metropolitan area have built
separate sanitary and storm sewer systems, principally through local funding;
and,
WHEREAS, the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis have obtained
legislation forgiving approximately $32 million in separation loans from the
state;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Columbia Heights is opposed to the spreading of replacement funding for the
Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul upon the State Treasury, and believes the
most equitable solution is for the affected cities to provide that funding.
Passed this ]4th day of November , 1988.
Offered by: Petkoff
Seconded by: Pau]son
Roll Call: All ayes
-A~ne Student, Counc~ Secretary
Dale V. Hadtrath, Mayor