RES 1972-132 - 00008541264
RESOLUTION NO. 132 -1972
A RESOLUTION OPPOSING PURCHASE AND EXTENSION
OF NEW BRIGHTON'S TRUNK SEWER BY METROPOLITAN
SEWER BOARD
WHEREAS, the Village of New Brighton has requested that their trunk sewer
be acquired by the Metropolitan Sewer Board as an interceptor sewer; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Sewer Board has approved New Brighton's request
to have their trunk sewer declared a metropolitan interceptor by Resolution
No. 72 -55 adopted April 5, 1972; and
WHEREAS, the declaration of New Brighton's trunk sewer as a metropolitan
interceptor affects the communities of Sewer Service Area No. 2 of which Fridley
is a member; and
WHEREAS, the Fridley City Council feels that New Brighton's trunk sewer
should not be declared an interceptor and no extension of their existing trunk
sewer should be made into the Village of Arden Hills as proposed by New
Brighton;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Fridley City Council is opposed to '
the possible Metropolitan Council acquisition and extension of New Brighton's
trunk sewer to serve Arden Hills for the following reasons:
1) The Fridley City Council does not believe that by the political act
of changing the corporate boundary of a community a municipality should qualify
to have their existing trunk sanitary sewer system acquired and paid for by -other
than local taxpayers:
2) The effective date of the boundary change between New Brighton and
Arden Hills was given back to December 31, 1970, when the effective date of the
Municipal Commission's approval was March 23, 1971.
3) While New Brighton gave 93 acres (70 land, 23 water) to Arden Hills,
and while New Brighton has provided sewer service to the high school property
(55 gross acres, land and swamp combined), Arden Hills gave New Brighton 50
acres of land West of 35W making the net effect of the land transfer 20 acres.
4) New Brighton would never actually serve over 75 acres of land area as
a result of Arden Hill's Resolution No. 72 -55 and therefore New Brighton's
sewer line would not qualify for buy out under the Metropolitan Council's "over
75 acre" policy in effect prior to January 1, 1971.
5) Arden Hills has sufficient capacity in their sewer system according to
their engineer to serve their community. I
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6) New Brighton never notified the member communities of Sewer Service
Area No. 2 or Arden Hills of their intention to seek to have their trunk sewer
acquired by the Metropolitan Council and extended into Arden Hills. The first
notification that was received by the member communities of Sewer Service Area
No. 2 and Arden Hills was after the adoption of the Metropolitan Sewer Board's
Resolution No. 72 -55 recommending approval of the acquisition of the New
Brighton sewer and necessary appurtenances.
7) It is not economically feasible to spend over $1,000,000 in capital
costs to extend sewer service to Arden Hill's corporate limit (862,311 plus
250,000), and additional monies to extend the sanitary sewer interceptor through
a portion of Arden Hills, when Arden Hills has the capacity and the capability
to provide service themselves.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS 6th DAY OF
November 1972
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MAYOR - FRANK LI L
ATTEST:
CITY C t - MARVIN C. B1TUNSELL
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