Resolution - #82-024 - 03/01/1982

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Councilmember Cox introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #82-24 RESOLUTION REGARDING METROPOLITAN WASTE CONTROL COMMISSION SANITARY SEWER INTERCEPTOR LINE THAT WILL SERVE RAMSEY'S SECOND CONNECTION WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Waste Commission is in the process of constructing the Anoka portion of the CAB; and WHEREAS, the Anoka portion of the CAB provides for a connection point for the future extension of Ramsey's second connection; and WHEREAS, the point of connection for Ramsey's second connection has been located approximately one quarter mile from Trunk Highway #47 and when extended north to the Ramsey border, the connection point would be approximately 600 feet west of Trunk Highway #47; and WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey updated its Comprehensive Sewer Plan in 1978 which calls for the locations of Ramsey's second connection to be approximately 2,000 feet west of Trunk Highway #47; and WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey passed Resolution #80-24 on April 2, 1980 requesting that the MWCC install the Ramsey second connection at the same time sanitary sewer service is provided to the Dunham Oaks District in the City of Anoka; and WHEREAS, the Ramsey City Administrator, as requested by the City Council, sent a letter on August 14, 1980 to the MWCC directing them to provide the second connection at the same time sanitary sewer service be- comes available to the Dunham Oaks area in the City of Anoka; and WHEREAS, the Ramsey City Administrator stated in his letter of August 14, 1980 that major obstacles which would be costly to overcome could be anticipated in constructing the interceptor at a later date; and WHEREAS, the City Engineer has contacted the landowner's consult- ants in the City of Anoka with regard to development of the corridor for the Ramsey second connection; and WHEREAS, the landowner's consultants have stated that by moving the connection point for the Ramsey second connection to the west in the vicinity of manhole no. 15, the proposed interceptor could share right-of- way with a proposed street resulting in a cost savings; and WHEREAS, the landowner's consultants have reviewed the topography of the area and find that the moving of connection point to manhole no. 15 would result in shallower cuts to install the interceptor resulting in further savings; and WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey was not provided with a copy of the final plans for the construction of the Anoka interceptor, nor were they afforded the opportunity to comment on the effect the plans would have on the City of Ramsey.