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Minutes of the February 22, 1989 Special Council Meeting Page Four of the situation in the recent past. Mr. Christopherson noted that this booster station on Hamline Avenue is one option for providing maximum service to Arden Hills. The second option for assuring adequate pressure in the southern portion of the City and also to provide for filling the newly constructed water tower involves controlling the Roseville booster pumping station from the City elevated water storage tank, rather than from controls in the Roseville elevated water storage tank. If this option is chosen, it would be necessary to install an altitude valve at the Roseville water tower. Because the Roseville tank is closer to the Roseville booster station, this tank will fill before the Arden Hills tank and the altitude valve will close off the inlet main to the Roseville tank when that tank is full. The Roseville booster pumps will continue to run until the City tank is full. . Estimated costs for the two options are: altitude valve, $37,000; booster station on Hamline, $56,000. Mayor Sather asked how much Roseville would assess Arden Hills for the altitude valve. Mr. Lund replied. not much, since the City would not be buying more water, just more pressure. Mayor Sather also expressed his concern that the City did not have the right kind of data, that the City relied on the engineering firm and they should have had the correct data, not data based on 1967 guesstimates. Because of these kinds of problems, the City could now incur an additional expense of up to $56,000 to construct a booster station on Hamline Avenue. . Councilmember Hansen expressed her frustation with the continuous problems and complaints on various things that she has received over the years. She pointed out that it isn't just this one thing that angered her; it's so many, many problems and there appears to be no excuse for them. She did not blame anyone person for the problems, and in fact, said she had been impressed by how cooperative Barry Peters and Don Christophersen had been when she contacted them. She just wanted to let them know how frustrating all these problems become. Councilmember Hansen also noted that the line in Hamline goes from 16" to 12" and back to 16" in different areas, and that changes should be done in conjunction with the Hamline Avenue reconstruction. Mayor Sather questioned if the water pressure would be better if the tank would fill and hold to capacity. He also asked how does the City get it to fill, who to contact, and who would pay for that. Mr. Lund apologized for SEH not having kept the Council well enough informed on this project. Mayor Sather wants and expects the City Council to have an honest and forthright relationship with their consultants and he felt that sometimes the Council received only part of the necessary information, not all of it. He felt that this was a breach of trust or a lack of confidence and he felt a consultant should acknowledge their mistakes, as should a city counciL ~ Councilmember Hansen concurred with Mayor Sather's comments and stated the Council needs needs a better relationship with a consultant. Mr. Lund concluded by saying that SEH would be more than happy to conduct special meetings, or meet with the City whenever the need arose. Councilmember Hansen noted that she did not want to end on a negative note, noting that there had been many positive experiences also. Mayor Sather thanked Mr. Lund, Mr. Christopherson and Mr. Peters for attending the meeting to clear the air. Mr. Lund then distributed copies of the written material he had prepared addressing the City's concerns. SHOREVIEW SEWER! WATER REQUEST between Shoreview and The Council acknowledged receipt of a letter from the Shoreview City Manager requesting Arden Hills Council approval of the draft agreement the Army Reserve, which would allow Shoreview to .