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MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETn1G COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF .ARDEN HILLS Monday, Mey 21, 1956 232 The meeting wu called to order at 8:10 P.M. by Meyor Ashbach. Roll Call: Present; Ashbach. McClung. Hoyt. Stromquist Ab sent; D..Lauge Mayor Ashbach introduced th.. Counc11 members to audi..nc.. and ..xple.1ned that the' m..otirJg had b....n called to giv.. information in regard to th.. possible s..wor hook-up with Roseville. Mayor Ashbach ..xplained th.. s..w..r situation fecing our villago at pr..s..nt .in th.. four following phases: 1. ~ ne.d for an outl..t 2. A s..w..r syst..m within th.. villag.. its..lf :3. ActUlll cost of tho hook-up 4. Cost of s..rvice and maintonanc.. of a s..w..r syst..m ~~. Wm. Bannister of Bannist..r Engineering Cornpeny explained the engin....ring asp..cts of a s""..rag.. systpm. H.. explained that th..re is SlIIBll possibility of any ev"utual hook up with the Tt'in Cities Ars..ne.l s..w"r, and ..v..n if possiblo, it would not be advisablp b..caus.. r:fI risks involv..d such as our villag.. b..ing cut off from s..w..r supply if an em..rg..ncy arose at tho plant and th..y n....d..d full Sew..r capacity th..ms..lves. Mr. Bannistpr statpd that a s..wag.. plant of our own would cost in "Xcoss of two million dollars, and ,.... probably ~'ouldnlt b.. allowed tp put in such a syst..m b..caus.. of drainag" which might flow into th. St. Paul wat..r supply. Mr. Bannist..r stat.d that Rosevill.. is to put in a sowag. systpm in tvo districts. Th..y ar.. to tak.. bids June 1. 1956 on th.. first or South..rn district. and if Arden Hills 'tiishu to hav.. th.. Rosev11le sew..r ..nlarg..d to capacity to take in .Ardon Hills s..wag.. at SOlll" futurp dat.., it will be n..cessary to contra,ct ,'ith Rosevill.. by Jun" 1 so that an alt..rnat.. plan can b. bid upon. On th.. ba,s1B of pAst bids it will cost Arden Hills an approxiMate $14,660.00 puIs approximat..ly $10.000.00 chnrgp l..vi..d by the City of St. Paul plus other incidental costs to total about $28,OOO~00 in all to ..nlarg" the pip..s of th.. first s..ction of th.. Ros..vill.. sew..r for our futur" n..pds. From figurp. roceiv..d from our PlaIL~ing Board w.. hav.. approximately 6,0000 ..v..ntuel residential lots in Arden Hills with an estimat..d ultimat.. population of )0,000. p..ople. An additional cost to Ardpn Hills of approximatply $241,000.00 would b.. nec..ssary 'tihpn Rospvill.. puts in th.. North int..rc..ptor and brings th..ir s..w..r to our villag" limits. This would total $269.000.00 plus allo'tianc.. for other costs to a total of $275.000.00 to pnlarg.. th.. Ros..vill.. s..wpr to capacity for Ardpn Hills hook-up. This "stimat.. would tncr..as.. our village mill rat.. two mills on th.. first Ros..vill.. s..ction plus and additional thirt....n mills wh..n th.. Northern section of the Roseville s..w..r is laid. This would mena an incr..ss.. in tax..s of about $4.00 p..r y..ar for th.. first section and about $26.00 p"r y..ar additional for th.. section for the av..rage hom.. in Ardpn Hills ov"r a p..riod of thirty y..ars. Mr. Pet..r Popovich, Fiscal Ag..nt explain.d how such a s.wer system could b. financ..d. H.. ..It}llainecl. that contrary to oth..r suburbs, our aBB..ssed valuation in Arden Hills has eb..com.. lowpr inst..ad of high..r. In 1951 our ass.ss..d valuation was $1.228.000.00 whil.. in 1955 it was $1,135.000.00. This was du.. to privatp industry l..aving th. Twin Citi..s Ars..nal. Our villag- mill rat..s hay. incr..as..d slightly from 12.51 in 1951 to 16.73 in 1955 but th.. school mill rat.. has increas.d tr..mendously from 46.85 in 1951 to 105.82 in 1955. Our population tak..n from th.. 1950 c..nsns is 916. Th..r.. ar" an "stimat.d 1500 r..sidents in Arden Hills todaT. Mr. Popovich r.comm.nded $ePO,OOO.OO fer th.. financing of the ..nlargem..nt of th.. Ros..ville s..w..r to accomodat.. Ard..n H.lls .