1988-094
CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
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RESOLUTION NO: 88-94
WHEREAS, the Suburban Rate Authority has assisted
the Metropoli tan 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 program
has been cancelled and replacement funding must be
identified; and
WHEREAS, most cities in the seven
metropoli tan area have built separate sanitary and
sewer systems, principally through local funding; and
county
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WHEREAS, the ci ties of St. Paul and Minneapolis
have obtained legislation forgi ving approximately $32
million in separation loans from the state;
NOW, THEREFORE, the council of the City of
Hopkins, does by this resolution state that it is opposed to
the spreading of the replacement funding upon the Stat
Treasury, and that it believes the most equitable resolution
is for the affected cities to themselves provide that
funding.
Adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the
City of Hopkins, November 15, 1988.
Donald J. Milbert
Mayor