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remains on its present alignment or an alternate alignment to the east is used), sooner or later, there will be a higher use for the land that is currently the City's spray irrigation field. 2). The present business/industrial park is nearing capacity and the City is working at adjustments to allow maximizing this present land. However, this is a shorter-term approach. More land will be needed if the City wants to encourage continued business/industrial growth. 3). Another shorter-term approach would be to extend sanitary sewer and watermain along Derksen Road from the south end of Morehouse Drive to service land on the north side of the spray irrigation field. Only platting off a row of lots in this area may only require a modification - and not a complete re-working of the State's permit to the City to operate the spray irrigation field. However, doing this without a bigger picture plan for the whole spray irrigation parcel would be shortsighted and could end up costing the City more expense. 4). To properly look at allowing development to occur on the present spray irrigation land and thus, to re-locate the spray irrigation facilities or come up with another method of disposing of the City's wastewater will require a Facility Plan. This is the name the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) uses for a study that looks long-term at major modifications to a City's wastewater system. 5). A Facility Plan, depending on the alternatives evaluated and on the MPCA's review time, can be a year-long process. 6). Design, obtaining funding assistance, land acquisition,bidding, and construction can add on another 2 to 5 years. The City should be prepared for a potential large project in the near or distant future. Failure to plan for an expansion could mean that the City could lose a large tenant. 7). Although these above time frames can sometimes be compressed, one cannot wait until we are at 99% capacity(which we are far from, fortunately) or until we need land next month or next year for economic expansion to begin the Facility Plan process. It requires some advance planning. 8). Although the City's wastewater treatment stabilization ponds and spray irrigation field are not yet approaching their capacity (currently at about 55%),the Commission feels it would be in the best interest of the City to complete the Facility Plan now rather than later.