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Economic Development Committee August 19, 2008 Page 2 of 4 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 PCA) uses for a study that looks long-term at major modifications to a s • :stewater system. 5). A Facility Plan, depending on the alternative -al . and on the MPCA's review time, can be a year-long process. 6). Design, obtaining funding assistance . d acquisition, bide d construction can add on another 2 to . The should be p 9 for a potential large project in the near or distan 7 • e e to plan fo . expansion could mean that the City could los- .:i ge tenant. 7). Although these above time can someti -e compressed, one cannot wait until we are at 99% capacit I e are far " �:;_ ortunately) or until we need land next month or next ye. or ec•. exp. r;-ion to begin the Facility Plan process. It re. ' es some adv.h - anm 8). Althou• - •e City'- Istewater tr. •tment stabilization ponds and spray irrigation `e • not yF .pproaching . capacity(currently at about 55%), the Commission fee • • he be interest of the City to complete the Fac' ' .ow r. . - than . 4. •way 371 Up• —Jus• Bolz-Andolshek Justin -Andols stated that the extension of the timeframe for completing the High 71 • eject is a detriment to the City of Pequot Lakes. He stated that the timelin- -en extended to at least 2018-2019 and that it is a waste of tax dollars to co ue the study especially since the EIS has to be re-evaluated every 5 years. He her stated that this issue is no longer about the location of the highway, but about Pequot Lakes being held hostage by MnDOT and basically being in limbo until we know when the project will take place. He suggested that the EDC ask the Council to consider not making a decision until MnDOT has a plan. Discussion was held by the Commission regarding the issue of timing and the effect on the City. Some discussion was also held regarding the alternate route versus the through town route. It was the consensus of the Commission to discuss