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Blomquist asked if Minneapolis and St. Paul have discussed where an interconnection might occur. Kramer responded they have discussed a connection at 36th and Talmadge in Northeast Minneapolis. Minneapolis can supply St. Paul from its system pressure, but St. Paul cannot supply Minneapolis. Therefore, Minneapolis would have to build a pump station for St. Paul to supply water to Minneapolis. The proposed interconnect would not happen for some time. Josie Thomas asked what the process would be for the proposed reservoir in terms of public hearings. Would this be the only public hearing or is it one of a series of public hearings? Livingston responded that, after this public hearing is closed, the Planning Commission will forward a recommendation to the City Council. Then, the City Council will consider and vote on the proposal at its meeting on September 24. Mattila said the concerned citizens were welcome to attend that meeting to voice their concerns, although the City Council meeting is not a public hearing. It is a public meeting. Faher commented that it seemed that Minneapolis’ concern deals with maintenance. Would it not be more practical to depend on St. Paul for part of the usage, storage, flow and to do maintenance versus building a new reservoir? Kramer answered it would not be more practical because mixing waters requires special treatment. Mixing water could be done in case of an emergency but it would result in some water quality problems. Kramer briefly described some problems that can happen when waters are mixed. Mike Ellis, 4832 Stinson Boulevard, asked if the Minneapolis Water Works built a reservoir on its Edina site would it be the same size as the proposed New Brighton reservoir. Kramer responded the sizes would be about the same. Ellis asked if the proposed reservoir could be smaller like the one in Edina to keep at least the trees along the street. Kramer said the City of Minneapolis Water Works would try to save as many trees as possible. The City Forester’s idea of boulevard trees is a good one. Larry Taft, 3805 East Upland Crest in Columbia Heights, asked why Minneapolis could not center the proposed reservoir on the site. Kramer answered the slope of the elevation has to be taken into account to achieve the needed flow. Taft said the Commission should pay attention to proposed truck traffic. How many cement trucks would it take to carry the proposed 24" of concrete for the reservoir? Kramer responded that the proposed reservoir would require about 4,600 truckloads of cement. Kramer said, about a year and a half ago, Minneapolis cleaned the reservoir for the first time since the 60's. The cleaning took from September 1994 to April 1995. There were 7,500 18-wheel tractor trailer trips going in and out of this complex during that period. We would space the trips over a long period. John Seward, 190 32nd Avenue NW, said those trucks went by our house and it was very noisy. Seward said he complained to the City Council. Seward said he did not know who gave the City of Minneapolis Water Works the permission to use County Road E. Where are all these trucks going to go? Kramer responded the proposed truck route would go from I-694 to south on Silver Lake Road, and west on 5th Street to enter the north side of the site. Seward said that, as a Ramsey County resident, he is paying for the road. Who will pay for the wear on the road? Seward said the area residents had lived through two years I:\COMMISSIONS\PLANNING\MINUTES\1996\09-17-96.WPD 5