APRIL 7TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING

LETTER FROM OUR ACTING MAYOR

Anne Hunt
Acting Mayor
City of Minnetrista

7701 Co Rd 110 W

Minnetrista, MN 55364

April 21, 2014

Dear Hunter’s Crest Homeowners:

I regret that I will not be able to attend your meeting this evening.

I wanted to give you a brief update on the water treatment project. We approved a feasibility study with Bolton & Menk to provide accurate numbers for different options to address our drinking water needs on April 7th. The alternatives to be researched are gravity filtration, centralized or distributed water treatment plants and also reverse osmosis treatment.

On May 5th, Bolton & Menk will present the options and the costs at the City Council meeting. Then we will put together a survey online and via mail for our municipal water users covering the different options. We will ask for your responses by the end of May. We plan to vote on the preferred option during our first meeting in June.  Our goal is to send the project out for bids this fall and have the plant (or plants) operational in 2015.

 I want to thank you for your patience with this process. The City Council and I are committed to building a solution that will last more than a few years and maximize your financial investment. We don’t want to come back in a few years and tell you that we are out of capacity or that the technology is no longer sufficient to provide safe and aesthetically acceptable drinking water.

Sincerely,

Anne Hunt

PORTLAND FLUSHES PEE

Why is “blending” good enough for the residents of Minnetrista to deal with radium and countless other impurities, when the City of Portland dumps 38,000,000 gallons rather than “blending” with what, a pint of urine?

Interesting premise:
"The basic commandment of the Water Bureau is to provide clean, cold and constant water to its customers," bureau administrator David Shaff said Wednesday. " And the premise behind that is we don't have pee in it."

http://www.startribune.com/nation/255579371.html

STAR TRIBUNE WATER ARTICLE

"A big factor in cost is whether the city wants a system that will remove primarily iron and manganese, or other trace contaminants such as pharmaceuticals that may become regulated in the future."

The municipal water users of Minnetrista have a big decision to make. How much is the safety of your water worth to you? We'll see.


http://www.startribune.com/local/west/251342661.html

CHERYL FISCHER RESIGNS

After 14 years its time for some new blood. Anne Hunt will act as the city's mayor in the mean time. I am ready to see some serious action on the water issues and you can expect to as well. Cheryl I bid you adieu.

http://www.startribune.com/local/west/255571211.html

Be sure to read the comments section.

MARCH 17TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING

Since the council addressed the water issues at the special meeting at 5pm they did not address the issue at the 7pm meeting though there where "people to be heard" at the start of the meeting.

MARCH 17TH SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING

Is now online here.

The new treatment plant construction will go to a vote! Another win for us no matter what side of the fence you are on. The vote will only go out to the municipal water users since we are the ones paying for it. Within 4-6 weeks a voting system will be put in place by account number with the costs and benefits for each system clearly outlined to help make the voting process easier.