Metropolitan Council to hold public hearing on improvement plans for regional sanitary sewer facilities in Mound and Minnetrista

ST. PAUL—Nov. 13, 2006 – The Metropolitan Council will hold a public hearing on Nov. 30 in Mound to receive comments on the Mound- and Minnetrista-area components of its draft facility plan for the Lake Minnetonka Area Regional Interceptor Improvements Project.

The recommended improvements would provide additional sanitary sewer capacity to serve growth in this part of the region and increase reliability of the Council’s facilities. Construction of the facilities would be scheduled for 2008-2012.

The public hearing will be at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 30, at Mound City Hall, 5341 Maywood Road, Mound.

Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES), the Metropolitan Council division that operates the regional wastewater collection and treatment system, has drafted the facility plan, outlining alternatives studied and the resulting recommendations for improving the regional sanitary sewer system in the Lake Minnetonka area. Mound- and Minnetrista-area recommendations include:

Closing two pumping stations (located at Manchester Road and Cambridge Lane and at Wilshire Boulevard and Bradford Lane) and combining their functions into a new pumping station to be constructed near Swenson Park (on Manchester Road). Constructing new gravity interceptor sewers and force main interceptor sewers to connect existing facilities with the new combined pumping station.
Closing the interim pumping station at Commerce Boulevard and Shoreline Drive, and rehabilitating the existing pumping station and maintenance facility on Westedge Boulevard near Setter Circle. Constructing a new gravity interceptor sewer from the interim pumping station site west along the railroad corridor on the north side of Langdon Lake, then south along Westedge Boulevard to the rehabilitated pumping station. Constructing a new force main interceptor sewer from the rehabilitated pumping station south along Westedge Boulevard and County Road 44 to the Lake Minnetonka Regional Park north of Highway 7.

Copies of the draft facility plan for this project are available for review at:

Mound City Hall, 5341 Maywood Road, Mound
Minnetrista City Hall, 7701 County Road 110 W., Minnetrista
Westonka Library, 2079 Commerce Blvd., Mound
Metropolitan Council’s Data Center, 390 Robert Street North, St. Paul

All interested persons are encouraged to attend the hearing and provide comments. Comments also may be submitted by Dec. 11 in any of the following ways:

Send written comments to: Tim O’Donnell at Metropolitan Council Environmental Services, 390 Robert Street North, St. Paul, MN 55101-1805
Fax comments to: Tim O’Donnell at 651-602-1477
Record comments on: Metropolitan Council Public Comment Line at 651-602-1500
E-mail comments to: data.center@metc.state.mn.us
Send TTY comments to 651-291-0904

Upon request, MCES will provide reasonable accommodations to persons with disabilities at the public hearing. Such requests should be submitted to Tim O’Donnell via mail or fax (see above) or by phone at 651-602-1269 before Nov. 22.

The Metropolitan Council is the regional planning organization for the seven-county Twin Cities area. It runs the regional bus and light rail system, collects and treats wastewater, manages regional water resources, plans regional parks and administers funds that provide housing opportunities for low- and moderate-income individuals and families. The Council is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the governor.

MCES, an operating division of the Metropolitan Council, provides wastewater services that protect the public health and environment while supporting regional growth.

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