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<br />2/ <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />JANUARY 24, 1984 <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />in the absence of successful negotiations with the Henry County PSA (for "diversion") and <br /> <br />irrespective of unknown future "O&M" costs, the City has no choice but to proceed with <br /> <br />expansion of its treatment plant. Representing a number of citizens residing in the <br /> <br />Forest Park area, Mr. Frank T. Gravely, of 1610 Mulberry Road, expressed appreciation for <br /> <br />the opportunity to present to Council their legitimate concerns, especially with the past <br /> <br />offensive odors emanating from the City's sewage treatment plant andwhich concerns have <br /> <br />been previously expressed on numerous occasions, and, in so doing, assured the Council that <br /> <br />these citizens are not adversaries of the City nor are they attempting unduly to meddle into <br /> <br />the City's affairs (as they interpreted as being alluded to in City Managers Edmonds' report) <br /> <br />but, rather, they are concerned, along with the odor problems, over costs already incurred <br /> <br />by the City for "interim improvements", the results therefrom, as well as with costs for <br /> <br />the proposed odor-control improvements and the results thereform, and with the fact that <br /> <br />only vague assurances have been given these citizens that the past-and proposed <br /> <br />improvements will abate the offensive odors. Mr. Crush (of Wiley & Wilson) responded <br /> <br />to the effect that the monies already spent for "interim" improvements (a misnomer, because <br /> <br />of what these improvements accomplished in providing increased retention time of solid <br /> <br />wastes and providing data for better control) were not spent in vain but should be <br /> <br />considered as being an important step toward increasing the plant's ability to treat <br /> <br />increasing industrial wastes. Mr. Samuel A. Dunwoody, Jr., of 1713 Mulberry Road, <br /> <br />observed that the City has no choice but to "....divert to Koehler". Mayor Cole, <br /> <br />meanwhile, suggested that, with the nature of industrial waste flows being erratic, <br /> <br />treatment of such wastes should be at their sources (i.e., before being released into <br /> <br />the City's system) and that City Manager Edmonds study this possibility and the related <br /> <br />costs. Then, referring to specific portions of Mr. Edmonds' report, Mayor Cole took <br /> <br />exception to certain statements therein, such as "....sewage treatment is basically an <br /> <br />engineering science and it does not lend itself well to debate by laymen--no matter how <br />