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,00 TUESDAY MARCH 27, 1984 another treatment plant down-river from the City's plant), then cited what he described as being two issues before Council, viz., the odor problem(s) and "diversion". Attorney Benjamin R. Gardner, appearing before Council on behalf of a group of citizens residing in the Forest Park area near the City's treatment plant, and acknowledging with appre- ciation the City Administration's efforts and cooperation toward alleviating the odor problems at the City's plant, cited the following "positions" advocated by his clients: 1. They favor installation of odor-control improvements at the City's treatment plant and hope that assurance can be given that these improve- ments will completely eliminate the emanation of offensive odors from the plant; 2. They support negotiations with the Henry County PSA for (and toward) diversion of flow from the City's Jones Creek Interceptor to the PSA's "Koehler" plant; 3. They consider sewage treatment needs as being regional in concept and in solutions, with the ".....time being right" for this approach; and 4. They oppose the proposed expansion (from 6 MGD to 8 MGD) of the City's treatment plant, in which they presently have very little confidence; however, if it is determined that expansion is necessary, it is believed that his clients will be understanding, although they would demand "accountability" should the expanded plant "fail" in the future. Mr. Thomas J. Womack (of 200 Fourth Street), speaking to this matter, asserted that if proper action is not taken (be Council), other citizens can be affected and, too,diver- sion to the PSA plant will not divert the odor problem. Dr. James E. Calkins, of 1500 Kenmar Drive, posed some questions pertaining to the City plant's digester specifications, to whether volume restrictions might be imposed on industrial waste or as to whether the odor-problem is industrial in nature or as to whether surcharges are (or might be) im- posed on local industries, and as to whether (if odor-free assurance can not be guar- anteed and the quality of life in his area being jeopardized because of the odor prob- lems) the City might reduce property taxes in his residential area. Mr. Dwight Pember- ton, Plant Manager for Pannill Knitting Company, Inc., took exception to previously-held conclusions that effluent from local industries (such as Pannill Knitting Company and