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<br />342 <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />MAY 8, 1984 <br /> <br />'~ <br /> <br />Mr. Benjamin R. Gardner, Attorney at Law and counsel for residents of the Forest Park <br /> <br />area of the City who have heretofore not only registered complaints about the offen- <br /> <br />sive odors emanating from the City's sewage treatment plant (from time to time) but <br /> <br />also registered objections to the proposed expansion (from 6 mgd to 8 mgd) of the City's <br /> <br />plant, appeared before Council and reported the relief and enthusiasm his clients have <br /> <br />enjoyed over the City's April 10th counter-proposal to the Public Service Authority but, <br /> <br />with the recent new developments and direction, particularly if negotiations between the <br /> <br />City and the PSA have failed on "diversion" prospects and the City proceeds with the ex- <br /> <br />pansion of its treatment plant, these residents have become disappointed and alarmed; <br /> <br />and, furthermore, if the City proceeds with expansion, to which his clients are totally <br /> <br />opposed, these residents--contrary to heretofore--will become "adversaries" of the City. <br /> <br />Mr. Gardner, meanwhile, urged Council to explore the feasibility of the "third plant" as <br /> <br />well as to continue negotiations with the PSA toward "diversion" from the City's Jones <br /> <br />Creek Interceptor (before authorizing expansion of the City's plant, an action or <br /> <br />direction Mr. Gardner termed as "irrevocable"), deeming "diversion" both a relief on <br /> <br />the City's treatment capacity and a quicker-less expensive method of meeting treatment <br /> <br />demand. Not to explore the feasibility of a "third plant" (broached by the PSA) and not <br /> <br />to achieve "diversion" represents, Mr. Gardner asserted, but a partisan approach with <br /> <br />partisan results. On the subject of "negotiations", as advocated by Mr. Gardner, City <br /> <br />Manager Edmonds observed that negotiations between the City's representatives and the <br /> <br />PSA's representatives ceased when the governing bodies (City Council and the County of <br /> <br />Henry and/or the PSA) began "swapping" proposals. In addition, City Manager Edmonds <br /> <br />observed that the so-called "third plant" idea is not related to "diversion" negotiations <br /> <br />and, too, that for the City to have no control over diversion facilities signifies that <br /> <br />there would be nothing to negotiate. <br /> <br />Councilman West posed the supposition that, if "diversion" could be achieved immediately, <br />