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40 TUESDAY AUGUST 14, 1984 2. If negotiation is to be renewed, you specify who is to represent the City and you insist on a 30-day deadl ine for the effort to be com- pleted. The two-plant concept was P.S.A.'s to start with. If that concept is not proposed to be largely abandoned in favor of a three- plant concept, the burden whould primarily be on P.S.A. to quickly prove that such a plan is feasible, timely and mutually beneficial. 3. Our staff be authorized to proceed with finan- cing plans, based on the dollar amounts previ- ously estimated to be required and in accord- ance with my report to you on this subject in a separate memorandum. In the ensuing discussion by members of Council, concurrence was indicated that the development of plans and specifications (for odor-control improvements and treatment plant expansion) by Wiley & Wilson, Consulting Engineers, authorized by Council on May 8, 1984, including a "Pilot Study" to determine whether the treatment processes will be based on the aerobic principal or on the anaerobic principle, shall continue without interruption or delay. Councilman Oakes, meanwhile, expressed concern that further studies and the re-opening of negotiations with the Public Service Authority, recommended by Mayor Cole and PSA Chairman Hubbard, might delay the expanding of the City's wastewater treatment plant (the need for which he maintained, has already been demonstrated as being urgent), whereas other members of Council found merit in con- ducting further studies and exploring further negotiations with the Public Service Authority within a specified time-frame, which City Manager Edmonds indicated could be accomodated. City Manager Edmonds also pointed out, in response to a suggestion that "diversion" (from the City's Jones Creek Interceptor to the PSA's "Koehler" treatment plant, as had been previously considered and explored) be first undertaken to reduce the demand upon the City's treatment plant, that diversion can not be an overnight accomplishment; rather, the scheduled expansion of the City's treatment plant by June of 1986, if not delayed or postponed, not only would satisfy the City's immediate needs but also place the City in a better position to consider "diversion"