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TKDA TOLTZ. KING. DUVALL. ANDERSON AND ASSOCIATES. INCORPORATED ENGINEERS • ARCHITECTS • PLANNERS MEMORANDUM To: David Ahrens, City Engineer 1500 PIPER JAFFRAY PLAZA 444 CEDAR STREET SAINT PAUL. MINNESOTA 55101-2140 PHONE:612/292-4400 FAX:812/292-0083 Reference: On-site Sewage Disposal Copies To: System Management From: John Powell Date: Lino Lakes. MN September 19. 1995 Commission No. 10414-950 The Metropolitan Council requires cities with rural service areas to include a program for managing on-site sewage disposal systems in their Local Comprehensive Plans. Lino Lakes currently has about 2,100 households using on-site systems in the rural service areas. A key element of this program is the requirement that on-site systems are to be inspected once every two years. This inspection is to be completed by trained and licensed personnel. Currently, City Code Section 403.04 only requires that the owners inspect the system and report to the City that they have completed the inspection. This requirement does not meet the Metropolitan Council guidelines. Metropolitan Council representatives have indicated they may show some flexibility in the inspection interval if other aspects of the City's Code are revised. The following is an outline of the proposed changes to the inspection portion of the on-site system code. If these changes are acceptable to the Lino Lakes City Council as outlined we will then review them with the Metropolitan Council for their concurrence prior to the City formally revising the City Code. 1. The City will mail an inspection report form by March 1st of every year to one-third of the properties containing on-site sewage disposal systems. A property will therefore receive an inspection form once every three years. 2. The City will be divided into thirds for the purposes of triennial reporting by property owners. 3. Each property owner receiving an inspection report form is to have their septic tank pumped; the tank and system inspected; and return the report form to the City by September 1 of that same year.