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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 5-21-85 Page 4 B. Sign Request on 13B Detour. Larry Bohrer, City Engineer, had found that there was only one 30 m.p.h. speed limit sign south bound posted. Pat Klaers, City Administrator, had checked later and found both speed limit signs posted. This would mean that the city should enforce the law. Mike Robinson stated that "Watch Children at Play" sign is discouraged by Mn/DOT because it is difficult to chose what residential area deserves a sign. If carried into extremes, the sign would be everywhere and would completely lose its effectiveness. You cannot rely on a sign. It gives a false sense of security. They see nothing unique about this location that warrants such a device and feels that small children are the responsibility of the parents as to where they play. Hopefully, the detour will be off this fall. Rick & Colleen Hoursh live in a Cul-de-Sac by Lake DeMontreville and are having a problem with vistor's cars being ticketed because of the No Parking signs. These signs were put there for the boat landing and put in before anyone lived there. Mayor Morgan suggested that one no parking sign be removed from the Cul-de-Sac as long A$ the other residents approved. The Mayor would like this approval in writing and sent to the Council. This was agreed. Klaers asked to have the deputies input to see if it is enforceable. C. Landfill Water System Update Larry Bohrer has contacted the county staff for a meeting to resolve our differences, but they prefer he send his design computations, etc. to them and they will look it over for a week and then have a meeting. They did say they do not have a problem supporting a water system of our design as long as they could see that it is a logical design and could be supported with facts and data. D. 201 Update Larry Bohrer referred to a handout regarding the MPCA Plant Review. 1. Nine individuals who were identified as having a need for improvement were removed from the program at their request. These individuals will not be forced to upgrade under the grants program, but the MPCA wished to know how the City will handle these treatment problems. This will be done by the City enforcing its ordinance. 2. Any work necessary to contact the building sewer from the house to the new septic tank is not grant eligible and must be made part of the assessment to the individual. 3. On those individual systems which require an effluent pump, it is the homeowners's responsibility to provide the electrical wiring from the house to the junction box at the pump. In this way the homeowner is responsible for that house electrical service box being up to code rather than the grants program.