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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FEBRUARY 16, 1988 PAGE 2 when should this option be exercised, and what would the City expect in a bill for such legal action. Knaak will contact Ellen Samnsnn,or Chuck Dayton to write his response to these questions in a letter. Councilmembers Armstrong and Graves made it clear that they had no intentions of spending $100,000-$125,000 in legal costs because the budget does not permit it. R.E.A.P.P. is trying to get Marlene Johnson to add Lake Elmo Airport to her stop on her Environmental Pollution tour in a few weeks in order to discuss recycling. 5. PUBLIC HEARING: Ordinance amending Section 700 "Sewer Systems" of Lake Elmo Municipal Code. Acting Mayor Armstrong opened up the public hearing in the City Council chambers at 7:35 p.m. When the City received a federal grant for improving wastewater treatment facilities in the City, it also took on the obligation to develop a sewer use ordinance. A sewer use ordinance is required by the federal rules to effectively control the connections and the contributions of these new sewer systems. In Lake Elmo there are some existing ordinances that deal with sewer systems so we can comply with the federal requirements by amending two of our sewer sections of the code, Section 701 and 702. It is also required for the grant that a wastewater service charge ordinance be established. The purpose of this is to establish and collect a user fee so that there are sufficient funds available to operate and maintain these new systems that were constructed with federal funds. In this case, a new ordinance --Section 707, Wastewater Service Charge must be established. A fourth ordinance which needs to be adopted is the Sewer Service Charge System. This ordinance is the actual computation of what the user fee should be in 1988. This will be reviewed and updated each year. The recommended user fee for 1988 for the people on the off -site and collector septic systems is $30 per quarter for each residential equivalent unit. As Engineer Bohrer went through the amendment changes Armstrong asked a question on the last sentence (46 Unlawful Connections to Community Sewage Treatment System, which stated no new connections or flow increases will be permitted two years following startup of each public sewage treatment system) if this means at the two year year point there is no additions. Bohrer will look into this comment which was made by the PCA. Councilman Graves pointed out that a ph of 9.5 or above, conceivably a person would be in violation of this if they used Drano so it was suggested to add a quantity. Also suggested was to add the language of typical garden variety pesticides and herbicides instead of just stating toxic pollutants. Bohrer further explained 707-050 Regulations which define the type of maintenance program that is going to be established in the City. A passive maintenance program will be required for all those properties