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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FEERUARY 16, 1988 PAGE 3 utilized in individual on -site sewage treatment systems. For those properties on the passive maintenance program the propertyowner will be responsible for the cost of operating, maintaining and replacing the system. This includes the periodic pumping. In order to keep track of who is maintaining their systems, the City will supply inspection cards to the pumpers within the City. When a septic tank is pumped, the tank will also be inspected by the pumper and the signed inspection card returned to the City. The City shall at regular intervals, at least bi-annually, determine which septic tanks have not been inspected and/or pumped. If those on the passive maintenance fails to maintain or pump their systems, the City will do it and charge the propertyowner. A fee of $5 per year will be charged for administrative costs for the report -card service. The Council debated whether such a small amount should be billed separately, included in property -tax billings, or simply taken out of the cit 's general fund. This discussion will continue at the Parch lst mee ing. All properties connected to community collection and treatment systems, cluster systems, or individual off -site systems shall be on the active maintenance program. For those properties on the active maintenance program, the City will be responsible for operating, maintaining and replacing the collection and final treatment and disposal system. The City will arrange for all repairs and maintenance on the sewers, lift stations, controls and drainfields. The property owners will still be responsible for all repairs and maintenance to septic tanks, including septic tank pumping, and to all individual pump stations and sewer pipes up to the collector sewer or up to final treatment and disposal system. If the owners on the active maintenance system fails to maintain improvements on their property, the City has the ability to have the maintenance done and charge them back. All users of the Wastewater treatment facility shall be charged annually for sewer service based on the number of equivalent residential units assigned to each and based on if the unit is seasonal or yeararound--which in our case is all year around. A single-family household averages about 250 gallons of sewage a day; that amount is called an "equivalent residential unit". The cost for service would depend on how many units of sewage a particular building is expected to produce. For each unit, the city's charge would be $30 a quarter or $120 a year. Of all of the residences, businesses connected to the off -site or collector systems, there are 27 residential connections, 3 commercial connections, and no industrial, institutional or governmental connections. Councilman Graves felt the 24 residents affected by these charged assessments should have been notified. M/S/P Johnson/Graves - to continue this public hearing until the March 1st meeting and direct the city staff to send a letter to the residents on the active maintenance program notifying that the hearing has been continued and they will be charged an "equiv�le t residential unit of $30 ner quarter or .?120 a year. (Motion carriec�3-0 .