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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES MARCH 15, 1988 PAGE 7 pumpers to discuss initiation of a City-wide reporting card system. Four of the six pumpers currently operating in the City were in attendance along with Councilman Moe. The results of the meeting were as follows: a. A city-wide reporting card system is a good idea. Cottage Grove already does this and it may become Metro -wide in the future. b. Self -inspection, as allowed by Cottage Grove, is not effective. Either the homeowner does not do it at all or does it incorrectly. It is better to make pumping mandatory every two years. C. Reporting cards and a reminder letter should be sent to residents evey two years. d. It is the homeowners's responsibility to return the card after the tank has been pumped. The City Council felt it should be the pumpers responsibilty to return the cards and asked this to be changed for the April 5th public hearing. e. Licensed pumpers will also carry a supply of cards for those homeowners who have lost their cards or pump more frequently than every two years. The pumper will be responsible for mailing any pumper furnished cards. f. Mailing should be staggered throughout the year to prevent peak demands on pumpers. g. The City should enforce pumping violations within the City, primarily operation of unlicensed pumpers. I. Cottage Grove Ravine Watershed Management Plan City Engineer Larry Bohrer received the draft Watershed Management Plan, dated January, 1988 and draft sections of the Executive Summary, Hydrologic System, Management Plan, and Appendix C on February 11, 1988. A review of these documents have been made according to the guidelines established by the Council. Larry's comments, numbered 1-5, are made in his letter to the Council dated March 15, 1988. Bohrer recommended that the City should pass on comments numbered 1 and 4, but reserve comment on numbers 3 and 5 until the City's Local Plan is completed next month. M/S/P Graves/Moe - to direct Larry Bohrer to pass on his comments on the Preliminary Watershed Management Plan, Cottage Grove Ravine Watershed, numbered 1 and 4 as stated in his letter of March 15, 1988. (Motion carried 5-0).