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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Agenda Section: 14. <br /> ORMIDS <br /> STAFF REPORT Report Number: 93-667WS <br /> 11if <br /> W Report Date: 10-28-93 <br /> AGENDA SESSION DATE November 1, 1993 <br /> DISPOSITION <br /> Item Description: <br /> Administrator's Review/Recommendation: <br /> - No comments to supplement this report <br /> - Comments attached. <br /> Explanation/Summary (attach supplement sh=•ts as nece}lsary.) <br /> SUMMARY; <br /> Staff has recently received an inquiry from property owner's within Mounds <br /> View regarding the City's requirement for well testing. The residents do <br /> not question the need for well testing but, they do feel that twice-a-year <br /> testing is unnecessary. The residents would like the Council to consider <br /> amending Chapter 70 of the Mounds View Municipal Code to require well <br /> testing only once per year, preferably in April. <br /> Currently, Chapter 70 allows existing buildings on properties which are not <br /> adjacent to municipal water mains to utilize on-site wells for water <br /> service. However, Chapter 70 does require that the properties which do <br /> utilize on-site wells submit certified test results to the City indicating <br /> levels of coliform and nitrate nitrogen. These test results are required <br /> twice per year (October and April) . <br /> The City originally adopted the testing requirement in the general interest <br /> of health, safety and welfare of all residents within the City. Currently, <br /> the City has a record of six (6) properties which utilize wells and are <br /> subject to the testing requirements. Both the Ramsey County Department of <br /> Health and the Minnesota Department of Public Health feel that testing once <br /> per year is adequate to monitor the water quality of wells. <br /> Paul Harrington, City Planner <br /> R.F.C'OMMENDATION: <br /> Staff seeks Council direction in this matter. <br />