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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION <br />STAFF REPORT <br />AGENDA SESSION DATE November 1, 1993 <br />DISPOSITION <br />Item Description: <br />Administrators Re%iew/Recammendation: <br />- No comments to supplement this rrport <br />- Comments attached. \\ <br />Explanntion/Summary (attach supplement shybte as necessary <br />111.) <br />4 MA—= I1, <br />Agenda Section: 14____ <br />Report Number: -93�r:zi__ <br />Report Date: 10-28-93 <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 />7 L <br />Paul Harrington, City Planner <br />It R('O\m� <br />Staff seeks Council direction in this matter. <br />