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Agenda Section: 9..4 ©mos REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Report Number:1111 92-229C Report Date: 4-9-9 �� STAFF REPORT Council Action: 2 ❑ Special Order of Business April 13 , 1992 ❑ Public Hearings CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE ❑ Consent Agenda I7 Council Business Item Description: Revision to Chapter 70 - Municipal Water System, Allowing Certain Properties to Maintain Private Wells Administrator's Review/Recommendation: /� - No comments to supplement this report / * / - Comments attached. Explanation/Summary (attach supplement sheets as necessary.) SUMMARY; There are 7 properties within the City that currently do not have a municipal water main adjacent to their properties. These residents would incur significantly higher costs to connect to City water than residents with mains adjacent to their property: In some cases this could easily be triple the normal connection cost. The major concern for these residents is the health aspects of maintaining a primary drinking water supply with a private well. Staff recommends that Chapter 70 of the Municipal Code be modified to allow these residents to maintain their private well as their source of drinking water and require these residents to have their water tested each spring and fall . Copies of the test reports should be submitted to City Hall. Staff recommends testing these private wells for bacteria and nitrates. Wells which fail the nitrate test should be either fitted with a treatment unit or abandoned. The attached ordinance revises Chapter 70 to allow the use of private wells in the circumstances discussed above. Ric Mine r City Engineer/Director of Public Works RtECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the first reading of Ordinance No. 503 on Monday, April 13, 1992; and second reading and adoption on Monday, April 27, 1992.