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Mounds View City Council Page Five ~'.egular Meeting April 13, 1992 After discussing the problems that residents would have with connecting to City water, staff recommends that Chapter 70 of the Municipal Code be modified to allow these residents to maintain their private wells as their source of drinking water and require these residents to have their water tested for bacteria and nitrates each spring and fall. Wells that fail the nitrate test should be either fitted with a treatment unit or abandoned. These tests would be consistent with the Minnesota Department of Health Codes for Private Wells. • C, MOTIONjSECOND: Blanchard/Quick to waive the actual reading and approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 503 Amending Chapter 70 of the Municipal Code of Mounds View to Allow Use of Private Wells for Residences not Adjacent to City Water Mains Councilmember Wuori asked if the Ordinance should, in Subdivision 2, specify April and October for testing. This would include submitting certified documentation of passing the test. Mayor Linke asked the maker and seconder of the motion if they were in agreement with adding those months for testing of the wells. The maker and seconder were in agreement that April and October should be added to Ordinance 503, Subdivision 2. VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried Ric Minetor, Public Works Director/City Engineer, reviewed Staff Report No. 92-230C regarding revisions to Chapters 25, 48, 49, 49A and 59 to reference the City's Local Water Management Plan. Minetor stated that these amendments make the Code consistent with the Local Water Management Plan adopted previously by the Council. Minetor further explained that the reason there were five ordinances is, per the City's Charter, only one subject can be referenced per ordinance. MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Blanchard to approve and waive the first reading of Ordinance Nos. 504, 505, 506, 507 and 508. VOTE- 4 ayes 1 nay Motion Carried Councilmember Rickaby stated that her vote against these amendments was consistent with how she voted regarding the Surface Water Management Plan and the revision of the Wetland Ordinance. These documents removed preservation of the wetlands and added management. The ordinance carries the philosophy of the existing Council. The Council and staff do not have as much preservation of wetland ideaism as she would like to see when it comes to wetlands. Councilmember Rickaby stated that, when the golf course was discussed by the Council previously it was stated that a nine hole golf course is being considered but in the future if the Feds change the law to ease up on wetland preservation, we could put in an eighteen hole golf course. Rickaby stated that she doesn't like to leave all the alternatives up to the Council when it comes to wetland preservation.