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•1 -11- 2 Mr. Hamer responded by saying: 3 . *he perceived both the storm sewer . and sanitary sewer- systems had 4 been overtaxed, but 5 *he did not believe infiltration from the -storm sewer system had 6 been the overriding reason the sanitary sewer system had backed 7 up; 8 . *he thought a more extensive study of the two systems would have 9 to: be made to solve the problem; but 10. *when the state had reconstructed 'Highway 88 , they 'had- taken St. : 11 Anthony' s inflow into consideration and had built pipes large .12 enough for a man to walk through and he guessed that main line 13 had been "purged" , which meant no matter what capacity storm 14 sewer the City might build, the lines into Roseville and Minne- 15 apolis they would probably never be big enough to handle the 16 City' s run off in extreme situations like the storm the previous 17 week. 3-8 John Brostrom, 2800-29th Avenue N.E. , said he had lived in the Village 19 for 37 years arid, in spite of the fact that his drain tile was connected to a sump pump, he had ended up with 8 inches of sewage in his basement.. Mr. Brostrom said he had been gone last Thursday, but his daughter had 22 done everything she could to get everything up- off the basement. floor, '23 but he_ "had still experienced a tremendous amount of loss. The homeowner 24 asked if the City could inspect basements and force the -disconnection of 25 drain tiles from the sanitary- sewer. system. 26 Mr. Hamer: -indicated the current. City Ordinance absolutely. requires 27 all drain tiles in :new structures to be diverted . outside the 28 house and not into the sanitary sewers; 29 -told Councilmember Ranallo it would almost be impossible to 30 tell whether older systems were incorrectly connected 31 because the non-conforming connections are buried under 32 floors or around the foundation; . 33 34 -added that his department could identify those systems by 35 the clear water running out of homes during a heavy rain- 36 fall which appear on the screen when his men are televising 3*7 for cracks in the underground sewer systems; 38 -indicated there might be . some legal problems connected with 39 blowing smoke through the sewer lines as some . communities 40 have done; agreed that the'' charges -f-r.om -the Metro Waste Control Commis- sion proved the City has :a problem with too much rainwater 43 passing through the. sanitary sewer system resulting in the 44