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• 1 -8- 2 suggested a study be made to see what could be done to remedy the 3 situation before the next storm occurred. Mrs. Kremer said none of her 4 friends in other communities had experienced problems -like those she had 5 with sewage. 6 Councilmembers responded to the Kremers as follows: 7 Makowske: -indicated it had to be recognized that a great deal of the 8 problem had resulted from homes with drain tiles connected 9 to the City' s sanitary system which she viewed as being 10 cases of "neighbors causing problems for neighbors." 11 Sundland: -reported a study done after what had been termed "a hundred 12 year" rainfall in 1978 , had estimated there were dozens of 13 homes in the Village at that time which had their drain 14 tiles and even some had their downspouts connected with 15 their sanitary sewer lines; 16 -indicated he perceived there were many second or third 17 owners of homes today or first owners who were not aware 18 what their contractors had done who were not even con- 19 scious of such connections; 0 -perceived that, with carpeting or tiles installed after the 1 house was built, it would be very difficult for those home- 22 owners or the City to know these connections were made in ,23 particular homes; 24 -added that the potential for problems had not even been 25 recognized until long after the community had grown when 26 new standards for building codes had been instituted; 27 -indicated the Infiltration & Inflow study developed by a 28 task force of concerned residents and City staff after the 29 problem in 1978 had suggested one way of remedying the pro- 30 blem of sewer backup would be for the City to help defray 31 the costs of purchasing check valves which would close off 32 individual home sanitary sewer systems during heavy periods 33 of rainfall; 34 -reported few of the homeowners who had experienced sewer 35 backup in 1978, including some of those on 29th Avenue who 36 had experienced problems this time, had indicated an inter- 37 est in the City' s offer ten years ago. 38 Ranallo: -told Mrs. Kremer the entire metropolitan area had exper- 39 ienced similar problems to St. Anthony' s with their sani- 40 tary sewer systems and that it had been so bad in Edina 41 that the City had to mandate all private wells in that 02 City be shut down because there was sewage in the drinking 3 water;