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Honorable Mayor, St. Anthony Village City Council and Staff clo: Mike Mornson, City Manager 33 01 Silver Lake Road St. Anthony Village, MN 55418-1699 e® Proposed Ordinance 06-002 —Prohibited Discharges int® Sanitary SewerSystem WSB Project No. 1065-57 Dear Honorable Mayor, City Council and Staff: The purpose of this letter is to discuss the content of the attached Ordinance 06.002, addressing prohibited discharges into the City's sanitary sewer system. This ordinance was created to address the inflow and infiltration (FI) entering the City's sanitary sewers through illicit private connections to the sewer. As you are aware, efforts to reduce FI, have been initiated by the City in attempt to address a sanitary sewer surcharge and potential demand charge imposed by the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES). The 2006 St. Anthony 1/1 Reduction Plan identified illicit private connections as the primary source of F1 in the City and recommended that action be taken to eliminate such connections. This ordinance provides legal authority to the City so that it can administer a program to eliminate such connections. The ordinance contains the following: • Defines allowable discharges into the sanitary sewer system. • Defines illicit connections to the sanitary sewer that typically contribute to PI. • Defines the proper way to disconnect an illicit connection and states theproper configuration for utilizing a sump -pump. • States that the City has a right to inspect private property for illicit connections. • States that the property owner of an illicit connection must correct the problem within a specific timeframe or be subjected to a utility surcharge enforced by the City. • Allows the City to conduct follow-up inspections to verify that the property remains compliant with these rules. • Defines a city -imposed surcharge of $100 per month and prohibits the issuance of city permits if residents do not allow inspections to be performed by the City or if they do not disconnect illicit connections. • Allows waivers for parcels not able to meet the requirement due to public safety concerns. • Allows property owners a means to pay for disconnection work over 5 years by using an assessment to the parcel. • States that violations of this section are a misdemeanor and could be prosecuted by the City in a criminal court. Minneapo'bi St. CI0U#:IWPWIffiJ065-57ILTR St. Anthony 051606doc Equal Oppo unity Employer