Minutes - Council Work Session - 05/23/2000

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Mr. Nonnan'stated that if Council is uncomfortable with any of the language, it can be changed. Councilmember Hendriksen commented that the problem appears to be with the reading and understanding of 7080 - the requirements for designing systems -new systems versus retrofitting old systems. He did not feel there is anything wrong with having minimum standards. He also felt that it was not fair to ask every rural household in Ramsey to pay these fees - these minimum standards are unnecessary. Mr. Norman noted that this is the last issue that is holding up Ramsey's comp plan. We are going through the completeness review. Once that is complete, we go into negotiations. That's when the 60-day clock starts and we try to get all the negotiations done. Councihnember Connolly pointed out that the "sticky" part of the language is the inspections and who does them. She suggested having Attorney Goodrich look at it and see what his legal opinion is on these two issues. Councilmember Hendriksen thought that Mr. Goodrich was going to write something that met that criteria. Mr. Norman stated that Attorney Goodrich has been so busy that it would be a couple months before we get it. Time is so important because nothing can be done with the MUSA without an approved comp plan. Councilmember Hendriksen stated that after Mallard Ponds, he would not vote for the comp plan we sent down there if they said they loved it. We are now seeing the densities of what we wrote and that is unacceptable to him. It will not get passed. Mayor Gamec agreed to get input from the City Attorney on the two issues discussed with regard to ISTS. Consensus was to schedule a work session with the City Attorney to discuss the ISTS ordinance. ADJOURNMENT The Work Session adjourned at 6:50 p.m. Respect fu I 1/Y s..ubmitt~~ ~k.. ~ttY CityClerk strator City Council Work Session - May 23, 2000 Page 3 of 4