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ir <br />=-'V*. <br />• <br />v ‘' <br />i-; <br />i-V <br />:. i- <br />>• <br />vy ' ■ <br />-*•*. ' <br />”:'v <br />Kf <br />i <br />J’ <br />,-# <br />m <br />^^4 <br />|li^s.- <br />The Council will assure the conunuation of servnee adequate to meet the needs of dcve!opme:r. <br />receiving regional sew'er sersTce. In order to meet this commitment, the Counc.i <br />emphasizes the need to monitor the condition of older sewers and sewers with a history of <br />problems, as well as the trends in sewage volume as opposed to design capacits'. <br />The Council will also work for increased coordination between the sewer and the solid waste <br />system in the area of planning and project development of compjosting and co-composting. <br />Recycling residuals from the waste treatment process wath municipal solid waste may help resolve <br />disposal problems confronting both the sewer and ihe solid waste systems. <br />Jhe Council will establish standards fer on-site sewage disposal systems in the rural are3_t_oI nc V^tglyUJll * WII -------............................................................ ■ —----- <br />protect the refion’s groundwater and the health of rural area residents, and to preyent the.nced <br />for nremature extensions of the regional sewer system. All elements of the Minnesota Pollunon <br />Agency standards for on-site sewaee disposal ssstems should be followed i_n all areas Alj <br />communities shall require at least two sewage -disposal drainfields to_be located on each building <br />site, a nrimarv drainOcId and a replacement should the onginal system fail. Except in the <br />commercial agricultural area, all facets of the Council’s standards for the gropej desig n, location. <br />ipstallation. maintenance and on-going monitonng of on-site ssstems should also adopted.., The <br />Council will require all communities to certify that they have met these standa idsimoLio <br />approval of local comprehensive plan amendments or makine favorable recom_mendations in <br />The Council will review its existing policies concerning community on-site sewage disposal systems <br />package treatment plants in the rural area in light of the Council's pojjcv to encoura.ge <br />clusteriny in the rural area and the improved technology which is or mav become.avaiia hle i,n_ th^ <br />future. <br />The Council will also consider whether monitoring of rural water supplies mav be <br />detect pollution from on-site sewaee disposal systems. <br />ssarv to <br />Planning for the metropolitan sewer system should address the impacts on the system fro.m <br />development outside the urban service area: specifically, impacts on the service availabil ity chacge <br />fSAd. «n<^ ^he underuse of metropolitan sewer facilities. <br />Planning for the metropolitan sewer system should also consider hqw local cornprehensive s^wer <br />plana should address the ruraUto.urban transition areas, and protect them from mcompau^e <br />" ~---^nt that may later block the efficient extension of the sewer systen L <br />Traasportatioa <br />Metropolitan highway improvements will be planned and developed to serve the needs of <br />residents in the urban service area, including the freestanding growth centers. Highways will be <br />provided in accordance with the Council ’s regional transportation policy plan and local <br />comprehensive plans that ar.* in conformity with the Council ’s regional plan. Varying levels of <br />highway service will continue to exist in the urban service area due to travel behavior, <br />development patterns and the nature of highways facilities, but efforts will he made to provide a <br />reasonable level of metropolitan hig ’nway service throughout the urban service area.