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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: September 17, 1996 ITEM NO.: �/ Department Approval: Administrator Reviewed: Agenda Section: Name Michael P. Gaffron Zoning Title Assistant Planning & Zoning Administrator ( Item Description: City Sewer Request, John Maresh, 2085 Sixth Avenue North Attachments: A. Letter from Mr. Mazesh Received September 6, 1996 B. Air Photo of Site C. Council Minutes 6/10/96 D. Memo and Exhibits of June 5, 1996 On June 10, Council directed staff to investigate the concerns presented by Mr. Maresh regarding the inability to find suitable drainfield sites on his homestead property and his vacant lot. Staff has met twice on the property with Mr. Maresh and his consultants. We have reached the following conclusions: 1. Vacant lot abuttin,� Brown Road (Created in 1987� It appears there are at least two or three suitable undisturbed sites for a mound system on this vacant two acre lot. This summer S-P Testing completed borings confirming that these sites are available. Therefore, staff fmds no reason for Mr. Maresh to further pursue the provision of sewer service to the vacant lot. 2. Residence �arcel. The 2.5 acre residence parcel was originally tested for an alternate site in 1987 by SMI Testing, who reported suitable slopes and percolation rates, and mottled soil at a depth of 3' at a location directly south of the existing house. This was accepted as a suitable alternate site that would require a mound system. In 1996 S-P Testing found mottling at a depth shallower than 12" at the same site tested in 1987, and concluded that the original site was not useable. S-P Testing then identified a site slightly higher in the topography and to the southwest of the house, which met the 12" minimum depth to mottling but would require the removal of a large number of trees. The City accepted this site based on the information submitted by S-P Testing. Not wanting to lose so many trees, Mr. Maresh hired another site evaluator, Bob Koch, who pointed out that a portion of the S-P Testing site could be considered as disturbed soils due to past use as a tree farm, noting the numerous depressions where trees had been spaded out. Koch was able to find no suitable sites on the property meeting the criteria for a standard mound system.