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Page 1 of 1 Willie Gibbs From: Matt Bolterman [mbolterman@ci.champlin.mn.us] Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 2:53 PM To: Willie Gibbs Subject: RE: 2845 watertown road I believe we went with the thougth that an other system is not a performance system so we can issue a permit for it for a teardown. It it has three feet of separation it is not a performance system. An other system still must meet quality standards to not be considered non-compliant so it must have a monitoring plan with it or it will automatically be considered non-complaint. The reason we were more liberal for this type of situation is we didn't want to have a lot that could not be built on when there was a house there before. If it was a newly subdivided lot then we would require 2 standard systems on it because that is what the code requires for a new lot. I know it is splitting hairs but we didn't want this to go to council and have council say so we have a non-buildable lot that had a house on it before. I guess we came up with, a performance system was one that did not have 3 foot separation. Other system is for one that has a 3 foot separation but not a standard system either. Code said you could not have a performance system for new construction so this was a way to sneak it in for an existing lot with a teardown if we could get 3 feet of seperation. We did one more of these with a reconstruct on orono orchard rd. The house was not done when I left but the septic was put in. You probably did a final on it this summer. Peterson company did the work and SP Testing did the design. It is not a situation I would want for a septic but as long as the owner knows what is involved in the monitoring of it I think we are ok. I can't remember if I had the person at orono orchard road sign something but it wouldn't be a bad idea so the city is covered and can say we Iwt the owner know about the constant need for a monitoring plan and what must be done if the mound has problems. Any other questions let me know. [Matt Bo -----Original Message----- From: Willie Gibbs [mailto:WGibbs@ci.orono.mn.us] Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 2:06 PM To: Matt Bolterman Subject: 2845 watertown road Dear Matt: I am writing to pick your brain about a septic approval you gave for Gail Knappenberger at 2845 Watertown Road. This was for a new residence and is now currently owned by someone else. Lyle issued a building permit for the property in May. The installer is now looking for the septic permit and the design is for an "other" system. S-P Testing designed a Multi-flo with a pressurized bed on non-native soil. The alternate site is also an "other" system. I am wondering if you remember any special consideration that was given or presented to allow new construction on an "other" system, so that I have some reason to issue the permit as an "other". I looking to avoid setting a precedent for other lots. Thanks. 9/9/2005