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8.g March 2016 Administrator report Staff Report Date of Meeting: April 19, 2016 To: City Council From: Neil Soltis, Administrator Re: March report LAND SPREADING OF SEPTAGE: Based on the Council’s decision, land spreading applications for septage will initially be submitted to the City. After review for setback, the application will be forwarded on to the County to ensure that all of the County ordinance requirements are met. FIRE HALL SOLAR: Novell is working on finishing the solar array at the Fire Hall / Public Works building. Completion is anticipated either this wee SOLAR PROJECTS: In addition to the projects that are under review by the Planning Commission, one additional application has been received. That application is for a portion of the Zavoral property. COUNTY HRA TO CDA – The effort to transition the Washington County HRA into a Community Development authority is going through the Minnesota legislature. The latest word is that the bill has been introduced and is on the House to floor for a vote while the Senate has referred the bill to Committee. If approved by the State, the county board will also need to approve the change. ANDERSON ERICKSON SEWER SYSTEM CONNECTIONS – There has been an increased demand for connections to the Anderson – Erickson sewer system. Ryan has reviewed the information and feels that additional connections may be available; however, he still want to monitor the flows through the summer. A Wastewater Committee meeting will be called to discuss the report once that information is available. LOG HOUSE LANDING – A portion of the next council work session will be devoted to a joint meeting with the Watershed Board to discuss the design of the Log House Landing ramp. After discussions with Ryan, the general consensus is that the project would best be bid out to contractors without a complete engineered design. 2016 WASHINGTON COUNTY HAULER RESIDENTIAL CURBSIDE RECYCLING DATA VERIFICATION PROJECT SUMMARY – The County has initiated a study project to improve the collection and reporting of residential recycling data. The county worked with a contractor to conduct an independent review of the procedures and methods haulers followed to complete the previous annual recycling reports. submitted to the city. Based on input from a sample of haulers, city staff, and the consultant’s findings, the county developed one simple, consistent, short form in place of submitting individual recycling tonnage forms to each municipality haulers provide service to in the county. The cities of Afton, Oakdale, and Scandia have been selected to participate in the study. The county has contracting with Olsen Thielen (OT), an accounting firm, to conduct an independent review of the procedures and methods haulers follow to complete the recycling reports. OT will focus on the cities of Afton, Oakdale, Scandia and their residential licensed haulers. This provides an opportunity for haulers to suggest ways to improve the process and consider other measurement possibilities. Any non-public information provided to the consultant will remain as non-public.