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• Minutes, Regular Meeting, La Porte City Council January 6,.1982, Page 5 Angel: I am Bill Angel. I am fifty percent of this corpora- tion. This sewer situation is bad, and to me it's a disgrace. You say the restrooms at the Gulf station are closed. They may be closed, but stand over there for about an hour some evening and see where the people are using the restroom. They are going to go somewhere. Just walk behind the building. It is a shame. The Gulf people want to tie into the sewer; they already have an on-premises license. Those people are going to relieve themselves. somewhere, and they do because T have stood out there and seen it. It is going to go on if we are there or not, and I think we can help the situation. I think what is going on now is much worse than our proposed solution to the problem. When the City offers the service, we beg to hook up, and so does the Gulf station. There is raw sewage draining out on the open ground right now over there. A fence is a minor cost; it is definitely feasible. Skelton: I have a question for Mr. Paulissen. What is the present requirement for the approval of septic tanks? Can you enlighten me on this? • Paulissen: First, if a residence or business establishment is within 200 feet of a sewer line, they are required to tie in to that sewer line. To my knowledge,. as long as I have been here this City has never had a moratorium on building permits where sewer was not available. There are certain requirements in the building code that must be met for a septic tank system. Mr. Reeder, of Reeder Plumbing., is the plumber on the Tooney's job, and has been quite concerned about the sewage problem. He has consulted an engineer and has come up with a workable solution. Neither Mr. Reeder nor the engineer will guarantee the system because the ground in this area. is gumbo, as Mr. Gay said, and the percolation tests come back pretty close to zero. Skelton: Yes, this is why I wanted to find out if we take into consideration the number of people that will use restroom facilities when we issue permits, especially when they have septic tanks, is this true? Paulissen: Yes, sir. Skelton: My second question is for Mr. Joerns. Do you have an idea of the cost of runming the sewer line from across Fair- mont Parkway to this site? Joerns: It will be sizable. Fairmont Parkway probably approaches 200 feet; maybe not quite. They have measured it to be 180 feet • from the manhole to property corner. The major cost of extension