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Options for Community Structures: Wastewater Treatment
On-Site Sewage Treatment Program
http://septic.umn.edu
Extension Educators
Doug Malchow
507-280-5575 [email protected]
Valerie Prax
320-225-5054 [email protected]
Laurie Brown
218-726-6464 [email protected]
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Points to keep in mind:
• There are options for districts, but the public needs to be involved/informed all along the way
• For all the options legal council needs to be involved
• The MPCA only reviews the creation of Sanitary Districts under Minn.Stat. 115.19 to 115.20
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Why do we need a “communitystructure”?
When multiple landowners work together a legal and responsible entity is usually needed to work on behalf of the community members.
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What roles might the entity play?
•Provide continuity within the project
•Acquire property or easements
•Obtain/administer financing to build project
•Negotiate contracts
•Develop and enforce project rules
•Recover costs of damages to the system
•Budget/Levy to manage, repair, and replace the system
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Determine District Boundaries Based Upon Need
• Convince residents that they need improved wastewater treatment before drawing district boundaries
• Residents with complaint wastewater treatment systems included within a district’s boundaries may not support a new wastewater treatment system if it will cost them money
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Comply Don’t Comply
Minnesota Lake
Typical Assessment
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Comply Can’t ComplyCould Comply
Minnesota Lake
More Complete Assessment
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More complete assessment
• Offers a complete understanding of the current situation
• Basis to look at potential solutions
• Helps determine appropriate boundaries
• Fits with the proposed funding hierarchy changes
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Types of Entities that “could” Oversee a System
• Lake or homeowner associations
• Joint Exercise of Powers Agreements
• Lake Improvement Districts
• Sanitary (Sewer) Districts
• Subordinate Service Districts
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Lake or Homeowner Associations
Advantages
• Early catalyst for action
• Provide some funding
• Educational network
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Lake or Homeowner Associations
Disadvantages
• Lack ability to levy for funds
• Fee collection difficulties
• Rules enforcement difficult
• Lack accountability to government entity
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Joint Exercise of Powers Agreements
Advantages
• Allow issues that cross political boundaries to be addressed
• Agreements carefully spell out issue, powers and responsibilities
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Joint Exercise of Powers Agreements
Disadvantages
• Time consuming- appointed board; multiple hearings; carefully outlined and detailed agreement between multiple partners
• Any partner can withdraw, leaving remaining partners with obligations
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Lake Improvement Districts
Advantages
• Created by 26% of property owners within proposed area
• Focused on improving water quality
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Lake Improvement Districts
Disadvantages
• County remains legal entity managing a small area; district can’t levy
• All county residents responsible financially
• Created by small number of residents
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Sanitary Districts
Advantages• Independent commission may
manage• Can levy and bond• Can write and enforce ordinances• Some can provide water service (116 A)
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Sanitary Districts
Disadvantages
• Created by petition/hearing process by MPCA
• Boundaries and need established before petitioning MPCA
• Lengthy process
• Difficult to get consensus over large area
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Subordinate Service Districts
Advantages
• Can be created at the county or township level
• Relatively easy/inexpensive to create in short time
• Costs borne only by users• Can evolve easily over time as needs
change
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Subordinate Service Districts
Township 365A • Requires petition of 50% + 1 of property owners
in contiguous area; signature verification• Public hearing• Board approves or disapproves• Reverse referendum by 25% of property owners
puts district on hold; special election with simple majority of those voting rules
• Can be enlarged• Dissolved via petition of 75% of property owners
in district followed by Board decision
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Subordinate Service Districts
County 375B – Creation by Resolution
• Following public hearing
• Can be withdrawn via resolution following public hearing
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Subordinate Service DistrictsCounty 375B – Creation by petition
•Requires petition of 10% of qualified tax voters in proposed contiguous area•Public hearing•Board approves or disapproves•Reverse referendum by 5% of qualified tax voters in proposed area puts district on hold•Special election majority of votes rules•Withdrawal after petition by 10% of property owners followed by special election; majorityrules
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Questions?
septic.umn.edu(Information for homeowners)