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June 7,2005 Pequot Lakes city council Mayor Cathy Malecha RE: Meeting held on May 19,2005 Dear Mayor Malecha and city council members: A meeting was held in May with council member Tom Ryan,Mayor Cathy Malecha,City clerk Sandy Peine and Brett Twardy to discuss sewer issues. Jetting the cities sewer main was discussed and the following items were reviewed: The cities sewer main is approximately 29,800 feet total in length.That the sewer will be jetted between 8- 16 hours per week if possible.The average jetting length is estimated to be 800 feet per day and that we should be able to jet 1,600 feet per week for 16 weeks which will allow the city to jet approximately 25,600 feet of the cities sewer system,which is about 85%of the cities sewer system.Of course there are many variables to this situation,such as ability to get into back yards of many city lines to jet.Also the amount of debris in the lines determines the Amount of time spent on each jetting section.The amount of grit in line is also a concern as how to get into the sewer main,as the city does not have the man power or the proper equipment to do confined space entry.In conclusion of this topic,the city sewer dept will do its best to clean the entire sewer system this year Another item discussed was to map out the entire sewer main system.Then to section off areas in categories to determine the need to replace,repair,extend sewer lines on a schedule for the city council to act upon as a monitary item.I am currently working with the billing clerk Janet to section off the cities sewer system in areas of priorities so we can come up with some estimates of the costs involved to start replacing the old clay file sewer mains.They are getting very old and problematic and need to be replaced a little at a time so we can budget or finance for this major improvement to our sewer system. I hope to have all the information regarding this sewer issue mapped and approximate cost estimates within the next several months. Thank You, Brett Twardy Water/wastewater Supt.