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City of Oak Park Heights
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14168 Oak Park Blvd N.•Box 2007•Oak Park Heights,MN 55082
(651)439-4439•Fax 439-0574
Golden Crown Restaurant
14410 60th Street North
Oak Park Heights, MN 55082
May 11, 2006
Re: Sanitary Sewer Impacts
Failure to Maintain Grease Traps
We have received complaints and investigated problems with the sanitary sewer lines
servicing your restaurant. We found the City of Oak Park Heights sanitary sewer lines
completely plugged with oil and grease. It is illegal to discharge free oil and grease to
sanitary sewer lines that are serviced by the Metropolitan Environmental Services
wastewater treatment plants. It is also illegal to damage City of Oak Park Heights
infrastructure (roads, trails, pipes,parks, etc.). Cost for repairs will be charged to the
offending party and failure to pay charges will result in termination of services.
The impacted city sewer line is the stub that terminates at the south west corner of your
property. This line, the manhole and the manhole east of the dead end only services your
restaurant. The grease plugging the lines is from your restaurant. Your restaurant is
required to have and maintain a grease trap to prevent oil and grease from entering the
sanitary sewer lines. The work order from Roto-rooter specified that your grease trap
was totally full. Your grease trap must be immediately cleaned.
Pinky's Sewer Service has been contacted to remove the standing grease from the two
City of Oak Park Heights manholes today. We are contracting in a sewer cleaning
service to clean the underground pipes and the jetter should arrive late today or early
tomorrow.
Your restaurant must immediately clean your grease trap and set up a contract to keep the
grease trap clean and operational. You are welcome to talk to Pinky's today or arrange
your own vendor this week. A copy of a work order showing your grease trap has been
cleaned and is operational must be sent to me at city hall by next Tuesday, May 16, 2006.
I can be reached at city hall, 651-439-4439, if you have any questions.
Sincerely, ���
Tom Ozzello,Public Works Direc or
City of Oak Park Heights
Cc: Property file, City Administrator
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The attached document(Re: Sanitary Sewer Impacts/Failure to Maintain Grease Trap)
Dated May 11th, 2006 was hand delivered to and received by:
Golden Crown Restaurant
14410 60th Street North
Oak Park Heights,MN 55082
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On May 11,2006/ � ` -� V 4 )
Tom Ozzello
Oak Park Heights
Public Works Director
Cc: Eric Johnson,City Administrator
Property File
City Attorney
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CJG1UPROPH OA PARK HEIGHTS POLICE DEPAR. .NT
DATE 5/11/06 \ \
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TIME 8 : 05 : 10
INITIAL COMPLAINT REPORT <<<
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DATE/TIME REPORTED: 5/11/06 54 : 24 DISPATCHER: KRANDER eo�`C'L
DATE/TIME STAMP: 5/11/06 54 :24 ENTERED BY: KRANDER
LOCATION OF INCIDENT: 14410 60TH ST N GRID:
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OAK PARK HEIGHTS, MN 55082
INCIDENT RECEIVED BY: DEPUTY
OFFICERS ASSIGNED: 476 ANDERSON
NAMES ASSOCIATED KEN ANDERSON
WITH THIS INCIDENT:
PHONE: (H) (W)
SEX: DOB:
ASSOCIATION:COMPLAINANT
PUBLIC ASSIST
RYAN MITCHELL
PHONE: (H) (W)
SEX: DOB:
ASSOCIATION:OTHER
OFFICER PASSING INFO ONTO ME
GOLDEN CROWN
14410 60TH ST N
STILLWATER, MN 55082
PHONE: (H) (W) 651/439-7801
SEX: DOB:
ASSOCIATION:OTHER
RESTAURANT WITH BACKED UP SEWER
OFFICER COMMENTS:
STILLWATER OFFICER MITCHELL CALLED AND ADVISED ME HE HAD 476 5/11/06
TAKEN A CALL AT GOLDEN CROWN. HE ADVISED THAT WHEN HE GOT 476 5/11/06
THERE HE WAS TOLD BY EMPLOYEES AND A ROTO-ROOTER SERVICE MAN 476 5/11/06
ON SCENE THAT THE SEWER WAS BACKED UP, AND THE PROBLEM WAS 476 5/11/06
AT THE STREET, NOT THE BUSINESS, AND THAT THE SEWER THERE IS 476 5/11/06
AN OPH SYSTEM. I CALLED THE PUBLIC WORKS PAGER AND AFTER 10 476 5/11/06
MINUTES RECEIVED NO CALL BACK. I THEN CALLED TOM FROM PUBLIC 476 5/11/06
WORKS AND ADVISED HIM OF THE PROBLEM, HE STATED THEY WOULD 476 5/11/06
CHECK ON IT IN THE MORNING. 476 5/11/06
PUBLIC WORKS NOTIFIED. 476 5/11/06
CLEAR. 476 5/11/06
CJG1UPRSW TILLWATER POLICE DEPARTME.
DATE 5/11/06
TIME 9 : 10 :36
INITIAL COMPLAINT REPORT
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DATE/TIME REPORTED: 5/10/06 23 :44 : 13 DISPATCHER: MLDUNHA
DATE/TIME STAMP: 5/10/06 23 :44 : 58 ENTERED BY: MLDUNHA
LOCATION OF INCIDENT: 14410 60TH ST N GRID: 115
GOLDEN CROWN
STILLWATER, MN 55082
INCIDENT RECEIVED BY: TELEPHONE
OFFICERS ASSIGNED: 221 MITCHELL
222 LEMOINE
NAMES ASSOCIATED ROTO ROOTER SERV CO
WITH THIS INCIDENT: 99 5TH AV NW
NEW BRIGHTON, MN 55112
PHONE : (H) (W)
SEX: DOB:
ASSOCIATION:COMPLAINANT
SEWAGE PROBLEMS - REFERRED TO OPH 221
SEWAGE LINE IS BACKED UP FROM THE BUSN & MANHOLE HAS BEEN OPENED UP ON THE
9811 RD, COMP ADVISES SEWAGE LINE NEEDS TO BE FLUSHED, CELL/651 755 3627
GOLDEN CROWN
14410 60TH ST N
STILLWATER, MN 55082
PHONE: (H) (W) 651/439-7801
SEX: DOB:
ASSOCIATION:OTHER
RESTAURANT INVOLVED
OFFICER COMMENTS:
221 TOOK THE RPT. 222 5/11/06
THE GOLDEN CROWN RESTAURANT HAD CALLED ROTO ROOTER 221 5/11/06
BECAUSE OF BACKED UP SEWAGE. THE ROTO ROOTER 221 5/11/06
EMPLOYEE ADVISED ME THAT IT APPEARED THAT THERE 221 5/11/06
WAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF COOKING GREASE IN THE 221 5/11/06
DRAINS OF THE RESTAURANT AND THAT IT HAD CLOGGED 221 5/11/06
UP THE SEWAGE SYSTEM IN THE STREET AND THE CITY 221 5/11/06
PUBLIC WORKS DEPT WOULD HAVE TO RESPOND AND CLEAN 221 5/11/06
OUT THE SEWER IN FRONT OF THE RESTAURANT. I SPOKE 221 5/11/06
WITH THE STILLWATER PUBLIC WORKS HEAD, NICK CHAVES, 221 5/11/06
WHO STATED THAT THIS WAS PART OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS 221 5/11/06
SEWER SYSTEM. I ADVISED OFFICER ANDERSON, #476 OPH PD, 221 5/11/06
OF THE PROBLEM. HE LATER ADVISED ME THAT THIS WAS 221 5/11/06
THE SECOND TIME IN TWO DAYS THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS HAS 221 5/11/06
HAD TO CLEAN OUT THAT DRAIN. CALL WAS FORWARDED, 221 5/11/06
NOTHING FURTHER. 221 5/11/06