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MINUTES OF ORONO COUNCIL MEETING HELD MARCH 26, 1990 • STUBBS BAY SEWER CONTINUED Gaffron replied that there are three lakeshore properties with mound systems and three with trench systems. All systems meet current standards and only one has had sporadic failure problems because of high water use. Gaffron said that there is no evidence of any seepage into the lake. Cook indicated that the difficulty involved with sewering those properties has not been fully determined, but the lift stations would have the capacity to serve that area. Cook said that it may be necessary to add some form of a pumping system to get the sewage to the system now being installed. Cook said that it may be necessary for the City to obtain easements along the lakeshore of those properties if sewer is to go into that area. Mayor Grabek asked if there were any facts indicating that over a period of time septic systems near the lake will contaminate the lake. Gaffron replied that after a long period of time it might be possible for phosphorus to enter the lake. Gaffron said that the process of phosphorus movement toward the lake will occur more rapidly in sandy soils and more slowly in clays. he noted that it might be 75 years or more before phosphorus gets to the lake from correctly functioning systems. • Councilmember Callahan stated that there seemed to be a reason to include Oxford Road in the project, especially the lakeshore lots. Councilmember Peterson asked Gaffron why three lots had been excluded from the Oxford area. Gaffron said that those properties probably could not be easily served without obtaining an easement from the properties abutting Oxford Road and extending extra laterals across the road, since the houses on the west side of the road would likely be best served by a pipe on the lake side of those houses. Mr. Steve Whitman, 3620 Eileen Street, indicated that he was speaking on behalf of his wife Linda and David and Sherokee Ilse. Mr. Whitman referred to a letter that he had distributed to the Council this evening requesting that his property and the Ilse property be excluded from the project. (See the Whitman /Ilse letter dated 3/26/90.) Mayor Grabek asked if there were other properties within that area that have functioning septic systems? Gaffron replied that 175 Landmark Drive was recently developed and has a conforming septic system and a tested is alternate site. Mr. Harren, the owner of the property has - 15 -