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MINUTES OF ORONO COUNCIL MEETING HELD APRIL 9, 1990 • STUBBS BAY SEWER CONTINUED of the Stubbs Bay area if they are interested in participating. A map of the area was displayed showing the properties that staff is recommending for exclusion. In regard to the Christine Drive and Oxford Road areas, staff is recommending that the residents be asked if they wish to participate. If there is sufficient interest, those areas could be included to reduce the trunk costs for everyone included in the project. Our primary concern for keeping the project costs down is the trunk assessment being charged to people because that charge directly affects everybody else in the project. Bernhardson stated that 6 properties had specifically requested exclusion from the project. He reviewed the portion of his memo addressing staff's recommendation for each. Ms. Linda Whitman, 3620 Eileen Street, questioned whether the requirement of 2 acres was as important as having alternate drainfield sites. Ms. Whitman distributed a letter which indicated that their property has three alternate drainfield sites, in addition to a fully functional system. She said, "The assessment for our property would be approximately $16,000.00 to $20,000.00. At the last meeting I gave you a letter from an appraiser that said the maximum benefit we would receive from the sewer would $3,000.00 to $5,000.00. I question the logic of including us in the project. We would provide a deed restriction • to you to insure that our alternate sites would remain as such." Bernhardson commented that the City would question whether septic systems that were put in prior to 1978 meet the standards. That is why we are requiring two sites for those properties. Bernhardson stated the the person that determined the Whitmans have three alternate sites is a contractor, not a qualified site evaluator. The contractor used setbacks for determining the number of sites, but did not perform soil tests. Ms. Whitman stated that she had talked with Gaffron and he had told her that soil tests were not necessary at this point. Ms. Whitman said, "Mike informed me that he has walked our property and also believes that there are three alternate sites. If you require us to do soil testing we will do that." Bernhardson suggested that the Whitmans not proceed with soil testing until it is determined whether or not they will be excluded. Mayor Grabek asked why it would cost the Whitmans $16,000.00 for sewer. Cook replied, "In addition to the $6,500.00 cost for the • trunk, there is a lateral fee to get the sewer to their lot. In 14 -