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e MINUTES OF ORONO COUNCIL MEETING HELD APRIL 9, 1990 STUBBS BAY SEWER CONTINUED • their particular case they are being served from a lift station and the line has to come back to Stubbs and up to Eileen Street." Mayor Grabek asked if it was staff's recommendation to include the Whitman property. Bernhardson stated that the Whitmans have 1.8 acres of property and would therefore be included in the project. Callahan noted that a lateral was being installed in that area just for the purpose of serving the Whitmans and they are asking to be excluded. Mayor Grabek asked if Gaffron had in fact confirmed that there are three alternate sites on the Whitman property. Bernhardson replied, " Gaffron said that there is potential, based on the setbacks, but did not commit to three sites being located on the property. There will need to be soil testing done to determine how many alternate sites exist. That criteria should be met before you decide to exclude them." Ms. Julie Harren, 175 Landmark Drive, stated that they just built a house and spent $9,000.00 on a mound system. Ms. Harren did not understand why she was being considered in the project and Oxford'Road was being given an option. • Cook explained that the trunk line would not extend through Oxford Road, but would stop just before it. He said that the trunk line has the capacity to handle Oxford Road if the property owners are interested in being included. A lateral would then run by the individual Oxford properties. Bernhardson added that only the four Oxford properties abutting Bayside Road abut the trunk line. Bernhardson said that the original design was to have the line on the north side. There has been discussion, but in an effort to save trees, no actual design has been drawn showing the line on the south side. Bernhardson said, "We can provide lots of criteria, but there is no perfect solution. Somehow a decision will have to be made as to which properties should be included or excluded. It may have to be done on a case -by -case basis. We have speculative information that indicates the Whitman and Harren properties could be excluded, but until testing is done, it is not wise to exclude them. We need to determine the number of properties that are potentially going to be excluded so that the figures we give out in the petition accurately reflect the cost of the project." Callahan said, "It seems to me we should make every effort possible to exclude the Eileen Street property because it appears • - 15 -