11-13-1990 Council Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

ORONO COUNCIL MEETING HELD NOVEMBER 13, 1990 •WOODHILL SEWER CONNECTION CONTINUED system ?" Mark Gronberg, Surveyor /Engineer, replied, "We had advised the Country Club to use a meter to monitor usage. In peak flowage, they have 11,000 gallons per day. That would require the equivalent of nine or ten mound systems. You cannot locate mound systems in one place because they generate too much water. Because the topography is rolling and difficult to work with, it would be difficult to locate nine or ten mound systems. Ir_ would also be a nightmare to have nine or ten pumping systems working throughout various areas of the golf course." Goetten stated that when sewer improvements were installed in that area, that there were persons who asked to be excluded from the project. She said, "Those persons were not included in the project and were informed that they would not be allowed to hook up in the future. Are we now going to reverse that policy ?" Bernhardson replied, "I cannot guarantee that such a precedent would not be set and that it will become necessary to plan differently for sewer capacities in the future. However, we should be able to base our decision to allow hook up or not on the capacity available with an existing system. Council would have to consider a method for charging such property owners who wish to hook up after - the -fact. Another issue is that the City • does currently have certain properties that are hooked up to a sewer system of a neighboring city." Goetten questioned whether it is good policy to deny Orono residents who have subsequently asked to hook into a sewer line, but permit the Country Club to do just that. She suggested that the policy itself may need further review. Acting Mayor Callahan stated that he could not see any reason why the City would deny residents the option to hook up. He agreed with Goetten that the policy would need further review. Nettles asked how the City would address the issue of the assessment cost. He said, "The Country Club is a large property and I would imagine there would be a significant change in the per unit cost for the original project. Would the City then go back and reconsider what each property should have paid and credit the assessment ?" Bernhardson replied, "That would be an option for consideration." Peterson asked if any of the neighboring properties have been informed of this proposal. Bernhardson stated that the neighbors have not been informed • 15 -