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Dunn & McCuskey S&W Charges Analysis April 15,2008/April 7,2009 Page 4 It is clear that all the connection charge issues must be understood and conclusions reached before the Developer's Agreement is finalized. Greg Gappa, Orono's Director of Public Services, is working with Long Lake to finalize a sewer and water agreement. Until the counection charge issue is resolved, I do not believe Orono can commit that "the Dunn property will not be assessed for the City water and sanitary sewer improvements for the Creekside in Orono development". However, if you conclude that `installation of the improvements' is a separate issue from `assessment for any connection charges that Long Lake may impose on Dunn or the City of Orono', then I believe we can craft language that gives you the desired confirmation. Language clarifying the assessment issues ultimately was not included in the Developers Agreement. The Final Plat Resolution conditions as well as the Developers Agreement contain only the following with regard to S&W: 6. Sanitarv Sewer and Water Svstems. All applicable City of Long Lake connection fees and charges associated with the sewer and water system serving the development shall be paid to Long Lake by the Developer. Developer shall be responsible for any charges to the City of Orono from the City of Long Lake in relation to the provision of municipal sewer and water from Long Lake. Upon completion by the Developer and acceptance by the City of Orono, the sanitary sewer and water facilities within Outlot B and within the 30' utility easement of Lot 7, shall become part of the City of Orono utility system, to be operated and maintained by the City of Orono. As part of the installation of sanitary sewer and water improvements per the approved plans, Developer shall install two sewer and two water stubs for future service to the Dunn property and 1 sewer and 1 water stub for future service to the McCuskey property. No discussion about what fees Dunn or McCuskey might be charged by Orono. Williamson Analysis. There is one recent instance where staff did determine a connection fee for an existing house that was part of the new subdivision by virtue of having sold part of its land to create the subdivision. That property is the Williamson house at 190 N. Willow, which became part of Glendale Cove. The Williamsons initially requested a sewer connection to the Hackberry sewer in 2004, prior to the Glendale Cove application. At that time the City advised them that their actual costs of connection would likely be reduced by waiting until the adjoining property on the east side of Willow Drive was developed. This would avoid a long connection route and crossing of Willow with an individual service. Shortly thereafter they sold a portion of their property to Steve Bohl who as part of the development of Glendale Cove in 2006-2007 installed sewer and water lines as well as a road, stormwater facilities and other improvements to serve 8 new homes. Those sewer and water lines became the property of the City, and the City maintains them as part of its system. As part of that project, Bohl installed municipal sewer and water stubs to serve the Williamson property.