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To: Mark Bernhardson, City Administrator <br /> From: Michael P. Gaffron, Asst Planning & Zoning Administrator <br /> Date: January 8, 1991 <br /> Subject: Woodhill Country Club <br /> I have reviewed the letter and exhibits submitted by Mark <br /> Gronberg regarding the proposed sewer connection for the Woodhill <br /> Country Club, and also the soils map of the area. <br /> I would concur with Gronberg that developing suitable on- <br /> site sewage treatment systems for the Country Club would be <br /> difficult if not impossible. He is correct in his statements <br /> regarding the dangers of "groundwater mounding", and certainly <br /> the soils map verifies that steep slopes and low wet areas are <br /> predominant on the property. Development of as many as 10 <br /> different individual mound sites would at best leave them <br /> scattered throughout the property in locations poorly accessible <br /> for maintenance. Further, the task of creating a system to dose <br /> the mounds equally from a single source, would be complex and <br /> expensive. Finally, there are potential conflicts with the <br /> necessary maintenance and golf cart/pedestrian traffic <br /> characteristics of a golf course which could pose problems for <br /> mounds located on the golf course. <br /> If the Country Club septic systems are currently failing <br /> (which one must presume from their efforts to find a suitable <br /> alternative), any discharge probably ends up in wetlands which <br /> feed Lake Minnetonka. It would therefore seem imperative that <br /> Orono assist to the greatest degree possible in solving this <br /> problem for the benefit of the general public, regardless which <br /> city or cities are involved. <br /> lsv <br />