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CMP Part 4C. Comprehensive Sewer Policy Plan <br /> This portion of the municipal system was initially constructed in 1967 as an <br /> extension of the Long Lake municipal system primarily to provide sewer (and <br /> water) service to the Orono High School being built on the campus west of Old <br /> Crystal Bay Road. In addition, this system provided service to two other school <br /> buildings and to the Orono Industrial Park. <br /> The Hackberry Hills area was a compact development of 2� homes constructed in <br /> the 1950's on small lots and with poor septic systems. The area was experiencing <br /> multiple system failures and health hazards by the early 1970's which resulted in <br /> the construction of sewer laterals. Because the surrounding area was rural <br /> pastureland, this neighborhood project was designed and constructed solely to <br /> serve these homes with no reserve capacity for future development. Also, the <br /> system discharged into the Long Lake system at a location that at that time had no <br /> capacity for additional Orono service. This discharge was originally intended to <br /> be temporary; however, upon completion of the Long Lake bypass described <br /> below, there was sufficient Long Lake capacity to accommodate these 25 units on <br /> a permanent basis. <br /> All flow from the Orono School System originally discharged into the Long Lake <br /> municipal system and eventually into the Long Lake Pump Station of the Orono- <br /> Long Lake Interceptor. Capacity in that system was limited by restrictions of <br /> certain downstream lines in Long Lake. In a cooperative agreement with the cities <br /> of Long Lake and Medina, Orono participated in construction of a bypass line in <br /> Long Lake in 1983 to alleviate these constrictions. The basic purpose of this <br /> bypass was to provide capacity for sewering 83 homes in the housing cluster of <br /> Medina-Morningside to eliminate an existing health problem caused by failure of <br /> the on-site systems due to small lot sizes, tight soil and high water table. This <br /> project bypassed the Long Lake restrictions with a new 10" line allowing <br /> sufficient capacity for Medina-Morningside to be connected to the existing Orono <br /> sewer line near the Orono High School. In addition, the bypass provided reserve <br /> capacity for the Long Lake industrial area and other Long Lake users, rerouted <br /> enough flow to allow permanent connection of Orono's Hackberry Hills area <br /> without modifications and permitted reallocation of the reserve in the Orono lines <br /> to the existing system users. <br /> Orono Comprehensive Plan Amendment No. 2 in 1989 planned for the future <br /> development of additional commercial and higher density residential areas along <br /> the north side of Highway 12. The Highway 12 sewer system was extended <br /> beginning in 1989 to serve the coinmercial property as well as the Sugarwoods <br /> neighborhood. Additional extensions in 1990 and 1991 served two residential lots <br /> in East Willow Woods and the new municipal facilities on Kelley Parkway. In <br /> 1997 a forcemain and laterals were provided to the pre-existing North Long Lake <br /> and Long Lake Country Club neighborhoods as part of the City's ongoing policy <br /> of providing sewer service to higher density neighborhoods within the rural area <br /> and within Shoreland areas. The Orono Ice Arena, located on the Orono Schools <br /> complex, was also served at this time. <br /> City of Orono Community Management Plan 2008-2030 Page 4C-45 <br />