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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, June 8, 2020 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 14 of 21 the homes around because he is not taking up two huge sites on each lot for septic. He noticed when they did the survey, there’s someone with a fire pit that’s eight feet within the land and there is also a pool on the property line. They do not want to take anything away from anybody, but they want to work with people to set up homes there that are going to work for the neighborhood. Printup noted the new homeowners will want privacy, too. Mr. Quinlivan said that is what he shared with the Planning Commission, too. If you run from the street down the driveway, the old easement runs down there and curves straight, so there is already an easement there for utilities. He thinks the unintended consequences are probably mitigated in a huge way because on the southern end is the Luce Line. He said the sewer line will be well within the property. He reiterated the conversation was initiated because Rusty was out there and he called Barnhart, who was kind enough to run the density report which he believed was 4.6 to 4.4. It is negligible if it is put in and gives them a lot of flexibility on the site. They are not asking for more density than what R-2 allows. Walsh stated the City would not allow more homes, anyway. Printup stated if too many people started one that would affect the sewer numbers, and the City would tell them no because there is a certain capacity. Walsh indicated they would be case-by-case situations, too. Rief said they have been in a lot of conversations with Long Lake Creek Watershed, and the north and west boundaries are Long Lake Creek, and the City would be supporting the effort to improve the watershed as well. Walsh clarified that the Council was not making a decision but only giving guidance today. Eric Luth asked where he goes from here. Barnhart said the next step is to make a formal amendment to the Comprehensive Plan application so there will be a Planning Commission public hearing which they would act on, and then following that solution, the Applicant would finish up the preliminary plan. 8. SANITARY SEWER SERVICE LINE INSPECTION PROGRAM – ORDINANCE Edwards stated the Sanitary Sewer Service Line Inspection Program is before the Council for approval or additional guidance. He took the comments from the earlier session and added them in the document, along with a few others. Johnson said he is against it at the point of sale. He stated it is a huge problem; looking at the claims and bills about the overage, it needs to be addressed. When he read through the timeline, it brought up more questions. He contacted Golden Valley, talked to a man named Jeff Oliver, and wanted to share what he learned from Mr. Oliver. He said they started their program in 2007, there was a huge learning curve, and it took more time to get it rolled out than they ever thought because of all the logistics that go with it. Mr. Oliver is willing to talk to Orono and give them the whole plan of what worked and what didn’t. He suggested considering that resource so Orono’s rollout is good.