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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, February 10, 2020 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 6 of 15 Johnson asked if Crosby’s sewer line was like this. Mr. Mueller stated he worked in construction for a lot of years. The sewer main that's in the road is different than his little one. Crosby stated his is a trunk on a private road. Mr. Mueller said there is a trunk line and the lines run up to the trunk line. Council members and Staff discussed the sewer line depicted in green on the aerial map is the trunk line, which is eight-inch PVC, and the size property owners have for their service line. Mr. Mueller indicated his was a four-inch line. Walsh noted there are two scenarios: One, the road goes where the applicant wants it because he's got the right to put his road where he wants it, and the City says he needs to get an easement set up with the neighbors. Two, the City gives the applicant access to the back lot but the road has to move to a different location. He does not know why the road was picked to be in the present location versus where the driveway was and said just because there was an existing driveway does not mean it has to go there. He asked the property owner how that decision got made. Mr. Azad said if he puts the driveway in the middle of the lot, it takes away from the main lot of the house, so it makes perfect sense to put it farther away. Also, when it comes to maintenance like cutting the grass, you have to cross the road to the other side. With the setbacks the City requires, they went a foot beyond that so it would be easier for the maintenance. Walsh said he could see why the owner would not want a road in the middle of his yard; he’d have people driving through the middle of his property. Helping them out with an easement would be no problem. Walsh and Seals discussed whether the survey depth of ten feet should be verified as it does not look like there is an as-built for the private line. Seals thought the Muellers would like the depth verified. Johnson noted Mr. Mueller seems to have a fairly strong understanding of the sewer line location. Crosby asked if there was a way to make sure the Muellers were not responsible if something did happen to the line underneath the driveway area, and whoever is the homeowner or owns the driveway has to take care of repairing the line even if it is the Muellers' line. Mattick asked if there was an easement over the property for the Muellers’ line. Mr. Azad said there was not and until now it never came up. Johnson said this is a good time to bring up these things. Walsh stated if it is broke and Mueller needs to get on Azad's property, he does not have the right to do that. They want to solve that issue in addition to where the road should go.