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k • ——»-<ng M 2 7 2005REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION t;i I r uh ohono DATE: January 27,2003 ITEM NO.: / Department Approval: Name Gregory A. Gappa Title Director of Public Services Administrator Reviewed: Agenda Section: Public Services Director's Report Item Description: North Long Lake East Sender Extension Background MUSA Expansions The 2000 Comprehensive Plan MUSA area expansions included the lakeshore on the northeastern portion of Long Lake. This area is in the 2-acre zone and has larger lot sizes for which septic systems are generally a viable solution for treatment of sanitary waste. However, the replacement of existing nonconforming septic systems on these properties could result in the loss of trees and yard space, and on a small number of lots it may be difficult to find adequate septic sites to allow for redevelopment of the property. The intent of adding these areas to the MUSA was to provide the option of having sanitary sewer installed if the property owners were willing to be assessed for all of the project costs. These are larger lots and the cost of gravity sewer and City owned lift stations becomes cost prohibitive with project assessments in the range of S30,000 to $40,000 per unit, and very expensive connections to the gravity sewer. The installation of a pressure sewer system is a more feasible and cost-effective option for this area. For this type of system, the property owners own and maintain their own individual residential grinder pump stations which is the same concept as private ownership of septic system pumps. North Long Lake Sewer Project Connection Charge A review of the attached maps shows the 2000 MUSA expansion area is located east of the North Long Lake Boulevard neighborhood that was sewered in 1997. The North Long Lake neighborhood was one of the ten existing neighborhoods that were included in the 1996 MUSA expansion. These ten neighborhoods were added to the MUSA because of the number of failing and nonconforming septic systems and inadequate replacement septic sites available. These were considered forced sewer projects that were mandated by the City and in the two most difficult neighborhoods North Long Lake and Orono Orchards the City subsidized the projects to keep the assessments at a sustainable level. The actual sewer project costs were S19,000 per unit, but the property ow ners only assessed S14,000 per unit. The connection fee for this project