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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />FEB 2 4 2003 <br />CITY OF ORONO <br />DATE: February 24,2003 <br />ITEM NO.: fO <br />Department Approval: <br />Name Gregory A. Gappa <br />Title Director of Public Services <br />Administrator Reviewed: Agenda Section: <br />Public Services Director's Reportm <br />Item Description: North Long Lake East Server Extension <br />Comprehensive Plan* MUSA Expansions <br />The 2000 Comprehensive Plan MUSA area expansions included the lakeshore on the northeastern <br />portion of Long Lake. This area is in the 2*acre zone and has larger lot sizes for which septic systems <br />are generally a viable solution for treatment of sanitary waste. However, the replacement of existing <br />nonconf rming septic systems on these properties could result in the loss of trees and yard space, <br />and on a small number of lots it may be difficult to find adequate septic sites to allow for <br />redevelopment of the property. <br />The intent of adding these areas to the MUSA was to provide the option of having sanitary sewer <br />installed if the property owners were willing to be assessed for all of the project costs. The.se are <br />larger lots and the cost of gravity sewer and City owned lift stations becomes cost prohibitive with <br />project assessments in the range of $30,000 to $40,000 per unit, and very expensive connections to <br />the f’ravity sewer. The installation of a pressure sewer system is a more feasible and cost-effective <br />option for this area. For this type of system, the property owners own and maintain their own <br />individual residential grinder pump stations w hich is the same concept as private ownership of septic <br />system pumps. This MUSA expansion area is adjacent to the 1997 North Long Lake Sewer Project. <br />East North Long Lake Sewer Project <br />1 he 2000 MUSA expansion area, south of County Road 6, along the northeastern shore of Long <br />Lake contains 10 homes betw een the east end of the existing North Long Lake sewer and East Long <br />Lake Road. This area can logically be divided into two separate areas for possible sewer projects <br />as there is a distance of 1,000 feet and a creek and a large wetland separating the areas labeled A and <br />B on the attached aerial photograph. 1 he sew cr w ould have to be extended across area A before Area <br />B could obtain sewer, but Area B should logically be considered a separate project with its own <br />project cost and unit assessments or connection fees. <br />Page 1 of 3