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COUNCU. <br />IAN 0 1 2000REQ^JEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION ^ <br />CITY ur- oouimO <br />DATE: January 10, 2000 <br />ITEM NO.: | <br />Department Approval: <br />Name Gregory A. Gappa <br />Title Director of Public Services <br />Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: <br />Engineer's Report <br />Item Description: Public Hearing for East Long Lake Sanitary Sewer Project <br />A preliminary feasibility study was prepared for this project and was presented to the residents at <br />a neighborhood meeting on December 1st. The project contains eleven properties, ten developed <br />parcels and the City of Orono's Summit Beach Park. All eleven of the parcels were used to <br />calculate the project assessments. Summit Beach Park was included to ensure fairness among all <br />of the property owners. This is also a heavily used park and, in the future, the City may wish to <br />consider the installation of rest room facilities in this park. <br />Six of the septic systems in this area are nonconforming to the 3-foot separation rule, with three <br />of these systems failing because of surface discharges or cesspools. The lot sizes in this area vary <br />from ‘A acre to two acres. The three lots with the failing systems range in size from V4 acre to <br />one acre, with inadequate space for a replacement septic system because of steep slopes and <br />wetlands. The other lots with nonconforming septic systems have very limited replacement areas. <br />Unfortunately, most of the lots with conforming septic systems had new septic systems installed <br />during the time period when the new septic regulations were enacted, and before the frnal <br />decisions on the new sewer projects were made. Almost all of the neighborhood residents attended <br />the meeting or contacted staff prior to the meeting. A majority of the property owners, with <br />conforming septic systems, still support the project. However, they have requested exclusion from <br />the project. They are willing to connect at a future date and pay the appropriate connection fee. <br />A majority of the residents with nonconforming septic systems support the project. <br />This is proposed to be a fully assessed sewer project. Two options for sewer were discussed at <br />the neighborhood meeting. A gravity sewer option with a lift station at an estimated cost of <br />$31,000 per unit was discussed. The residents were not interested in this option because of the <br />high cost. The other option presented was for a pressure sewer system at an estimated assessment <br />of $13,900. For this option, the property owners are required to purchase, operate and maintain <br />their own residential grinder pump station. For other pressure sewer system projects, the property <br />owners were allowed to include an allowance in the assessment for the purchase of their grinder <br />pump station. If the residents decide to receive the $4,500 grinder pump allowance, the estimated <br />project cost will be $18,400. The residents are in favor of the pressure sewer system because of <br />the lower cost and less disturbance to the neighborhood.