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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 13,1999 <br />(»6) #2522 BANCOR GROUP, INC - Continued <br />Weinberger said he believes the water service was over half of the sewer and water <br />connection. It was around 60%. <br />Jabbour said the Council would be in terrible shape if they set a precedent by chan^ng the <br />assessment. <br />Kelley said that if the property to the south gets developed at a higher density, it definitely will <br />have to have water. He asked if there is any way to tell the iiomeowners association that once <br />the property to the south is developed, an extension would be run for a fire hydrant at that <br />time. The cost of that hydrant would be assessed to the homeowners. <br />Flint said it would be simpler to run it now. <br />Jabbour said there would be no SAC charges, everybody would be on wells, but the City <br />would provide a hydrant eventually somewhere halfway in between and this subdivision would <br />pay for the hydrant. Kelley is saying that the line would be at the comer of this subdivision <br />anyway and it would not cost a lot more money to run the line to a hydrant. He said there is <br />no way to waive the homeowners ’ right to appeal an assessment. The City could come up <br />with an estimate of the cost and have it be part of the development agreement so the money <br />could be set aside now. <br />Sansevere asked if there is an advantage to the City one way or the other. <br />Moorse said there are significant benefits to the City in having municipal water there. The first <br />one is fire protection. <br />Sansevere feels it would be a selling point for the developer to have public water. <br />Moorse said staff needs to get some more information about how much it would cost to bring <br />water to the site in order to compare it to the cost of a private well. Then they can negotiate <br />what amount the developer should pay to get water in there and is there an amount that the <br />City is willing to pay because there is a general benefit. <br />Flint asked Weinberger what the SAC and WAC charges would be if both sewer and water <br />are extended to the development. <br />Weinberger said the connection charge for sewer and water, just the connection into the <br />system, is approximately $9,200 per unit. <br />Flint asked about only the connection charge. <br />Weinberger said he believes the SAC charge is $I ,050 per unit. <br />Page 21