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-« .ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />MINUTES FOR JANUARY 10,2000 <br />(#1) , EAST LONG LAKE SEWER PROJECT - Continued <br />presented to the residents at a neighborhood meeting held on December 1*‘. Kellogg explained <br />that two options for sewer were discussed at the neighborhood meeting. A gravity sewer option <br />with a lift station at an estimated cost of $31,000 per unit was discussed. The residents were not <br />interested in this option because of the high cost. The other option presented was for a pressure <br />sewer system at an estimated assessment of $13,900. For this option, the property owners are <br />required to purchase, operate and maintain their own residential grinder pump station. For other <br />pressure sewer system projects, the property owners were allowed to include an allowance in the <br />assessment for the purchase of their grinder pump station. If the residents decide to receive the <br />$4,500 grinder pump allowance, the estimated per unit cost will be $18,400. He said there are <br />some properties to the east that could be served by this system in the future. <br />Kellogg said that six of the septic systems in this area are nonconforming to the 3-foot separation <br />rule, with three of these systems failing because of surface discharges or cesspools. He said that <br />most of the lots with conforming septic systems had new septic systems installed during the time <br />period when the new septic regulations were enacted, and before the final decisions on the new <br />sewer projects were made. <br />Jabbour asked if this is an elective project where the residents are asking the City to put the <br />sewer in and, therefore, the residents will pay the full cost of the system, <br />Kellogg said that is correct. <br />Mayor Jabbour opened the public hearing at 7:15 p.m. <br />Dick Rinehart, 985 Old Long Lake Road, said he is concerned about the delay in making a final <br />decision on this project and the maintenance of a grinder pump. <br />Jabbour explained the history of the sewer regulations. <br />Rinehart said he would like to clarify a statement made earlier that tlie residents are demanding <br />the project; therefore, they should bear the full brunt of the cost. He feels the City should share <br />the cost. <br />Jabbour said the City has decided there are two types of projects that it will do. One type is <br />where the City has no choice but to force a project on the residents. The City would only assess <br />an amount they could justify as a benefit to the property. The second type is where the residents <br />petition the City for a sewer. In this case, the residents are assessed the full cost ot the sewer. <br />Jabbour thinks $19,000 is a very justifiable assessment. He said that based on information he has <br />gathered, future assessments in the two-acre zoning will be between $20,000 and $29,000 for a <br />sewer svstem. <br />Page 2