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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR JANUARY 10,2000 ZONING ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT (U4) #2522 BANCOR GROUP, INC., SOUTHWEST CORNER OF COUNTY ROAD 6 AND WILLOW DRIVE NORTH - PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION, PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT - RESOLUTION NO. 4408 Dave Newman, The Bancor Group, and Marty Campion, Project Engineer, were present. Weinberger presented the staff report. He said the Council approved the preliminary plat for the Bancor Group to develop the 58-acre site at the southwest corner of County Road 6 and Willow Drive North. One of the conditions of approval was the requirement of City water service to the site. Council directed staff to prepare a preliminary plat approval resolution and to work with the developer regarding the City water service to the property. One of the primary reasons for that condition is fire protection for the property. He said there was discussion with the Council concerning the design of the system and the requirements of the system to not only provide fire protection to the site, but also to provide for future expansion of water services throughout this area. He displayed a map showing the location of the water service. Weinberger said the developer had presented a proposal to install what would be a combination of an 8-inch and a 4-inch line to serve the site with an 8-inch line coming into the development, serving a fire hydra.nt and supplying the rest of the subdivision to a point in the north and a point in the souiii with a 4-inch line. Because a 4-inch line would not be considered as the standard most cities w^ould accept for water service and especially for location of additional hydrants within the development, staff discussed with the developer the installation ot an 8-inch sy.stem throughout the entire development. The City’s policy is that developers construct and pay for necessary infrastructure that would serve the entire development. For future planning purposes and the ability to extend the water service and to possibly create a loop system from the water tower, the developer would have been required not only to extend water service just to certain individual lots within the development, but also for the extension. StalThas had discussions with the developer regarding the resr jnsibility and who will have to pay what portions within the development. Because it was staff s recommendation and the developer has indicated that the City would benefit most from the extension of the water ser\ ice lines to the north and the south, it is the developer’s position that the City of Orono should be responsible for that portion of the water ser\’ice as well. There is an 800-foot section between the Middle School and the west side of the Bancor property where a water service line would have to be extended to ser\ e the development. The developer has stated that this is an extension that serves the City more than the developer, although it is required in order to provide water service to the development. Staff has recommended that since it is a shared benefit, the costs be shared for the 800-foot section. Staff would also like to leave the opportunity open to upgrade the system throughout the entire Bancor site with a 12-inch water main. The upgrade to the 12-inch water main is something the City would use in order to maintain higher capacity throughout its system and also loop the system. It is staffs recommendation that that portion of the development would be the responsibility of the City of Orono and the developer would maintain the individual Pai'c 6