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COUNCIL meetinq REQ west for council action MAY 1 0 1999 C\VY Oh' UliOlMO DATE: May 10, 1999 ITEM NO.: ) Department Approval: Name Gregory A. Gappa Title Director of Public Services Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: Engineer's Report Item Description: Schedule Public Hearing for Weber Hills Sanitary Sewer Project A feasibility study has been completed and two neighborhood meetings were held to discuss this project. At the first meeting, a gravity sewer system with a municipal lift station was discussed at an estimated cost of approximately $29,000 per unit. The residents objected to the high costs for this project and the major disruption to the neighborhood resulting from project construction. In response to the resident concerns, costs for a grinder pump system were developed. Each resident would be required to purchase, install and maintain their own grinder pump for this system. The estimated cost for a grinder pump system is $16,500 per unit. This cost estimate also includes a $5,000 per unit allowance for property owners to purchase their own grinder pump stations. A second neighborhood meeting was held and the residents favored the grinder system option. A neighborhood survey was conducted and approximately 75% of the residents favored a grinder pump sewer system. Several residents were gone for the winter and did not respond to the survey. There are 37 properties in the project area. Twenty-six properties have nonconforming septic systems. Replacement options are limited, with many properties having only one conforming site available, and no future replacement site in case of failure of the new mound system Six properties have newer conforming mound systems, and two properties have older conforming trench systems. Several of the property owners, with conforming septic systems, have expressed possible interest in being excluded from the project. The neighborhood residents have requested that the City begin the formal public hearing process for a year 2000 sewer project. This will be a fully assessed project. Conducting the public hearing this summer will allow for project surveying and design this year, for an early year 2000 bid opening. We are recommending approval of the attached resolutions ordering and accepting the feasibility study, and scheduling a public hearing at the regularly scheduled June 28th City Council meeting.