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• .• <br />To:Mayor and Councilmembers <br />Planning Commission Members <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />From: <br />Date: <br />Miki Gaffron, Senior Planning Coordinator <br />May 27,1999 <br />Subject: June 3 Council Work Session <br />The next Council work session regarding the Comprehensive Plan update is: <br />Thursday June 3,1999 7:30 AM (Council Chambers) <br />The topic for discussion will be Sewer Policies, primarily related to the Rural Area. <br />The current sewer policy chapter of the 1980 Comp Plan is entitled Comprehensive Sewer Policy <br />Plan (CSPP) and is 56 pages in length. Many of the elements of this chapter are very outdated and <br />will require extensive updating. <br />The CSPP contains a number ofimportant policies which Council should confirm or clarify. Please <br />consider the following policy statements, and be prepared to discuss whether they reflect Council's <br />current vision for Orono: <br />1.The provision of sewer to the City's rural area will not be used to increase the density of <br />development in the Rural Area. <br />2. The MUSA is fixed - it will not be expanded - (except), <br />A.To address situations where an area of existing homes has failing or non-conforming <br />septic systems and alternate septic sites are not available. <br />B. Where an individual home has a failing or non-conforming septic system, does not <br />have an alternate septic site, and is adjacent to sewer. <br />3.There are existing residential neighborhoods with non-conforming septic systems that have <br />alternate septic sites, but would prefer to obtain sewer service rather than install a new septic <br />jystem. Their reasons include: <br />A. They would not have another alternate site if the new system failed or became non- <br />conforming due to new regulations.