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8larch letter re proposea sewer (Sept. 8, 1989) pegs 3
<br />-- using the smallest installation figure -- of S 13,050. At 9X over fifteen
<br />;errs that omoulr+t comee to $132.00/,ronth; odd to this the sewage
<br />transport and burning fee and it comes to $1 50.00/month: one quarter of rry
<br />sec. sec. rettrement ±.✓►come. Aral !ic can �rsdict that 3rej of these costs
<br />will not go up? if history is any guiae, they will certainly not Lome sown.
<br />3. INCREASED NOiSE, DUET & HEAvliGHT-2 - I da not know if a
<br />homeowner's discomfort is a relevont Issue or not. i assume everyone bears
<br />some distress during the sewer installation process yet, in most cases,
<br />there is probably no long lasting effect; once the sewer is in, tele „ es3 and
<br />4"cenyenierse ere gone. ' do belieye. howeyer Inv 'nclualnc m 1Ct 'r• t"
<br />sewer pro+ect, as presently :t1•.14nes. ',Yoljla :reate !n ergo,,^c ;^rool9m fC"
<br />me.
<br />T4 removal of my trees chat currently Serve as a oar^er to roac noise,
<br />dust and headlights would const;tute the f.,reatior of 71-9 lasting Droblem
<br />for me. There ere only three vale? t1 -lu lot; -! .*Wer site 's
<br />an t"e tong side end, looking :c, •Yn !ts long slope, a siae to winch my nome
<br />faces !see Exhibit •2), the jtsencv of trees would sub;sct me ►.0 continual
<br />road din, extra dirt and, at nignt, constant bomoardment of headlights.
<br />It offers somewhat the seine ?✓aspects is a noisy, around-the-clocx
<br />factory moving in across the street from me; certainty not mat ! nepefl for
<br />when moving to Orono. When the sewer plan could be , in my opinion)
<br />executed so logically without the inclusion of my lot, 1 am in hopes that tl^e
<br />above problems will count as a factor in your considerations.
<br />A !_OSS OF ECONOMIC & E`rT=E, ,C .41SEET - !rresoective of t^e loss of
<br />,slue to my home, the loss of trees and shrubs, requirea by the installation
<br />of proposed sewer line, -mould represent a corsiderbls asset ',oss m and of
<br />themselves.
<br />An initial determination of the value of tree and shrub loss (by Mr.
<br />Herold Batter, PhD, landscape 49pr'aisel Consultant) Yras i 15,A00 for only
<br />the directly affected areas. Subsidiary losses, due to root damage,
<br />contagion, etc. was not included in the above figure, nor was the loss of
<br />trees "rtd to hook up to the sewer line.
<br />The dirrctly effected area includes species such as White Oak, Burr
<br />Oak, (some with 20 inch or so diameters) Hard Maple, Ironwood, Dogwood,
<br />Arrowhtad, BpCkthom, etc. inesmuch as the soil has been largely
<br />undisturbed in this smell area, spring ephemerals like Hepatica, Denterle,
<br />Beliwort, 9loodroot, Solomon's Seal and others grow. Replacing these native
<br />species would to a nearly impossible task. Replacing the native species
<br />with nursery plant)"s, in ort effort to relandscepe, would be like replacing
<br />one's children with Cabbage Patch dolls.
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