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r January 25, 1997 Mr. Ron Moorse City of Orono Box 66 Crystal Bay, MN 55323 .OAh 3 ;!• 1S37 rr n - i Dear Ron: Thank you for your time on the phone yesterday. As I indicated, I am the spokes person for the undersigned. We agreed that as many of the interested oarties as possible will meet in the Orono city offices at 8:00 AM on February.+2nf to discuss the issues as they relate to our common septic problems. // All of us have a common situation. Our septic systems no longer conform to the new state code or are about to fail. With the possible exception of the Stein’s, all of us have only a single location for a new septic field and that location is inadequate from an aesthetic standpoint. In addition, there are no back up sites available on any of the lots. Mary and I are also in a situation where the new field would be too close to our well and that would also require a new well. I have discussed this with Steve, the City of Orono Engineer. While sympathetic to our situation, he cannot bend the regulations. Upon discussing this with him, he did outline a scenario we can follow which may provide relief for all of us. While the official policy of the city is to mandate septic Vs sewer on lots over 2 acres in size, we understand that the Council does have the ability to modify that policy. Having said that, Steve told us that the sewer line which will be servicing the Country Club and North Long Lake neighborhoods will actually be traveling mulh along the east side of Brown Road. This means, the sewer line will actually be put through the western edge of the Schultzc property. This means the trunk sewer line will be put in close proxim.ity to all properties.r»»ir There would appear to be some urgency because the January 22nd issue of the Sun Sailor contained an article infonning us that the sewer system for North Long Lake and Country Club is being put out for bid during April of this year. Our concern is that the trunk sewer line being put in may not support the additional volumes needed to support our homes if our homes are not included in the project plan. This would mandate the building of the aforementioned poor aesthetic situation without backup locations. This would not appear to be in anyone ’s best interest. I 1