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TO:Mayor and Ci:y Council <br />/fi <br />/ <br />COUNCILMEETINQ <br />FROM:Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />may 1996 <br />DATE:April 29, 1996 <br />CITY OF ORONO <br />SUtalCT:Highway 12 Sewer Capacity Issues <br />Due to numerous questions and concerns that are currently being raised regarding sewer capacity <br />to serve the general Highway 12 area the following information is being provided to clarify a <br />number of items related to sewer capacity. <br />Sewer Flows From Orono Through Long Lake <br />Sewer flows in the Highway 12 area all go through a sewer trunk system that runs through Long <br />Lake to the Metro lift station in Long Lake. The Highway 12 area includes the following sub- <br />areas: <br />A. <br />B. <br />C. <br />D. <br />E. <br />F. <br />G. <br />H. <br />The Orono Schools <br />The light industrial area on the south side of Highway 12 <br />The Hackberry neighborhood <br />The proposed ice arena site <br />The two potential sewer project areas in the north Long Lake area <br />Sugarwoods <br />The Otten Brothers and Wear properties <br />The north Highway 12 development area bounded by Old Crystal Bay Road, <br />Willow Drive a:id County Road 6 <br />The attached map shows each of these areas and an estimate of the number of sewer units <br />currently used and projected for each area. <br />The city of Orono is currently allocated the equivalent of 216 units of sewer flow capacity in <br />the joint sewer system. Approximately one half of this allocation serves the Orono Schools, the <br />li&ht industrial area south of Highway 12, and the Hackberry neighborhood. The remainder of <br />the allocation has been available to be used to serve small scale development as it has occurred <br />in the area. <br />When Orono amended its Comprehensive Plan to allow more intense development in the north <br />Highway 12 area, it was anticipated that the sewer capacity required to serve the projected <br />development would substantially exceed the remaining capacity allocated to Orono in the joint <br />trunk sewer system. Therefore, the city planned for a major sewer expansion project to provide <br />a substantial increase in sewer capacity at the time a substantial development project was <br />proposed in the north Highway 12 area. <br />The remaining allocated capacity that has been available to Orono has enabled relatively small <br />scale development to be served without the necessity of constructing the major sewer expansion <br />project, i.e. the new city facilities, the Orono Schools "Link", Sugarwoods, and the Otten