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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON APRIL 22,1996 (#3 - #2132 Orono Hockey Boosters - Continued) Callahan said he did not feel the Council should consider the conditional use permit and lock in to a number of sewer units until it is known how many are available He also hesitates to allow the Met Council to consider the school property separately and grant sewer units to that property alone when it is unknown whether there will be enough sewer units for the north shore of Long Lake Callahan said it would be irresponsible to consider the application even if all are in favor of the application itself. Kelley inquired when the capacity would be determined and who would make the determination. Gaffron said a specific number of sewer units were historically allocated to Orono, Medina and Long Lake He noted that Long Lake and Orono have begun metering the existing sewer lines to see what capacity remains. Gaffron said he was advised by Moorse that the information on capacity should be back by mid May. Cook said the metering will allow the cities to know what segments of the interceptor line need to be upgraded The City is allowed up to 216 units. Cook said the flow monitoring currently being done started in mid April and should take about a month Callahan noted that Medina also has claims on the capacity. Cook confirmed that Medina is part of the agreement. jabbour said Long Lake asked Orono last year to participate in a metering effort, which the City declined. He said he is concerned with installing a second line and noted it is also a concern to the tax payers Callahan said Long Lake is of the belief that there is more water flowing through the pipe than is thought Cook said the flowage is at 70% of what is allocated Cook said the 70% is based on flow data and is enough to handle the 216 units but no additional The number of unused units at this time according to Gaffron is approximately 45 on paper. Jabbour noted the bond money that was set aside to pay for the increased units. He asked the location of the pipe. The pipe is located on the east side of Washington Scientific and travels south to the railroad track, under Willow, and joins Long Lake at the metering area on the east side of Willow Drive. Jabbour asked if the pipe was big enough to handle the expected amount of additional flowage Cook said the pipe was inadequate and sections need to be replaced. Cook said the best plan is to utilize the lines that have the capacity and replace the sections that do not. He noted the pipe from Watertown to the lift station will probably need to be replaced. The flow monitoring should identify the problem areas.