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MINUTES OF T’lE REGULAR ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON APRIL 22, 1996 (^3 - ^2132 Orono Hockey Boosters - Continued) The question of a school referendum being passed and affecting the sewer units with the construction of a new building was brought forward. Kelley questioned w hether the school could request additional sewer units directly from the Met Council. Callahan said the school cannot go directly to the Met Council. Council asked Mark Engebretson, representative of the Orono Hockey Association, on his view of the sew ering issue Engebretson said they w ere prepared *o install a septic system The association had based this on the project taking a relatively shorter amount of time than the current outlook Callahan questioned whether the Council would want to separate out sewer units for the ice arena without knowing whether the remaining sewer units will be available. Engebretson calculated the number of sewer units needed for the rink to open would be 8-10 units initially, increasing to 12-15 units when all phases are completed. Engebretson said it was his hope that the Association was not looked upon as being narrow minded concerning this issue Callahan responded that the Association has been straight forward. Jabbour told Engebretson that the Association may need to consider alternative plans if the available sewer units must be used instead to maintain a level of health to the north Long Lake area Hurr said she was unaw are of what any alternatives would be as she said holding tanks would not be a consideration. Kelley asked when the monitoring information would be available. Cook said the information should be presented to the Council at their first meeting in June Kelley suggested to Engebretson that their Association speak with Long Lake regarding the sewer issue. He noted the concern with the water flowage through the pipes and only 30 units remaining out of 45 available in the original agreement. Kelley asked if there was $600,000 in funds available to add the units. He w as informed that the money was earmarked to upgrade the system through Long Lake. Kelley asked if the capacity could be added to get to the 216 units. Cook responded that the City already has the 216 units and needs to determine how to get beyond that amount Callahan and Hurr both agreed, when asked by Kelley, that the CUP should not be considered until the sewer capacity has been determined.