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In 1993 the City conducted a study to detennine if cenain areas of the City *9 ““ ^ served by installation of municipal sewers rather than replacement of sepuc sys Ten individual neighborhoods were identified for analysis, including six wWch wra originally recognixed in the 1980 Comptehensive Plan as tequirmg close momtonng. ^h of L identified neighborhoods exhibits a smaU numb« of failing number of nonHtonfotming systems which must be replaced. municipal sewer may be the most appropnate solution to existing or exp in replacing nonWorming sewage systems in these areas mclude lot SJKS too smaU to accoLnodate replacement systems; steep slopes or other site-spec.fic proximity to lakes, wetlands and tributaries; and septic system replacement costs similar to the costs of municipal sewer. Six of the ten neighborhoods have submitted petitions to the City rec^esting that municip^ sewer be provided. The other four neighborhoods have yet to take a position or have indicated they are not interested in obtaining sewer service at this time. While the Citv of Orono proposes to construct municipal sewer for My of fh® idMtifi^ neighborhoods requesting it, the City has no intent to provide mumcip^ sewer (nor amend the \nJSA) for new residential development. Th^e ten MUSA additions wiU provide service only to fisdsting homes and a handful of interspersed vacant lots. «srhnnl Property Additionally it is the City’s intent to expand the MUSA to encompass the entue Orono School District campus, incorporating existing sewered school buildmgs which were from ±c ituttal 1980 MUSA boundary descrtpttons. and incorporating additional school district property on which a hockey arena is proposed to be constructed in 1996. ^^^^rinnal Needs adiacent to existing sewer lines, but whose properties are outside the MUSA. Rather than haring to apply fo^r an individual MUSA amendment each time such a request occurs, it would be pSerable if ±e City could honor these requests in a timely m^er ^nd up with a comprehensive MUSA amendment mcorporatmg a number of properties. Table 1 and Maps 1 and 2 on the following pages provide an overview of the proposed MUSA additions