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The City Engineer ’s preliminary cost estimate to serve the Foxhill neighborhood with sewer is <br />$318,280 (about $14,470 per dwelling unit). The estimate for service to just the 8 homes on <br />Bayridge Road is $150,000 (or $18,750 per unit). An estimate for bringing service to the <br />Hartwood neighborhood (south of Bayridge) is being completed. (Hartwood was suggested as <br />a logical extension of the Bayridge project after the engineer ’s original estimates were <br />completed). <br />Because the City is not in a position to assist in the costs to serve all 10 identified <br />neighborhoods, a priority has been assigned to each neighborhood. Pnority is based on the <br />magnimde of existing problems, the number of systems which will likely have to be replaced, <br />as well as the technical feasibility of replacing systems when required. <br />Foxhill and Bayridge/Hartwood are rated as two of the four lowest priority areas for sewer <br />installation as compared to other more critical areas. City financial assistance to help defray the <br />cost of a sewer project in your neighborhoods will likely not be possible until the higher pnority <br />areas have been served, which is likely to be at least ten years m the future. Council has <br />therefore chosen to not place your neighborhood on a definite timetable for municipal sewer <br />installation, and has advised that your neighborhood should expect to individually upgrade septic <br />system as required. <br />However the Council has also indicated that if 100% of an individual neighborhood peiitjons <br />fnr «^wer\nd agrees to nav the full cost, sewer installation could be commenced in the relatively <br />near future, thereby avoiding the costly replacement of septic systems. <br />How Does Sewer Fit Into Orono’s Overall "Comprehensive Han"? <br />All 10 identified neighborhoods are within Orono’s designated "rurar (unsewered) area. <br />However these neighborhoods are each somewhat unique, having relatively small lot sizes or <br />being adjacent to a lake. And each neighborhood was developed prior to the 1975 zomng <br />changes which required a 2-acre minimum for rural lots, to accommodate septic systems. <br />The City is currently working with the Metropolitan Council to obtain approval for extending <br />mur vyil sewer to all 10 neighborhoods, which requires amendment of ine Comprehensive Plan <br />ana MX 'iA (Metropolitan Urban Service Area) boundary. <br />Please come to the public information meeting on Thursday, August 3rd. Results of the study <br />as it relates to your neighborhoods will be presented, and City representatives will be avaUable <br />to answer questions. You are invited and encouraged to attend. We want to hear your views <br />regarding the possible installation of municipal sewer in your neighborhood. <br />If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Asst. Planning & Zoning Administrator <br />Mike Gaffron at 473-7357. <br />Enc. - Area Map