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The City Engineer’s preliminary cost estimate to serv’e your neighborhoods with sewer is <br />$84,000 for ^gewood Hills (about $12,000 per dwelling unit); $208,500 for Fox Ridge (about <br />$29,800 per dwelling unit); and $223,500 for East Long Lake (about $22,350 per unit). <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. Priority is based on the <br />magnitude Df existing problems, the number of systems which will likely have to be replaced, <br />as well as me technical feasibility of replacing systems when required. <br />Your three neighborhoods are rated as mid-to-low-range priority for sewer installation. City <br />financial assistance to help defray the cost of a sewer project in your neighborhood will likely <br />not be possible until the higher priority areas have been served, which is likely to be at least five <br />to ten years or more in me fumre. The Council has therefore chosen to not place your <br />neighborhoods on a definite timetable for municipal sewer installation, and has advised that your <br />neighborhoods should expect to individually upgrade septic systems as required. <br />However, the Council has indicated mat if 1(X)% of an individual neighborhood petitions foc <br />sewer and agrees to pav the entire cost, sewer installation could tie 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 Plan"? <br />All 10 identified neighborhoods are within Orono’s designated "nirar (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 zoning <br />changes which required a 2-acre minimum for rural lots, to accommodate septic systems. <br />The City is currently working wim me Metropolitan Council to obtain approval for extending <br />municipal sewer to all 10 neighborhoods, which requires amendment of me Comprehensive Plan <br />and MUSA (Metropolitan Urban Service Area) boundary. <br />Please come to the public information meeting on Thursday, July 27m. Results of me study as <br />it relates to your neighborhoods will be presented, and City representatives will be available to <br />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