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Mr. Mark Bernhardson February 12, 1987 Page four (E) Larry and I commented that Sid Rebers is known throughout the area as a very high quality individual home builder. He does not wish to put his reputation at risk by constructing a subdivision which risks having periodic sewer maintenance problems in future years. He does not want to create dissatisfied customers or residents. (F) In contrast to the private sewer alternative, Larry Hanson and I noted the availability of municipal sewer service, inasmuch as municipal lines (from Long Lake) are currently at the boundary line of the property. These sanitary sewer lines can be extended to the site; there are apparently sewer units available for allocation, both by Orono and by Long Lake, significantly in excess of the number required for this parcel. 6. A parallel but lesser problem is the current Orono requirement for the construction of private wells on each of the residential lots. It is our understanding that municipal water service is available to the site, from Long Lake. Use of municipal water requires far less environmental damage and is far more economical for the indxvidual homeowner. The developer should be permitted to obtain municipal water service from Long Lake and thus preclude the requirement of the construction of individual wells and private water treatment systems. 7, The availability of municipal water and sewev raises a related issue: the 2-acre lot size requirement under Orono's current zoning code makes the installation of such municipal services uneconomic. Larry Hanson stated that he had done a preliminary cost analysis of providing sanitary sewer, water, and streets to a subdivision of 15 2-acre lots as suggested in the guide plan, on a preliminary plat plan of the site. He computed sanitary sewer, water, and street costs at $112.71 per lineal foot. Thitf converted to a total project cost of $361,000 (assuming a -lineal-foot street system), divided by 15 lots, or a cost (or special assessment) of $24,000 per lot. Alternatively, a hypothetical 21-lot layout of mixed lot size (1-acre and 2-acre lots) could be laid out under a preliminary plat he prepared with 2,450 lineal feet, at a cost of $276,140 which, when divided by 21 lots, would produce a lot cost (or special assessment) of $13,150. The numbers just quoted show the significant difference in cost to the developer, which cost has to be passed on to the homeowner, of a pure 2-acre lot density plan. Sid Rebers is 1 ! i