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F Steven Schwanke January 25, 1993 Page 2 II. Emt' ayment. Projections. Met Council data and forecasts in early 1992 suggested a total employment for ^ 990 of 1,560. In 1991 City staff reviewed existing employment in the City yielding a current employment of 925 at that time. Ihis inconsistency has been discussed with Tim Fleetham of your office, who has revised his figures downward to more closelv match the City's figures. ^ III. Population, Household, and Employment (Pages 11, 12, 16). The tables on pages 11 and 12 have been broken down by major interceptor service area as requested by Met Council. The projections are based on a "best guess" of which interceptor will serve the areas expected to develop with sewer in the future. However, areas of the City currently outside the MUSA line have not been assigned to a specific interceptor service area, and, as noted on page 16 of the submitted amendment, a rerouting of Orono's current Lift Station 60 flow into Lift Station 59 is a possibility, which would significantly change the current projections. The 1990-2000 projections anticipate approximately 125 sewer connections occurring in the Stubos Bay area during the period 1993“x99.. coupled with only minor growth of sewered residential development in the Highway 12 corridor, reflecting recent land ownership changes which place significant portions of the area previous]y expected to be developed as residential, in the hands of institutional interests (City and school district). IV. Population/Household Projected Growth Analysis. The table on page 13 has been revised to reflect the corrected populaticn/hcusehold projections reported above. The revised page 13 table expands on the household/population projection by indicating how that growth is expected to occur, broken down between sewered and unsewered new construction as well as sewering existing development. The table projects that for year 2000 the City will be using 1,900 residential units and 365 non-residential units tor a total of 2,265 units 'a unit is defined as 274 gallons per day). The existing system has capacity for at least 3~, 083 units at the 1980 defined rate of 368 gallons per unit per day, hence for year 2000 there appears to be substantial excess capacity for Orono's needs. The table also indicates projections for year 2010 and at full developnent. The forecast is for 2,400 sewered residential units at full development, leaving a minimum of 683 ncn-residential units av ailable.