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r 65 North Willow Drive Long Lake, Minnesota 55356 (612) 473-5796 September 1, 1992 Dear Honorable Mayor and Council Members: I am writing this letter to help explain why I did not build and some of the circumstances. I do not feel that I should have to pay $6,560 more than my neighbors and others in Cygnet and Leaf as their systems are polluting and I have never'polluted on my oresent Orono home or on my lot. The property north of my lot has a shallow trench system dating back to 1958 and is 34 years old. It has been added on to once and is functioning now, but for how long? A mound system could not be used over existing trenches. The property south of me, built in 1962 has been leaking into the creek for several years 'd the end of the drainfield is covered with a concrete slab and building 5 feet from the creek. It was built in 1987-88. I have stepped in sewage in the winter. A mound system could not be installed on this property. These properties and several others on the creek would positively not meet setback reguirements. They would require holding tanks. with the added 22 feet along Leaf Street which my title shows that I own, I could install a mound system and alternate site and it would adhere to Orono's code of 20 feet setbacks from the road and side lot lines and less than a 6% slope. A house could be built 26 to 50 feet from the creek prior to the new shoreline regulations adopted in February. 1992. I have a site plan of a lot that was allowed a building permit for an addition in 1991. The side slope setbacks were proposed at 10 feet for that mound system and v;ere actually constructed closer. Even the ex-mayor's lot line rearrangement is proposed with a 10 foot setback. There are also other sites where construction was approved on greciter than 6% slopes. Thus, I am meeting the very strictest application of the code, ev'en though others are not. 1