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/? TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: Mayor and City Council Ron Moorse, City Administrator September 4, 1992 a/ /f Ofi0:" Lee and Julie Harren Request for Exclusion From Stubbs Bay Sewer Project Attachment: A, Letter to the Barren's Dated 8/17/92 Lee and Julie Harren have filed an appeal concerning the Stubbs Bay project related to the issue of exclusion from the project. They believe they meet all the exclusion criteria and have asked for an opportunity to make their case to the Council. Exclusion Criteria Background Initially there were no exclusion criteria related to the project. All properties in the project were included. When property owners began calling CounciImembers with assorted arguments for exclusion. Council asked staff to develop criteria for exclusion. One criterion indicates that if a sewer line which serves an upstream property abutts a property which otherwise would be excluded, that property is then included. This is the criterion the Harrens believe has been incorrectly applied to them. The Harrens believe that because the sewer line, as currently proposed, does not directly abut their property they technically meet the exclusion criteria. It has been staff's position that this technicality does not invalidate the inclusion. In addition, based on the intent and spirit of the exclusion criteria and based on the relationship of this property to the project area, the property should be included in the project. From the standpoint of serving this property with sewer the exclusion issue is not critical because it would be relatively easy to serve this property at sometime in the future. However, from the standpoint of consistency in applying the exclusion criteria, providing the exclusion to the Harrens could generate additional exclusion requests. It may be difficult to convince other property owners that this is a valid exclusion. 1