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ORONO COUNCIL MEETING HELD MARCH 11, 1991 <br />pi- <br />te”' <br />if <br />C-fcJ' <br />(#16)WOODHILL COUNTRY CLUB CONTINUEDBernhardson responded, "The VMyzata Country Club is located <br />for the most part it Orono, and is a commercial venture. I doubt <br />that there were any connection ci arges. The number of units <br />involved with v/o'^dhill is ten. The number of residential <br />properties that Orono has hooked up on North Ferndale through <br />Wayzata is close to 50. If you look at this from a unit <br />standpoint, this is one of the opportunities Orono will have to <br />"ro-pay" a Wayzata property for dnits nvut charged for Orono <br />properties." <br />Butler asked if in fact the practice of reciprocating the <br />gesture of waiving connection charges is still practiced by both <br />cities. <br />Bernhardson stated that the City of Wayzata v/nived <br />connection charges for two houses on VJest Ferndale Road back in <br />1980. <br />Butler s.iid, "Thiit was eleven years ago. Are we being <br />fiscally responsible by continuing to waive connection charges?" <br />Bernhardson replied. "We are requiring the Club to be <br />financially responsible for an additional punp upgrade for the <br />lift station. In that sense, we are being fiscally responsible. <br />If we did charge a connection fee, it could either go into the <br />sewer operating fund for future connections, or it could be <br />refunded to those people that paid for the lift station." <br />Butler said, "My point is that if sewer is ever installed <br />around the north side of Stubbs Bay, every one of those homes <br />will be charged a connection fee. if I were one of the residents <br />that had to pay a connection fee, and I found out that the <br />Hoodhill Country Club was not required to pay a connection <br />charge, X would be furious." <br />Bernhardson replied, "The difference is that Woodhill <br />Country Club is in another reciprocating City, and they are <br />connecting their own line at a cost of $250,000. Additionally, <br />they may incur at least $25,000 to upgrade the pump." <br />Jabbour cited an example of a Tonkawa Road resident that was <br />charged an additional connection fee when he connected a <br />guesthouse on his property. <br />Bernhardson stated that the rssident mny have only been <br />charged for one unit when sewer w.as installed, and was then <br />charged for the other unit when he hooked up the guesthouse. Hs <br />said, "The City does charge a separate unit fee for guesthouses. <br />I will review that situation." <br />- 21 -