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'C/. % REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION % ^ O.N ^1: DATE: January 12, 1998 ITEM NO : b % Department Approval: Name Gregor}' A. Gappa Title Director of Public Services Administraj(or Reviewed:Agenda Section: Engineer's Report Item Description: Public Hearing for Edgewood Hills Sanitary Sewer Project The Edgewood Hills area, located off Woodhill Road, was included in the recent MUSA expansion for sanitary sewer installation. The project area residents have sent a letter requesting that the City begin the process for an assessment sewer project. It is proposed that a sewer project for this area will be funded by assessment of all the costs to the benefiting properties. A City cost contribution for this project is not envisioned. This project will have eight sewer connections. A feasibility study has been completed for this project. The recommended alignment is to directional bore the pipe under Woodhill Road. The option of installing sewer in the backyards was investigated, but required a substantial amount of extra pipe and is not cost effective. The estimated unit cost for this option is $29,400. The preferred pipe alignment in the road has two options for installation of the services to each house. Option A, with an estimated assessment of $21,140 per unit, is to directional bore the service lines all the way to the backyard to within twenty feet of the existing septic system. This will increase the assessed cost to the property owners, but will result in less cost and disturbance for the system hookup by the plumbers. It should be more cost effective to bore the entire service line than to have each owner pay to have this work completed by individual plumbers. Also, most small plumbing contractors do not have access to directional boring equipment and would open cut the service resulting in more yard disturbance. The hookups for this project are expensive because all of the septic systems are behind the houses in the backyards. Option B with an estimated cost of $17,717 per un^ is to install approximately the first sixty feet of service pipe. This will reduce the assessed costs, but increase the hookup costs and site disturbance for individual homeowners. Information on the preferred option can be obtained from the property owners at the public hearing. A resolution is attached to accept the feasibility smdy and schedule a public hearing for this project. We have scheduled the hearing for 7:00 P.M. at the regularly scheduled City Council meeting on February 9th. COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: Motion to pass the resolution to accept the feasibility study for the Edgewood Hills sanitary sewer project and schedule a public hearing for 7:00 P.M. Monday, February 9th. . ,r* ^ II I II f M fut t 11 1II mil If 11