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COUNCIL MSSTiNO AUG 2 4 1998 REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION (live- ’O DATE: August 24, 1998 ITEM NO.^ / 7 Department Approval: Name Gregory A. Gappa Title Director of Public Services Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: Engineer's Report Item Description: Schedule Public Hearing for Head Property Sanitary Sewer Project The property owners at 2090 Shoreline Drive, Doug and Martha Head have expressed an interest in obtaining municipal sewer. A preliminary feasibility study was prepared for tfiis project and presented to the property owners. This property would be served by directional boring a sewer forcemain under the Areola Channel to Minnetonka Beach. The property owners would own and operate the residential grinder station. We have discussed this project with staff from Minnetonka Beach, and they indicated that discharging the forcemain into their gravity sewer is okay. The estimated cost for this project is $53,780 and would be fully assessed project. The property consists of about four acres of land with approximately one acre of dry buildable land. The remainder of the property is below the Lake Minnetonka 100 year flood elevation. There are two existing houses on the property that are both currently occupied during the summer months. There is also a small cabin in the northeast comer of the property that does currently does not have sewer or water available. One of the houses and the cabin are located within the flood zone area of the property. The buildings all predate the City’s current zoning regulations. The property is within the MUSA line and is located in the 2-acre lakeshore residential zone. The property is nonconforming to the current zoning and shoreland regulations. The City has proposed to the property owners that sewer will be provided, with the stipulation that the owners sign an agreement limiting the property to a maximum of two sewer units. Both houses are served by a well and septic system. The septic system is nonconforming to the 3-foot separation rule. The property docs not contain any suitable septic system sites and would require a holding tank if not served by municipal sewer. If the Council would like to move the project forward, the next step is to formally order and accept the feasibility study and then schedule a public hearing. The ideal schedule for 1999 construction would be to complete the plans and specifications before the end of this year and then bid the project early this winter. Early bidding of projects usually results in better bid prices as contractors are interested «n securing work for the upcoming construction season. The proposed date for the public hearing is for the regularly scheduled Council meeting on September 28th. Staff is recommending scheduling the public hearing to move this project forward.