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13190. <br />Dear <br />L'lin <br />As you are aware the City has been exploring the possibility <br />of constructing municipal sewers in your area. Two informational <br />meetings were held on this topic, one in the summer of *89 and <br />the second one January 30, 1990. Based on the level of interest <br />shown by the residents at those meetings, at the direction of the <br />City Council, the intent of this letter is to provide you an <br />opportunity to indicate your level of interest in this project, <br />as an individual property owner. <br />Enclosed you will find a document entitled "Petition for <br />Improvement and Waiver of Special Assessments." Enclosed also is <br />an estimated assessment dollar cunount for your p;-.>perty, with an <br />annual and monthly range of costs based on that estimate. Not <br />listed on that document are the following additional charges for <br />which each individual property owner would be responsible: <br />Private connection costs - This is the cost to you of hiring <br />a private contractor to connect your house to the municipal <br />sewer in the street. <br />Sevec Availability Charge (SAC) - The Metro Waste Control <br />Commission requires payment of the SAC charge with each new <br />connection. This charge currently is $600.00 and is due and <br />payable when you come in for a permit to hookup. <br />Operational sewer costs - $51.15 per quarter. This charge is <br />billed quarterly to every residence in Orono connected to <br />sewer system, to cover the operational and capital <br />replacement costs of the system. This charge has not been <br />increased for the last four years. <br />The City has worked diligently to develop the most cost <br />effective sewer system. We are still open to considering the <br />merits of alternative designs or layout based on individual <br />homeowner or neighborhood suggestions. <br />The actual cost of a sewer project to each property owner is <br />a function of the overall construction and restoration costs, the <br />method of distributing cost among the properties served, and the <br />availability of outside funding. The City's consistent <br />philosophy in virtually all past sewer projects has been that <br />each project area pays the entire cost of its own sewer system, <br />with no contribution from the general tax base. The present <br />I