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,(Resolution #415, continued) (b) The general levy is an unreasonable and unfair means of paying such costs because a substantial portion of the tax - ,payers of the Village are not connected to the system and do not stand to benefit from the Metropolitan interceptors except as the population of the entire metropolitan area benefits from clean water and preservation of natural re- sources. Such persons. have no reasonable expectation of use due to the policy.'of low-density development, controlled growth, and a d.i scouragemen.t of sewer ,extensi ons to undeveloped areas; (c) Connection charges or other special assessments cannot be -used because the present utility charges are,alrea.dy substantial and additional connection charges or special assessments would make the cost of sewer facilities economically .unfeasible even though the facilities are needed to protect health and the environment;- (d) nvironment; (d) A substantial portion of the sewer facilities -in * service area 4 were built to preserve Lake Minnetonka and were constructed well. in advance of what otherwise would be the .-_scheduled construction date (e.g. Maple Plain which does "liot run into the lake is not within these plans), and there- fore this financial burden comes well in advance of either population. or assessed valuation and the consequent ability to pay; (e) Recently enacted fiscal disparities legislation further reduces the Village's ability to pay by removing a portion ' of the increased assessed valuation from the tax resources of the Village; (f) Deferment is not feasible as a total solution because it creates an impossible burden on the Village. An increased ability to pay is only created through growth of population. and assessed. valuation. in a manner that makes it feasible for additional users to connect to the system, wh:i.ch does not appear to be likely for the Village of Orono within at least the next twenty years as shown by the attached sewer plan; and - WHEREAS, THE ENTIRE METROPOLITAN AREA BENEFITS FROM THE accelerated construction of the interceptors in Western Hennepin. County and the consequent improvement and preservation of Lake Minnetonka, and. to require -the Village of Orono to bear the entire cost of such accelerated construction in advance of its ability to pay or other necessity therefor is patently unreasonable and unfair, -as illustrated by the extraordinary variation in -amount of cost allocat- ions throughout the various communities within the metropolitan area. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT:, ; 1. The Village of Orono hereby opposes the present cost allocations and appeals therefrom; Z. The Village of Orono requests the Metropolitan Sewer. Board and. the Metropolitan Council to revise the cost allocations to accurately reflect proper population estimates, to base the determina- tion of reserve capacity upon such revised population estimates, A