02-22-1988 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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OPTION 7. Installation of municipal sanitary sewer. The benefits of municipal sewers from a long-term standpoint are many. Very little homeowner maintenance is required once the system is in place, because the City maintains the system. Water use contraints imposed by limited capacity septic systems are no longer a concern. Once the area previously devoted to septic systems is no longer needed for that purpose, many property owners would gain the ability to expand their living space, add aL,.rages and generally improve the quality of housing in the ne'Dh:,orhood. This has proven to be the case in the Crystal Bay area of Orono which was recently sewered. The feasibility and costs of installation of a sanitary sewer serving the Stubbs Bay Northeast and Stubbs Bay Northwest sub -areas have preliminarily been documented in the feasibility report entitled "Stubbs Bay Sanitary Sewer Improvements for amity of Orono, Minnesota" prepared by Bonestroo and Associates in 1984 (Appendix 3). The cost estimates of that survey have been updated for the 1988 construction year. Updated estimated cost to serve Stubbs Bay Northwest is $372,244, with a range of cost of $14,300-16,900 per unit depending on whether specific properties are included. (A few properties in the Bayside North sub -area were included in this unit estimate.) Updated estimated cost to serve Stubbs Bay Northeast is $509,709, or $12,750 per unit based on 40 potential units. Stubbs Bay Northwest would have to be completed in order for the Stubbs Bay Northeast project to be feasible. Most properties in Bayside North and all properties in Bederwood and Bayside East were excluded from the Bonestroo 1984 feasibility study. Costs of connection, including SAC, permits and hookup charge could range from $1,000-$3,000 additional per unit. Maintenance costs to the homeowner would be in the form of a quarterly sewer usage charge. Currently that charge is $51.15 per quarter or $204.60 per year. 29