1980-01-18 Letter, Recap Sewer Issues

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Telephone 47:4 357 CITY of ORONO l'om ( fffic e Rox 669Cn>:tal flay, Minnewota 55323•Municipal Offices Un the North Shure of Lake Minnetonka January 18, 1980 Mr. Paul W. Smith 11217 Calvert Street North Hollywood, California 91606 Re: Sewer Connection - 2477 Dunwoody Avenue Dear Mr. Smith: We are in receipt of your letter of November 10, 1979. It is the opinion of the City Engineer, Glenn Cook, that your property can be served by a grinder pump and section of force main attached to a gravity sewer line leading across your neighbor's lot. According to our as -built maps, a sewer stub extends to near your neighbor's property line. (See attached letter from Engineer and sketch.) Your statement that you should not be forced to connect to sewer since it has not been brought to your property is partially correct. The stub is not at your property line, however, it is as close as the City can get without obtaining an easement. In our opinion. you have two choices: 1) you may make the complete installatic. from your house to the street, obtain an easement from your neighbor and incur all costs yourself; or 2) upon your refusal to do this, the City will obtain an easement and install the lateral to your property line assessing you directly for all costs involved including materials, labor, legal, engineerinq and administrative costs. In either case the City will provide you with a pump and tank. From past experience, the cost to you of having the City bring the lateral to your lot will undoubtedly be greater than if you have it done yourself. t suspect that the courts would require the City to extend the lateral to your property, assess you for it, and you would have to connect to it immediately when it became available. It has been our intent thus far to avoid costly legal action if at all possible. However, with only about 15 properties remaining to be connected out of over 1,400 where sewer is available, we would like to finish *ie connections early in 1980. Please let us know as soon as possible as to your plans for connection. The connection must be made! It is your -choice whether to do it yourself or to have the City resort to court orders to have it done. Sincerely, l f" 'k Michael P. Gaffron Septic System Inspector MPG:kh cc: Dolder Plumbing