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Walter R. Benson, City Administrator r:.OM: Alan P. Olson, City Planner DATE: August 21, 1980 SUBJECT: Sewer Connection Status Gladys Olson, 1340 Baldur Park Road This property is one of only 7 remaining which have not yet connected to available sanitary sewer (3 of the 7 are not currently occupied). Legal actions are pending on all properties except this one. Sewer was available as of July 1, 1968 and connection was required by ordinance no later than Decembe- 31, 1969 (16 months). Despite numerous notices, no connectio, has been made. A letter to Mrs. Olson from the City Attorney, dated May 7, 1979, established a city-wide deadline of August 1, 1979. Most affected owners complied last year. Mrs. Olson proceeded to becor--� involved with a subdivision application by Gary Petersen (#466) which received preliminary approval on July 10, 1979. The proposal involved sewer extension to serve the existing house and two new residences. Because of this work, Council did extend the required sewer connection date from August 1, 1979 to not later than July 31, 1980, even if the subdivision did not proceed. It hasn't. The Peterson preliminary approval has expired and he may no longer be involved with the property. No imp-•--em -its were made and no sewer connection has been done. Additi( arning letters were sent to Mrs. Olson on August 20, 1979, May 80 and :august 12, 1980 advising that the connection was still requi Now; the City has received a lette i nother potential developer (no application is on file) requesting .rther sewer connection delay. We have received no communication directly from Mrs. Olson at any time, either before, during or after the 1979 subdivision reviews nor since she 1980 warning letters. Talking with Mr. Westerlund today, I find that he does not yet even have a purchase agreement. While 1 agree in principle that the sewer connection is best made as part atsubdivision improvements, there is clearly no proof that subdiv�jion of this property is any closer now than it was in 1968. Therefore, I recommend against another exten )n. The only way that I could recommend granting extension would be if Mrs. Olson provided a signed agreement promisi.ig to install the work within a year, backed by a letter of credit sufficient to cover 100% of the costs, probably at least $5,000. If this is not provided before September 1, 1980, I would expect to issue citations as has been done in all other similar situations. Westerlund was advised of the above today. He will try to get a letter from Mrs. Olson by Monday.