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INTRODUCTION The City Council has requested this report to determine the feasibility of constructing sanitary sewer improvements in the Crystal Bay Area to serve the Art Center of Minnesot_. Sanitary sewer is proposed to be constructed to serve the residential property in Crystal Bay. This project would expand the construction to serve the Art Center. The Art Center of Minnesota is located on approximately six acres west of the Crystal Bay Area which is presently experiencing on site system failures. The Art Center is located on property which is zoned residential and requires a minimum of two acres for a single family residential unit. The Art Center of Minnesota presently has two on -site systems. The on -site system which serves the main building was constructed in 1980 and was designed for a daily flow of 1800 gallons. This design would be equivalent to seven residential units. The on site system which serves the old school is an Imhoff tank which was constructed at the time the school was built. The Metropolitan Waste Control Commission has indicated that the main building could facilitate use which would require 20 equivalent residential units. The old school could facilitate use which would require eight equivalent residential units. The City of Orono has developed a policy of serving all major institutions or commercial users to minimize the potential for contamination of the watershed and ultimately Lake Minnetonka. The construction of sanitary sewer service to the Art Center of Minnesota is consistent with the amity's Comprehen- - 3 - 0-7389c