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CITYof ORONO Pont Office Box WeCrystal Hay, Minnetote 4fi3 le'tunicipal ChTu . On the North Shore of Lake Minnetonka December 5, 1935 Mr. Glenn Cook Bonestroo, Rosene 2335 W. Trunk Hwy 30 St. Paul, MN 55U3 Re: MWCC Project 86-51/Orono Int.:L::eptor Improvements Dear. Glenn, Having reviewed tht. r►tent of the project referenced above together with your proposal the selection of Bonestroo as the engineer on the project would be of benefit to Orono in many ways, as it would bring to bear your experience with the Orono system together with the d sires and needs of Orono for improvements including the propo; ed telemetry system. There is however, 7 areas of concern, in that the improvements may entail t�.-- replacement of existing forcemain piping, which was originally put in as part of the original Orono sewer system. Being fully cognizant of the fact that there are times that t:he system has overflowed causing sewage to flow hoth into basements and also raw sewage into Lake Minnetonka, there is very possibly the need beyond lift station improvements to handle the current capacity in the lines. while it may be appropriat,) that the size of the pipe could or should be changed, I do see a potential conflict in two regards as they relate to Bonestroo being both City Engineer and also the selected Engineer on behalf of MWCC for those improvements. They are as follows: a. To the extent that tt•ere is needed a decision or recommendation regarding replacement of the pipe that the interests of Orono and MWCC may be in conf l-Ict as to whether changes in lift stations and telemetry would alleviate the problem at a lesser cost than actual replacement of the pipe or if both are needed in order to accomplish alleviation of existing ablems. t>. To the extent a recommendation needs to L.e made regarding the sizing of the pipe there could be a difference as to the size based on the iiv(,rgent goals between MWCC, and Orono. M'ti.UtNt ! /ONINr 4717.1.17 • ADMINtSTRATIUN B I I\AWT - 473-715A • PUBLW WORKS - 173-7159 ASSE.SSI M,