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10986.2 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Mark Bernhardson, City Administrator DATE: October 9, 1986 SUBJECT: (Carlson/Stebbins) Request for Sewer Attachments: A. Bruce Carlson request for sewer dated 10/7/86 B. Stebbins request for sewer memorandum 10/23/85 ISSUE - For properti(_� in the rural zone adjacent to sewer does the Council desire to amend its policy from a.) permitted only when not technically and/or economically feasible (in practice basically technically feasible) to b.) through a policy of allowing it when it is determined to be more advantageous alternative for that site. DISCUSSION - The attached letter from Mr. Carlson who is presently attempting to purchase the property k -wn as the Stebbins' property has prior to purchase made a request that the property be allowed to hookup to sewer. As you will note in the attached letter he has cited several references which he feels indicates that sewer is generally the better alternative and when available should be utilized. Additionally he has addressed some of the items that were stated in the denial resolution on the Stebbins' property. While staff has just received the request this week since it was based on a previous denial we felt it appropriate to bring it to Council for consideration. (It is anticipated based on that this would be a connection directly to the Long Lake system that economically the sewer hookup in this case is probably less costly than installation of the mound system on the site.) Apart from the economics this situation is not substantially different regarding the Howard Hull denial that was part of this eve:,ing's agenda. With the Hull request there were additional considerations that do relate to system capacity as it relates to properties in the Hackberry Hill area. The policy for rural areas as set forth in the Comprehensive Sewer Policy Plan in item #11 indicates that hookup to the existing municipal sanitary sewer will be considered only if the environmental and/or health problems can not technically or economically be solved on -site and then only if the neighborhood is adjacent to the existing urban area or along the route of the MWCC interceptor.