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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, June 11, 2012 7:00 o'clock p.m. (7. #12 -3551 CARL TSENG AND KIM YUEH CHA UN, 1505 LONG LAKE BOULEVARD, Continued) Rahn moved, Printup seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 6146, a Resolution Granting Variances to Municipal Zoning Code Sections 78 -330, 78 -1279, 78 -1286, and 78 -1288, and a Conditional Use Permit per Section 78 -1286, for the property located at 1505 Long Lake Boulevard, subject to the recommendations of Staff and the City Engineer. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR/CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT *8. 4055 ELM STREET REQUEST FOR DITCH STABILIZATION Printup moved, Franchot seconded, to authorize Staff to evaluate potential corrective measures and funding sources to stabilize the ditch at 4055 Elm Street. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. 9. MUSA ADDITION REQUEST - 20 ORONO ORCHARD ROAD Struve stated in February of 2012, a resident at 20 Orono Orchard Road made a formal request to connect the properties addressed 20 and 30 Orono Orchard Road to the City sanitary sewer system. The resident has later changed his request to only connect 20 Orono Orchard Road. This property does not meet the following MCES exceptions so the property will not be counted against • Orono's density calculations: The property was developed prior to 1985, there is a failing septic system and there are no alternative septic locations on the site. Staff has contacted MCES staff and has been informed this property can be added to the MUSA through a minor plan amendment to Orono's 2008 -2030 Comprehensive Plan. As part of the Comprehensive Plan Amendment process, a 60 -day comment period is required. MCES will waive this comment period for a minor plan amendment for properties which are not contiguous to other jurisdictions. The City can also waive the 60 -day comment period since the property is less than 40 acres, does not change growth forecasts, and is outside of the City's notification policy. Staff is recommending that the City Council waive the 60 -day comment period to allow the applicant to begin the work in the near future. If the Council approves the request to add this property to the MUSA, all construction costs associated with installing the pipe will be the responsibility of the property owner. The property owner has requested this cost be special assessed against the property. There will also be a standard $700 fee charged to the applicant for the minor comprehensive plan amendment. McMillan asked if the 60 -day rule is waived, whether Staff will have enough time to prepare the minor comprehensive plan amendment and other work that would need to be done. Struve stated in his opinion they should be able to complete all the necessary work. Rahn noted this is a different process that the City is going through versus the Leaf Street situation and asked how the situations differ. • Gaffron noted this request came to the City prior to the Leaf Street request. The initial response in both cases was to see what the Metropolitan Council felt about adding the property to the MUSA and whether Page 14 of 17