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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1996 • ( 912 - Request for Sewer - Continued) Hurr said there are septics within the City that will be failing and do not have any other option such as Maresh now does. She said the City was not committed to making sewer available to those lots of 2 acres in size. Hurr said the undefined sewer units need to be saved for those without any other option available. Goetten said she would not consider the possibility of sewer except that the sewer line would be running next to this property. Maresh said he would not be applying for sewer if the sewer was not in close proximity to his property. Hurr noted that there will be no option for other properties along West Farm Road and to the south. In responding to Jabbour's comments about cost, Callahan said the applicant would be required tcq pay for the sewer from the point where the sewer plans to stop to the applicant's house. Noting the location for building a home on the vacant lot and maintaining a buffer of trees, Callahan asked what effect the sewer would have on the building site if it ran across the middle of the lot. Gaffron said there would be an impact and an easement would be required. Callahan commented that there was merit to the suggestion of what will happen with 600 non - conforming septics and only 50 undefined units available. He suggested tabling the matter to see the results of the feasibility study, waiting until sewer was closer to reality, • and knowing what the priorities are in relation to sewering. He did agree with Goetten that the applicant should not have to give up a buildable lot, while noting that this might not necessarily happen. Callahan did note that the applicant would have to pay for the sewer. Callahan said he assumed that the applicant's system will function until such time as these questions are answerable. Maresh said he would have to pump his system. It was his intent to make it known that his lot was substandard and the remedy would be expensive. Maresh said he estimated the cost of tree removal at about $4,500, $3,000 for sand, and $18,000 total for what would be a questionable septic. He said he did understand that sewer was expensive. Callahan suggested no action be taken at this stage. Once the plans are drawn for sewer, the City will have more of a handle on who will require the 50 undefined units.