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Page 42 14r. Bernard J. Iiarrington Page 2 presented to the Psetropolitan Waste Control Commission for your approval and yet no action has been taken. 4. The original Comprehensive Sewer Plan prepared by Orono in October of 1976 projected the City' s sewer needs through the year 2000. The 2'ietropolitan Waste Control Commission staff objected to anv reference being rmade in our Conprehensive Sewer Plan beyond the year 1990 and we were requested by the P4etropolitan Council staff to so ar,iend our plan as to rernove any references beyond the year 1990. The Orono-Long Lake interceptor is presently . designed to provide capacity as projected by the City through the year 2000 for only that part of the �ity lying in sewer service areas 1 through 8. The balance of the City, which you are including in vour sewer service area map, is not included in a projected sewer area until at least after the year 2000. The inclusion of rural Orono into the sewer service area of the Orono- Long Lake interceptor bv the Waste Control Commission is in serious conflict with the City' s established land use planning for that area. ihe results of this conflict mean that these lands will be included in the urban service area by the lietropolitan Council rather than the rural service area as requested by the City's comprehensive planning. The City views this as a major obstacle preventing the statutory right of the City to plan its land use patterns within the structure of i ts comprehensive land use planning_ ' _ The City has requested several tiraes in the past four months to have a meeting with you to resolve this issue_ The City is willing to negotiate this matter in order to alleviate any problems that the _ Waste Control Conulission may have with reserve capacity, originally prograr.imed for Orono, or any other concerns that the Waste Control Comr.iission may have. S�Te feel that it is important that these - negotiations be culminated at an early time so there will be no additional delays in the construction of the Orono-Long Lake interceptc Until the sewer service area of the Orono-Long Lake interceptor has been finally determined and acceptable to the City, we are unable to respond to the System Statement prepared by the Metropolitan Council dated June 23, 1977. Because of this inconsistency of the sewer servic area, the public hearing process allowing the City to object to the System Stateraent has been kept open until tYiis issue has been � resolved. This is yet another reason why this inconsistency must be resolved at an early date.