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• Page 9 17 June 1981 Mr. Walter R. Benson Orono City Administrator Box 66 , Crystal Bay MN 55323 Dear Dick : I am writing to ask that the property at 1420 Shoreline Drive , Orono, owned by my wife and me be joined to the sewer project now under construction immediately to the south of us . I have discussed this request with your city plar.ner, A1 Olson , and with Mike Gaffron , who came to my house last week to fulfill my request for an appointment to talk about our sewer situation. Both of them assured me that this request is very troublesome for you because of Orono ' s commitments to the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission and, through the city ° s comprehensive plan , to the Metro- politan Council . Therefore , permit me to recount to you the history of my understanding of the city ' s sewer projects and services : Our property is about� 4 acres , only 3 acres of which are described as "bui].dable , " in a part of Orono zoned for 2-acre minimum lot without sewer service (I cannot recall at this writing whether the minimum lot si2e shrinks to 1�2-acre or 1 -acre with the introduction of sanitary sewer service ) . Our house (and drainfield) is on the high point at the southern eiid of the property. Sone time ago -- perhaps two years -- the City of Orono began a series of ineetings and hearings on proposals to install sewer service along Count� Road 15 where the metropolitan sewer line had been installed. One of the sub-projects would have provided service to my neighbor- hood (Tanager Bridge north almost to Orono Lane) but the cost was very high because of the necessity described at the time of running a line all the way to west Ferndale Road to gain access to the metropolitan sewer line . The cost was deemed prohibitive . I attended those meetings and hearings right up to the point when the council made the decision that the sub-project affecting my property would not be ordered. At that time , I stopped attending the hearings -- which