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April 3, 2009
Michael Kuruvilla
Orono Montessori School
850 W. Wayzata Blvd.
Wayzata, MN 55391
Re: Municipal Sewer& Water Service
Dear Mr. Kuruvilla:
The City Council has reviewed your letter requesting re-guiding of the Orono Montessori
property from Single-family Rural Residential Use to Institutional Use, to allow incorporation of
the property into the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA). Inclusion in the MUSA is
required in order for municipal sewer to be extended to your property. Per the comments of
Metropolitan Council staff in November 2007, this change would allow the property to be added
to the MUSA without being part of Orono's overall residential density calculation. Therefore,
the City Council has directed that this change be presented to the Metropolitan Council as an
element of the Orono Comprehensive Plan Update. The Update is expected to be approved by
Met Council late in 2009, which would allow for potential construction of sewer to your property
during the 2010 construction season. Note that provision of just municipal water to your
property does not require inclusion in the MUSA.
Sewer. The cost of a sewer extension to serve your property at 850 Wayzata Boulevard is
estimated by the City Engineer at approximately $66,000. Because that extension would also
serve the property across from you at 875 Wayzata Boulevard if/when it develops, we would
expect that some portion of the cost would be attributed to that property. However, the relative
proportioning of the cost between 850 and 875 has not been determined, and 875 would have
additional costs in extending the line under Wayzata Boulevard. Also, it is the City's current
position that final design and installation of the sewer extension to serve both properties will not
proceed at all until 875 develops (which is expected to begin in late 2009 or early 2010, but is
not firm at this time). Note that the sewer system serving your property is expected to be a
pressure sewer system, requiring you to construct and maintain a grinder station to discharge
your effluent to the City sewer line.
Water. Regarding municipal water, the City Council has authorized the City Engineer to prepare
final plans and specifications for an extension of the water system to serve your property, as part
of the Myrtlewood sewer& water project scheduled for the summer of 2009. The cost estimate
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for this extension is approximately $64,000 with again some undetermined portion of the cost to
be attributed to the property at 875 Wayzata Boulevard. We will in the next 4-6 weeks be
providing the Council with information to assist them in determining the appropriate
apportioning of costs.
Cost Assessment and Additional Costs. The City normally assesses the costs of retrofitting
neighborhoods with sewer and water utilities over a period of 15 years. We expect that to be the
case with your extensions. Also remember that the costs of actually connecting your building to
the municipal sewer or water system are not assessed, and it is the responsibility of the property
owner to hire a contractor to make those connections. You should contact sewer and water
contractors to determine what your connection costs will be. Additional costs that you will incur
at the time of making the connections are:
Sewer: Metropolitan Council Sewer Availability Charge (SAC): $2,000.00 x No. of SAC Units'
City of Orono Connection Permit: $ 50.00
City of Wayzata Sewer Connection Charge2: $ 525.00 x No. of SAC Units'
Water: City of Orono Connection Permit: $ 50.00
City of Orono Water Meter(1"): $ 477.70 (est.)
City of Wayzata Water Connection Charge2: $1,920.00 x No. of SAC Units'
' The number of SAC units is based on expected usage and is calculated for non-residential uses by the
Metropolitan Council. For Daycare uses, the property is charged 1 SAC unit for each 14 licensed
students. For Church uses 1 SAC unit is charged foe each 275 seats. Under your stated potential use of
approximately 100 students,the property might be charged as many as 7 SAC units.
2 The sewer and water systems serving your property will be an extension of the City of Wayzata utility
system, and are therefore subject to Wayzata's connection charges
Schedule. The tentative schedule for the Myrtlewood sewer and water project is to call for bids
in early April; open bids in late April; hold an assessment hearing in mid-May; award a contract
on May 25, 2009; construction to commence in June/July with substantial completion in
September, 2009. Under this scenario, you would likely have the ability to connect to the water
system in October/November of 2009. This schedule is subject to change.
Please feel free to contact me at 952-249-4622 if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Michael P. Gaffr(),‘( -,7/
Asst. City Administrator
cc: City Engineer Tom Kellogg
Sewer & Water Supervisor Scott Oberaigner
Finance Director Ron Olson