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� RESOLUTION N0. 1049
RESOLU^1ION REGARDING ALLOCATIOTJ OF SEWER
CAPACITY OF THE PROPOSED MEDIPJA-ORONO
SEWER PIPE
WHEREAS, The City of Medina has present pollution
problems existing with on-site septic systems in that area
of the City of AZedina known as the Medina-Morningside
District, and therefore the City of Medina desires to con-
nect the tdedina-Morningside District to the City of Orono �
trunk sewer system, and
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WH�REAS, The City of Orono expressed a prior willingness
to �assist the City of Medina in solving its existing pollution
problem, and
WHEREAS, The City of Orono will construct and/or has
constructed and owns and operates various trunk and lateral
sanitary sewer lin�s which service various land use areas in __
the City of Orono, and those sewer lines are needed to serve
present and proposed development in the City of Orono, and
tiVHEREAS, the City of Medina needs to utilize a portion
, of the capacity of those sewer lines to solve its existing
• pollution problems , and
WHEREAS, based upon the prior request by the City of
Medina, the City of Orono had tentatively agreed with the
City of Medina to allow for an allocation of capacity in the
proposed new pipe and its use of the Orono sewer line, all as
set forth in the preliminary engineering report done for the
City of Medina, Minnesota, Medina-Morningside area, dated
October, 1978, by McCombs-Knutson Associates, Inc. , and
WHEREAS, based upon the tentative agreement, the City
of Orono has finalized further its sewer capacity needs based
upon its land use plans and desires of the property owners in
� the City of Orono included in the present sewer-benefited area,
NO�V, THEREFORE, BE I^1 RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:
l. That the City of Orono reaffirms its prior repre- '
sentation to the City of Medina that it is willing to assist
the City of I�iedina in solving its present pollution problem
existing with on-site septic systems in the area of the City
of Medina known as the Medina-Morningside District..
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� 2 . That the City of Orono is willing to allow the
City of Medina to build the sewer pipe within the City of
Orono as set forth in the preliminary engineering report
and to allow the sewage collected thereby to be deposited
into the sewer pipe of the City of Orono as set forth in
the preliminary engineering report.
3 . That the prior understanding with the City of
A�edina must remain and that is that the sewer pipe to be
constructed by the City of Medina may service only the
Medina-Morningside District which may not involve more than
a total of 83 homes, which homes must be located in the AZedina-
Morningside District.
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4. Any additional allocation of sewer capacity to the
City of Medina would result in increased sanitary sewer flow
which could not be handled by the City of Orono' s truizk sewer
system and downstream sewer systems given those systems ' pre-
sent capacity and the prior commitments by the City of Orono
for using that existing capacity in the pipe belonging to the
City of Orono for the benefit of properties previously assessed
for sewer in the City of Orono and which presently need and/or
want the sanitary sewer hool�-ups.
For the above reasons, the City Council of the City of Orono
• • declines to give up any more of its sewer capacity than was
previously agreed. Specifically, the City Council of the
City of Orono declines to provide any additional sewer capa-
city for the 31 units requested by Mr. Fred Keller and five
units requested by Mr. Wayne Neddermeyer, all for the devel-
� opment of land which is presently vacant in the City of
Medina.
This resolution was adopted by the City Council of the City
of Orono on the 12 day of June , 1979.
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Lailliam B. Van Nest, Mayor
ATTEST:
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V�7alter R. B son,
Clerk/Ad ' nistrator
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