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22891.5 <br />tOt - Mayor and City Council <br />FaOMt Mark E. Bernhatdson, City Adainistrati <br />DATKi Pabruary 28, 1991 <br />EUBJaCTt Stubbs Bay Sawat <br />Attaehsent;A. Zleaner Letter Dated 2/22/91 <br />B. Code Section 12a 30 Subdivision 4 Requiring <br />Sewer Connection within 16 Months <br />ISSUE - Determine whether Council would agree to a 15 to 20 year <br />assessment deferral as requested the Ziesmers. <br />INTRODUCTION - The Ziesmer's built a new hone three years ago and <br />have been on a holding tank ever since, although they have the <br />area set aside for primary and alternate drailfield sites. It is <br />interesting to note how much it has cost then to be on a holding <br />tank, and that information nay be relevant to other properties <br />who are on the brink of having failing systems. <br />DISCUSSION - If the issue of Stubbs Bay sewer would be deemed to <br />be “deaH"*" for the next five to ten years, the Ziesmer’s would <br />have at least some use of a new mound drainfield system, and have <br />it substantially paid off, before sewer was assessed. However, <br />if Council expects to make a decision on the the Stubbs Bay sewer <br />question within the next year, they could be hit with sewer <br />assessments at the same time they are trying to pay off the <br />septic system. <br />An alternative would be to assess them at the time all other <br />properties are assessed, but grant them a delay for a certain <br />number of /ears similar to a Senior Citizen deferment, at the end <br />of which time all principal and interest would start to be paid <br />(staff has not explored whether this would be legal). <br />Generating Interest in the Stubbs Ba£ Sewer - As Council is <br />aware7 anJ as note<i in the letter, a group of individuals have <br />been exploring ways to generate additional interest in and <br />acceptance of the Stubbs Bay sewer project. Staff has explored <br />options with this group and provided them with additional <br />informational materials to assist them in generating interest in <br />the Stubbs Bay area. <br />The three strategies that may assist generating interest are« <br />A. Require that any currently failing systems must go on <br />holding tanks effective on a set date. <br />B. The City could assist in some percentage of the costs <br />by purchasing "reserve capacity* for future connections <br />4