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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR JULY 12, 1999 • ROLL The Council met on the above - mentioned date with the following members present: Mayor Gabriel Jabbour, Council Members Charles Kelley, Richard Flint, Bob Sansevere, and Barbara Peterson. Representing Staff were City Administrator Ron Moorse, City Attorney Tom Barrett, Senior Planning Coordinator Michael Gaffron, City Engineer Glen Cook, Public Services Director Greg Gappa, Zoning Administrator/Planner Paul Weinberger and Recorder Lanette Wolf. Mayor Jabbour called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. ( #1) PUBLIC HEARING - FOX RIDGE SEWER PROJECT A. ORDER PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR FOX RIDGE SANITARY SEWER PROJECT - RESOLUTION NO. 4317 Jabbour pointed out that this is not an assessment hearing. This hearing is to order plans and specifications only. He pointed out that the city has a very attractive bond rate and there is a $4,500 allowance for a grinder station for each resident. The $4,500 could either be included in the assessment with a check issued to the property owner, or the assessment could be reduced by $4,500. Gappa stated that Glenn Cook would give an overview of the project. He said that there was a meeting with the neighbors to talk about the project. A pressure system is being proposed because a gravity sewer option was very expensive at $33,800 per unit. The neighbors decided • they would rather have a pressure system at $21,100 per unit which includes a $4,500 allowance for residents to purchase their own grinder station. Glenn Cook, City Engineer, said this project will provide sewer service to nine residential units. He showed a diagram of the project and explained the proposal. The cost of the project would be approximately $190,000 or $21,100 per unit. He said the flow would be pumped up to Watertown Road in a single force -main. There will be a 2 -inch on Fox Ridge and a 3 -inch force -main on Brown Road. Jabbour asked if the $190,000 was an estimate provided by the City Engineer's office. Cook said it was an estimate based on previous bids. Mark Headrick, 1850 Fox Ridge Road, said he is concerned about the cost of the project. He said the residents were presented with two options, the gravity system and the pressure system. He said they chose the pressure system because it would cost less than the gravity system, but they feel the cost of the pressure system is still too high. He thinks that other neighborhoods have paid less for sewer service. He said the cost of the project is disproportionately high when compared to the value of the homes. He asked why the nine residents will have to pay for the line that runs along Brown Road because there will be homes in the area hooking up to the system later that will obtain the benefit of the sewer line. Page 1