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Memo to Steering Committee Page 2 March 9, 1995 • further northward. There are also a couple rural subdivisions in the eastern part of the community that may have to be initially excluded from the service district as consideration is given to expand eastward. Lastly, as presented to the Steering Committee at a previous meeting the southeast portion of the City has a couple of large land owners that may not have any interest in development. Two of the property owners are Cargill and the State-owned Oliver Kelly Farm. Given the proximity of these two properties to each other, a natural boundary may be created where the sanitary sewer and water would not be extended any further east along Highway 10. (See Attachment B). Given these parameters is Exhibit C has been prepared which illustrates a possible expansion of the urban service area towards the City's eastern limits. This boundary is a preliminary estimation of the area that could be served with City water and sewer based on the factors presented above and the next wastewater treatment plant expansion to 2.2 million gallons per day. It was staff's desire to have various "urban service area options" included in the packet for the Committee's review; however, the information wasn't completed in time. These options will be presented Thursday. Essentially, the presentation planned for Thursday night's meeting is to set forth information relative to the consumption of available capacity at the wastewater treatment S plant. Based on the available capacity, an ultimate urban service area can be established. There are no magic lines that have to be maintained to establish the urban service boundary except for the capacity issue; therefore, the service area can be "molded" to fit the goals of the City's long range plans. Staff will be prepared with some options for the Steering Committee to consider at Thursday night's meeting. In closing, it is important to remember that the identified service area will represent the foundation for a long term growth area for the community. The service area may be planned (phased) and developed incrementally over several years. As will be presented Thursday night, establishing the urban service area is directly related to the design of the sanitary sewer system. For example, the further east utilities are extended the largeer the initial pipe size must be. These issues will also be discussed Thursday. Recommendation At this point in the process it is important the Committee begin to draw conclusions to the major issues. Defining the urban service is the first step in"building" the comprehensive plan. The Committee will be asked Thursday to select either one of the urban service area options presented by staff or a modification to the presented options. Steering Committee Opinion Line • Attached is a draft of comments received from those participating in the "comprehensive plan hotline" that was set up on February 1st. Approximately 20 phone calls were s:planning:sc:3-9memo