Attendees
Tom Noonan, Flaura’s Acres
Lisa-Ann Oliver, Flaura’s Acres
Zachary Slota, United Engineering
Nick Dostie, Sequim City Engineer
Austin Wagner, Engineer, City of Sequim
Katie Cole, Engineer, City of Sequim
Cynthia Fuller, Commerce – Small Communities Initiative Program
Status
- All survey work has been completed.
- Nick Dostie will be the main point of contact for the project with Austin and Katie providing backup if he is not available.
- HOA meeting will be held at the Shipley Center on November 11 at 3:30.
- City can be present, but may not need to be. HOA Board will discuss and let city know.
Plans and Specifications
- Preliminary engineering is nearly complete and should be ready for city review by the end of the week. Additional details with profiles will be added to the plans.
- Currently the plans show a clean-out at the end of the main. City would prefer a manhole be installed, but it can remain where shown.
- The current plans show the existing water lines, and need to remain to verify separation requirements, but the focus will be on connecting the sewer system only.
- Design must meet Orange Book standards and include major design points such as pipe capacity, minimum slope, pipe size, and distance between manholes.
- City will send over current sewer standards to Zach.
- A site construction permit application should be submitted with a construction cost estimate for the sewer project. The city would like to have easement paperwork included, but due to the time-sensitive nature of the project, the easement can be added as a condition of final approval at a later time.
- All project costs must be incurred by September 30. Invoices should be submitted to the Conservation District as soon as possible for payment, but can be submitted after the September 30 deadline.
Connecting to City Sewer
- The HOA must deed over the sewer line to the city for ownership
- The easement must be a minimum of 20’, but will likely be 30’ for ingress and egress utility work.
- City sewer billings are based on water meter assumptions (100% of water used goes into the sewer system).
- If the HOA has or installs a source meter at the water well, they could be billed as a wholesale customer by the city. The HOA could continue to read individual meters and maintain current billing practices.
- Currently, each residence has an individual meter. If the HOA chooses to have the city bill each residence individually, the meters would need to be upgraded to meet city standards.
- Connection permit from each lot owner would be required.
- Cost of connecting home to sewer is the responsibility of the homeowner and is in addition to the city’s connection fees.
Annexation
- Upgrades to meet city standards for roads, sidewalks, bridges, fire requirements, ADA, etc. would be required.
- Connection fees would be lower.
- Discussion among members about annexation will be held at the November 11 meeting.
- Annexation will not be tied to moving ahead with the connection project.