Dear Neighbors -
I have found online links to the resolutions being voted on next Monday at the County Commissioners meeting (in addition to the meetings of related groups this week). You can obtain Resolution No. 3-09-4 and Resolution No. 3-09-5 at this link: http://www.williamsoncounty-tn.gov/DocumentView.asp?DID=1306
Here are some highlights:
Note that the second resolution (3-09-5) explains that the additional 1.4 million dollars is being requested because during the time that lapsed /was needed to obtain right-of-way and negotiate a collection system ressolution costs have gone up, including upgrades to the City's wastewater treatment ($750,00) and related engineering fees ($61,00). It says the County will fund these costs and they will get their dollars back by collecting fees from us homeowners.
Needless to say, this is very upsetting. $1.4 million divided by 400 homeowners is about $3500 per homeowner--so now we are looking at around $7500 per homeowner (originally they told us $4000) just to have the pipelines go through our property---tying on is an entirely different set of expenses.
Also, both resolutions state that the reimbursement for the costs of the system install will be obtained from individual property owners, which does not seem to allow for the possibility of getting money from grants or other sources. In addition, resolution 3-09-04 does not require any homeowner to tie on. It just says that after 7 years, even if you haven't tied on you will start getting billed for sewer treatment anyway based on your water usage. There is no provision about the city or county making any attempt to assist homeowners with a group rate if a number of us want to tie on at the same time---it is all individual requests to the city. Homeowners will own and be responsible for our own grinder systems.
I have a number of questions, but my biggest question is, since no one is required to tie on, if my neighbor's septic system fails, and their property condemned, can that property become "uncondemned" by tying on to the sewer system---and will the owner be forced by city or county to tie on at that point, or will they just be forced out of the home and be able to leave it there in a condemned state? (not expecting any of you to answer that).
Andi Creek
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While I know this list is not exhaustive, I want to thank the Creeks, the Felts, the Triggs, the Colellas, the Jones', Feenstras, and all the other families who worked so hard in pushing this sewer effort through. While costs will potentially move higher than anticipated, it would have only gotten worse with any future delay.
Sewers are inevitable. Period. There is a 100% chance that each of our personal experiences will get worse without it. The only uncertainty is time. A repair I had a year ago may last me for another 20 years. Who knows? One thing is for certain. Each of our days of septic issues are numbered and they are coming. For many they are already here.
Many thoughtful and substantive efforts are being made to mitigate costs for ALL of us. These efforts are being made by very few for ALL of us. This includes some of our county commissioners.
I hope that many of us (including myself) will step up to the plate and help whenever possible to assist in bringing this effort to fruition.
Remember that we are a community. We can choose to work together and celebrate that relationship or we can pull inside ourselves and only consider our individual needs. In this case, I believe it would be to the detriment of our neighbors and ourselves not to look out for all our interests in both the short and long term. We are taking care of our family when consider our neighbors. I want my kids to live with that perspective.
Thanks again to all who put such substantial work into making all our future lives better. Sorry this is so wordy. I wouldn't surprise you to hear I'm known to be a talker...
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