Eastsound Water Users Association director Paul Kamin recently suggested that residents living in 29 homes in the Los Arboles area – outside the Urban Growth Area – welcome an Eastsound sewer main into their neighborhood.
For residents within the Urban Growth Area (UGA), connection to the sewer main has become an offer they can’t refuse, thanks to the state Growth Management act. Some of these residents fear making payments on the $6,500 sewer connection fee could sink them financially.
This situation is different, because the 29 homes on Michael, Teri and Timber Lanes are outside the UGA. The sewer district is not required to serve the area under growth management, and would even have to obtain a special exception in order to run a main into the area.
