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fi City of Elk REQUEST FOR ACTION River TO ITEM NUMBER Mayor and City Council 8.1 AGENDA SECTION MEETING DATE PREPARED BY General Business December 17,2012 Justin Femrite,P.E., City Engineer ITEM DESCRIPTION REVIEWED By Policy Change Associated with Highland Road Sewer and Water Cal Portner, City Administrator Connections REVIEWED BY ACTION REQUESTED Approve changes to the policy as it relates to collection of sewer and water assessments from properties with services along Highland Road. BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION On December 10,2012, the City Council reviewed and approved two ordinance amendments as it relates to the connection and financing of service connections to the public sewer and water system. The first ordinance amendment approved allows for existing home owners,who have availability to public sewer and water,to make connection to those systems and have the costs assessed to their property. This ordinance was passed to assist property owners,who are required to be connected to the public systems, with the costs of making the connections. This financing option for property owners will be in place until December 31,2015. The second ordinance amendment that was considered and adopted related to the connection of existing homes to the sanitary sewer and water system. Previously,Chapters 78-21 and 78-97(d) of the Elk River City Code detailed that all properties with access to sewer and water services be connected to the public systems within two years of said utility being made available. The ordinance was amended to remove and replace the two year requirement with a requirement for a property with public services available to be connected to the municipal services at the time of failure of either the existing septic system or well or when the property is sold,whatever comes first. Highland Road Sewer and Water Assessments At the August 21,2006,meeting,the City Council approved a policy to charge the properties along Highland Road for the sewer and water systems that were installed as part of the 2006 improvement project. These utility improvements resulted in providing individual sewer and water services to 25 properties along Highland Road. The 2006 policy stated the properties would be assessed$15,000 for the cost of the city to provide the services. Those properties that did not connect to the new services in 2006 would still be required to pay the assessment at the time of hook up in the future but the principle amount would be increased by 3% annually thereafter to cover inflation. Of the properties that received services,no property owners elected to connect to the system in 2006 and none have connected since that time. P O 11 E u E 0 1 I! 1ATU1I