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SANITARY SEWER CONNECTION AGREEMENT THIS SANITARY SEWER CONNECTION AGREEMENT ("Agreement") entered into this day of , 2020, by and between the WINDSOR PARK THIRD ADDITION HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. ("HOA") and the CITY OF ELK RIVER ("City"). BACKGROUND Windsor Park Third Addition (the "Subdivision") is an 88-lot residential subdivision located outside of the City's Urban Service Area, with no current access to City Sanitary Sewer Services. Sanitary Sewer Service is currently provided to the 88 lots in the Subdivision by means of a shared low-pressure subsurface sewer treatment system ("SSTS"), which has reached the end of its useful life and must be replaced. In lieu of replacing the SSTS, the HOA Board of Directors has requested the City to connect the Subdivision to the City's Sanitary Sewer System. In response to this request, the City has initiated a public improvement project (the "Project") to install an fl- inch gravity sewer line to connect the SSTS to the City Sanitary Sewer System, and to assess the costs of the Project to the 88 lots in the Subdivision. The purpose of this Agreement is to set forth the terms and conditions for connection of the HOA-owned SSTS to the City -owned Sanitary Sewer System. AGREEMENT I. The Project. The parties agree that the Project will include installation of a new 8-inch gravity sewer pipe across Outlot C of the Subdivision, connection of this pipe to the Subdivision's existing 3-inch PVC low-pressure force main, and abandonment of the Subdivision's drain field and recirculating sand filter, all as provided in the plans and specifications for the Project dated . The HOA consents to the City including in the Project, and completing, all work, including any upgrades or improvements to HOA-owned infrastructure, necessary, in the City's sole discretion, to connect the Subdivision's SSTS to the City Sanitary Sewer System. 2. Assessments. The HOA agrees that all City costs related to the Project shall be assessed to the 88 properties included in the Subdivision. Costs to be assessed will include all City costs to complete the Project describe in the plans and specifications, any additional costs to upgrade or replace HOA-Owned Infrastructure, any additional City costs for consultant and staff time related to the Project, and the Trunk Sewer fees and Sewer Service availability charges for 88 single family residential Sanitary Sewer Services, as provided in the City fee schedule. Ownership, repair, maintenance and replacement of City -Owned Infrastructure. A. City will own all infrastructure installed in the Project beginning with the connection to the HOA's 3-inch low-pressure force main, and extending downstream from that point (the "City -Owned Infrastructure"). B. City will be responsible for the repair, maintenance and replacement of the City -Owned Infrastructure. The cost to repair, maintain and/or replace the City -Owned