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r/i City of Elk. River REQUEST FOR ACTION To Item Number Ci Council 7.2 , Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by Administration December 21, 2009 Jeremy Barnhart, Planning Manager Bob Ru recht, Buildin Official Item Description Reviewed by Service Availability Charge (SAC) 1. Ordinance Amending Section 78-189, Service Reviewed by Availability Charge 2. Resolution for Summa Publication of the Ordinance Action Requested Two Council motions: 1. Adopt ordinance amending Section 78-189, Service Availability Charge. 2. Adopt resolution for summary publication of the ordinance. Background/Discussion Earlier this year it was noted that that Service Availability Charge was in need of updating. While the format of the schedule was generally consistent with the Metropolitan Council schedule, there were inconsistencies in how the units were applied. For example, the Metropolitan Council schedule bases units on the number of bays; a fixed number. The City schedule based it on the number of employees; a fluid number. Additionally, a potential restaurateur expressed dissatisfaction over the apparent high service availability charge for a sit down restaurant compared to a "to go" or fast food restaurant. Understanding the Council's desire to attract sit down restaurants, staff is recommending lowering the unit charge for all restaurants to the standard fast food rate of one per 22 seats. While sit down restaurants use more water for dish washing, etc, staff believes the amount of loss in service availability revenues (a one time fee collected at the time of building permit) is not significant and the goodwill generated will offset the financial reduction. The remaining changes were primarily clarifications to align more with the Metropolitan Council's schedule. Attachments ^ Ordinance Amending Section 78-189 ^ Resolution for Summary Publication Action Motion by Second by Vote Follow Up S:\Ordinances\SAC Memo.doc