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clty Elk Request for Action R.iVer To Item Number Mayor and Ci Council 8.2 Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by General Business August 15, 2016 Justin Femrite, P.E., City Engineer Item Description Reviewed by Highland Road Sewer and Water Connection Cal Portner, City Administrator Reviewed by Action Requested Discussion on collection of interest fees from property owner at 12095 Highland Road. Background/Discussion This item is brought before the Council at the request of Councilmember Burandt. The property owner is requesting the city provide the incentive for their connection to the public sewer and water systems on Highland Road that was in place for connections made before January 1, 2016. The incentive offered between December,2012 and January, 2016,waived the interest on the outstanding sewer and water assessment. The current payment required on this assessment is the original$15,000,plus interest calculated from 2006, for a current total of$20,158. The incentive dropped the interest charge for connections made before January, 2016, saving the property owners $5,158. Letters were sent to all qualifying property owners of this incentive in December of 2012 and a reminder letter was sent in October of 2015 with direction of the City Council on October 5, 2015. Dennis & Patricia Gorman claim they never received those letters because they have not been living at the property and stated it is a rental property. Neither letter was returned as undeliverable. The property is not legally licensed as a rental property. The addresses for courtesy letters were cross-referenced with the rental license database. If licensed, the owner's current address would have been noticed. This is the same owner name and address that was on file and used for all of the notices sent out during the original Highland Road project in 2006 when the services were made available. From that date, they presumably would not have had any expectation of a savings for the incentive. The Council discussed the sunset provision of the incentive on October 5, 2015, and unanimously approved (4-0, Council Member Westgaard was absent) to end the program per ordinance. Financial Impact The sanitary sewer fund will receive $5,158 less revenue if direction is given to waive the interest charge. Attachments ■ Excerpt of minutes (Item 8.1) from City Council meeting on October 5, 2015 POWERED 6T Template Updoted 4/14 INAWRE]