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<br /> <br /> <br />Request for Action <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />To Item Number <br />Mayor and City Council 9.3 <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br />Work session July 20, 2020 Bob Ruprecht, Building Official <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br />Sewer Access Charge for Exercise/Fitness Facility Suzanne Fischer, Community Development <br />Director <br />Reviewed by <br />Cal Portner, City Administrator <br /> <br />Action Requested <br />Receive information and provide staff direction. <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br />A Planet Fitness facility is proposed for the former Office Max building. The owners have requested a <br />review of the current fee schedule that directs the amount of SAC (sewer access charge) and WAC (water <br />access charge) charged. <br /> <br />The current fee schedule requires an additional 25 SAC Units to be paid, over and above the eight units paid <br />by the previous retail tenant. At $5,385 per unit, that equates to $134,625. Elk River Municipal Utilities <br />would use the same 25 units for the WAC fee at $3,764 per unit. <br /> <br />Elk River adopted the fee schedule several years ago based on the Metropolitan Council calculations. <br />Portions of the chart have been updated over the past several years on a case-by-case basis to meet unique <br />situations in Elk River. The Met Council has also adjusted their schedule since our adoption, including for <br />this type of facility. If we followed the most current Met Council calculations, the SAC units owed for this <br />project would be 6.6 units. <br /> <br />Financial Impact <br />SAC and WAC are intended to recover the fixed costs of the investment for the capital facilities such as <br />lift stations, the wastewater treatment plant, wells, water towers, etc. <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> N/A <br /> <br /> <br />The Elk River Vision <br />A welcoming community with revolutionary and spirited resourcefulness, exceptional <br />service, and community engagement that encourages and inspires prosperity <br />