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• The U of M St Paul Campus and the State Fair's sanitary sewer charges are based upon water <br />• meter readings. The rate is .010325 per cu/ft. <br />• Parts of the city do not have sewage flow meters so water meter readings have to be used in <br />the calculation. <br />• The Sanitary Sewer Fund is not yet running an annual loss, but the annual margin is slipping <br />dramatically. <br />• An adjustment to the quarterly fee for this service would make the fund more self-sustaining, <br />better representing the cost for this service, and would also bring Falcon Heights more into line <br />with other communities in the North Metro. <br />Analysis: <br />Our fee structure is very low compared to our surrounding communities. Our costs continue to <br />increase while the revenue remains static. We recommend revising our fee structure to help cover <br />our annual operating costs, especially in the Storm Drainage Fund. We have enclosed examples of <br />survey data from a consulting engineering firm named Advance Engineering and Environmental <br />Services Incorporated. We participated in their survey and they shared the data with the cities that <br />participated. Data from 2004 and 2005 is attached. In these surveys, Falcon Heights ranks near or <br />at the bottom of the survey for cities in terms of costs for services. <br />• STORM DRAINAGE CHARGES <br />Commercial Fee $32.50 per acre per quarter. <br />Household Current Qtr <br />Fee: 3.74 Current Yearly Fee: <br />$ Quarterly New <br />Yearly <br />Fee Fee <br />If new fee was: $ 4.00 $ 16.00 <br />$ 4.50 $ 18.00 <br />$ 5.00 $ 20.00 <br />$ 5.50 $ 22.00 <br />$ 6.00 $ 24.00 <br />• $ 6.50 $ 26.00 <br />14.96 <br />