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Justification Report Utility Connection Fees City of Lino Lakes, MN WSB Project No. 2988-26 Page 3 3. CONNECTION FEES 3.1 Trunk Fee The City’s sewer and water trunk fees are based on the costs associated with constructing the trunk systems needed to support the anticipated growth through 2030. The additional trunk sanitary sewer and water system infrastructure is based on the Land Use Plan included in the City’s Comprehensive Plan. The timing of future trunk sanitary sewer and water system improvements will be influenced by several parameters including development in specific areas, failing on-site septic systems, regulatory requirements, availability of funds, etc. As a result, it is difficult to accurately predict the timing of future improvements, especially those which may occur far into the future. Therefore, the Capital Improvement Plan outlined in the Comprehensive Plan is intended to serve as a guide only for future fiscal planning and should be reviewed on a regular basis as more current planning and cost data becomes available. The trunk sanitary sewer and water system fees will be applied as a uniform trunk fee per total projected 2030 units. The value used for projected 2030 units was the average of the projections based on land use and predicted water usage. Trunk facilities include sewer and water pipe oversizing and sewer overdepth, as well as the designated municipal wells, water towers, and lift stations. The designated future trunk facilities are shown on the comprehensive sanitary sewer and water system maps contained in Appendix A. The following items are general policy guidelines to be considered when reviewing and/or revising the City’s sanitary sewer fee structure: Overdepth and Oversizing The cost of additional depth for sanitary sewer only shall be defined by differences in cost for the depth required to serve the property within the development and the depth required for trunk facilities. No watermain overdepth will be paid for with trunk fees. Trunk oversizing is defined as the differential of pipe costs between the required oversized pipe and the minimum pipe size required to serve property within a development. Pipe oversizing is generally considered as pipe sizes that are larger than 8 inches in diameter. Bid pricing shall not be the sole determinate in defining a developer credit. The City shall determine if a credit will be given for a project. Sanitary Lift Stations, Water Storage, and Water Supply Trunk lift stations will be defined as those included as part of the Comprehensive Sewer Plan as designated on the comprehensive plan sanitary sewer system figure in Appendix A. The cost of trunk lift stations will be financed by the City. Additional lift stations may be required to serve developments and lift stations that do not fit the definition for a trunk lift station will be constructed and financed privately as needed to serve individual developments. All lift stations will be designed and constructed in accordance with City standards.