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Justification Report Utility Connection Fees City of Lino Lakes, MN WSB Project No. 2988-26 Page 8 4. FEE CALCULATIONS 4.1 2030 Unit Projections The 2030 units are based on the average of the projected units based on land use and the projected residential equivalents based on approximate future water use. Currently within the City of Lino Lakes, there are approximately 6,828 developable acres proposed to be developed by the year 2030 as identified in the City’s 2030 Comprehensive Plan. Of that amount, 5,174 are residential acres; 1,090 are commercial or industrial acres; and 564 are mixed-use acres. The total number of units projected is the assumed number of SAC units per acre for each land use designation, multiplied by the remaining acres to be developed by 2030, resulting in approximately 12,790 equivalent units developing by the year 2030. The assumed density for each land use category is included in Appendix C. The projected units based on water usage is a residential equivalent unit volume determined by dividing average annual water usage by the number of gallons residential users demand on average. The projected 2030 water usage was divided by the residential equivalent volume to determine the additional residential equivalents by 2030, resulting in approximately 6,537 additional residential equivalents developing by 2030. The units used in this report were determined by the average of the two methodologies, resulting in an assumed additional 9,663 units to connect to the City’s water and sewer system by 2030. As development proceeds, this number should be tracked and updated to adjust fees every five years, with adjustments made incrementally to address inflation. 4.2 Trunk Fee Capital Improvement Plans (CIP) for both the sanitary sewer and water supply systems were developed based on the City’s 2030 Comprehensive Plan. The CIPs were based on building the trunk facilities to accommodate the 2030 estimated growth. The trunk sanitary sewer CIP includes sanitary sewer pipe upgrades, new main installations, and designated lift station improvements within the 2030 Urban Service Area. The trunk sanitary sewer improvement projects and associated costs included in the trunk fee calculation are detailed in Appendix B. The trunk water system CIP includes water main upgrades, new main installations, and designated water supply wells and storage tanks within the 2030 Urban Service Area. Additionally, it was assumed that the Trunk Fees would cover the cost of half of the water treatment plant planned for construction. Because the 2030 Comprehensive Plan was written in 2009, those projects already constructed were removed, and five percent was added to the estimated costs to address inflation. The trunk water system improvement projects and associated costs included in the trunk fee calculation are detailed in Appendix B. The total costs to construct the 2030 trunk sanitary sewer and 2030 trunk water systems are estimated at $12,400,000 and $10,864,350, respectively. The total costs to construct the systems were divided by the total number of 2030 units remaining to be developed to obtain a uniform trunk fee per SAC unit. The calculated trunk sewer fee is $1,505 and the calculated trunk water fee is $2,162.