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Honorable Mayor and City Council Lake Elmo, Minnesota March 15, 1990 Page Two Annual Quarterly Establishment #ERU Charge Charge Residence - individual off -site 1 $ 120.00 $ 30.00 Residence - collector off -site 1 180.00 45.00 Duplex 2 360.00 90.00 Beauty Shop 1 180.00 45.00 Mani Street Shop 1 180.00 45.00 Lake Elmo Inn 8 1,440.00 360.00 The proposed rate structure was formulated by assuming the 1989 expenditures can be expected in the future plus restore a positive balance to the fund. The sewer repair performed in 1989 points out the fact that one never knows where or when a repair might be necessary; therefore, the sewer charge must provide for future repairs, not just routine maintenance. Two types of complaints may be raised at the public hearing. The first complaint may be that trying to restore the fund balance all in one year by raising the rates 50% is too much of an increase. This may be heard especially from senior citizens on fixed incomes. The second type of complaint may be that maintenance and repairs on each site should be kept track of individually. In that way, the people on 32nd Street, for example, would have paid for the repair that was made on their system. Someone else may say that their site was only mowed once where another was mowed three times and their sewer charge should reflect that difference in maintenance. My recommendation is to maintain uniform sewer rates. The actual charge is for the treatment, not maintenance. Various levels of maintenance may be necessary to assure treatment at the various sites, but all persons receive the same level of sewage treatment. Our recommended rates did recognize that individual off -site residential systems (Severin and Scovil) are cheaper to maintain than collector systems. That is why their rates are proposed to remain the same while all others received the 50% increase. Sincerely yours, Larry D. Bohrer, P.E. LDB:j