HomeMy WebLinkAbout#15 - 201 Wastewater System Connection Request STAFF REPORT
DATE: October 16, 2018
CONSENT
ITEM #: 15
AGENDA ITEM: 201 Wastewater System – Approve Connection Request for 10975 32nd Street.
SUBMITTED BY: Chad Isakson, Assistant City Engineer REVIEWED BY: Kristina Handt, City Administrator Rob Weldon, Public Works Director Jack Griffin, City Engineer
ISSUE BEFORE COUNCIL: Should the City Council allow 10975 32nd Street to connect to the City’s Village Remote C 201 wastewater system located along 32nd Street North? BACKGROUND AND PROPOSAL DETAILS/ANALYSIS: City staff has received a request from Brian J Boyle SB Trust at 10975 32nd Street to connect to the City’s Village Remote C 201 wastewater system located on 32nd Street on the north end of Lake Elmo. The property currently does not have an individual onsite wastewater treatment system and resides within the City’s 2040 MUSA boundaries. The property is currently for sale. The Village Remote C 201 wastewater system was originally designed to serve 5 properties, however several additional properties have connected to the system since 2002. The last property to connect was in 2012 after Washington County performed a system inspection at the City’s request and found the drain field to be operating under capacity and at roughly 50% of its useful life. Staff has therefore been recommending that the Council allow connection to the Village Remote C 201 wastewater system contingent upon the
property owner entering into an assessment agreement to address the future connection to municipal sanitary sewer when it becomes available.
The assessment agreement requires the property owner to acknowledge that they are responsible for all costs to make the connection, including a connection fee to the City in the amount of $10,050. The agreement further states that the City has agreed to grant this connection as a temporary solution until the
City’s sanitary sewer system is extended to the property upon which time the property will be required to connect to the sanitary sewer system within six months. The property is located along 32nd Street north which is part of the Old Village Phase 5 Improvements currently scheduled in the City CIP for 2021. The property owner has signed the assessment agreement. The connection fee was determined by indexing forward the original assessment amount that was levied to the properties in 1987 to current 2018 dollars, using the ENR construction cost index. This process is consistent with the connection fee determination for the 2012 property connection. FISCAL IMPACT: The City would receive a one-time connection fee in the amount of $10,050 and would retain its ability to fully assess the property at the time that municipal sanitary sewer is extended to the property.
RECOMMENDATION: Staff is recommending that the City Council approve, as part of the Consent
Agenda, the connection request for 10975 32nd Street North to the City’s Village Remote C 201 wastewater system. If removed from the consent agenda, the recommended motion for the action is as follows:
“Move to allow 10975 32nd Street North to connect to the city’s
Village Remote C 201 wastewater system”.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Assessment Agreement.
2. Location Map.