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2.7 ERMUSR 12-12-2017 Elk River Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: ERMU Commission Troy Adams, P.E. - General Manager MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: December 12, 2017 2.7 SUBJECT: Otsego Street Lights ACTION REQUESTED: Approve and execute Otsego Asset Transfer Agreement and Electric Infrastructure Agreement contingent upon approval and full execution of both agreements by the Otsego City Council. BACKGROUND: In late 2016,the City of Otsego contacted ERMU regarding their city owned street lighting located within ERMU electric service territory. The City of Otsego wanted to explore the possibility of transferring these street lights to ERMU, and then pay ERMU to service and maintain the lights going forward. The ERMU Commission gave staff direction to research this opportunity. In July 2017 the Commission approved terms for the transfer and gave staff direction to develop the agreements with legal counsel. DISCUSSION: The terms for transfer approved by the ERMU Commission in July 2017 were approved by the Otsego City Council. The ERMU approval of the asset transfer is contingent upon the approval of the electric infrastructure agreement by the Otsego City Council. FINANCIAL IMPACT: ERMU will receive $35,000 from the City of Otsego per the terms of the street light transfer agreement; the transferred street lighting will be subject to the same fees,policies, and maintenance as other street lights owned and operated by ERMU. ERMU will receive an extension to the requirement to underground the existing overhead electric distribution along County Road 39, and until such time additional utility easement is provided at no cost to ERMU. ATTACHMENTS: • Proposed Otsego Asset Transfer Agreement • Proposed Otsego Electric Infrastructure Agreement Page 1 of 1 '37 ASSET TRANSFER AGREEMENT THIS ASSET TRANSFER AGREEMENT ("Agreement") effective this day of , 20 , between Elk River Municipal Utilities, a Minnesota municipal utility, with principal offices located at 13069 Orono Parkway, Elk River, Minnesota 55330 ("ERMU"), and the City of Otsego, a Minnesota municipal corporation, with its principal offices located at 13400 90th Street NE, Otsego, Minnesota 55230 ("City"). BACKGROUND ERMU provides electric service to a portion of the City, including three (3) commercial developments known as Otsego Waterfront, Otsego Waterfront East and Great River Center (collectively referred to hereafter as the "Transfer Areas"). Within the Transfer Areas there are currently one hundred one (101) street lights which are owned and maintained by the City and seven(7) missing street lights. ERMU currently owns, services and maintains seventy-eight (78) street lights in the City, as well as over one thousand three hundred (1,300) in the City of Elk River. The City and ERMU have agreed that it would be more efficient and cost effective for their joint taxpayers/rate payers within the Transfer Areas if ERMU took ownership of the existing 101 street lights and the missing 7 street lights in these areas, and took responsibility going forward for providing street lighting in the Transfer Areas, including replacing and supplementing, as necessary, the existing 101 street lights and servicing and maintaining these street lights and all additional and replacement street lights in the Transfer Areas. NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, it is hereby agreed as follows: ARTICLE 1 ASSET TRANSFER Section 1.1. Attached to this Agreement as Exhibits A, B, C and D, are aerial photos of the Transfer Areas showing the existing street lights and related infrastructure within the Transfer Areas. City hereby transfers to ERMU, and ERMU hereby accepts, as of the effective date of this Agreement, ownership of the 101 existing fixtures and 7 bases for missing fixtures shown in Exhibits A-D, along with all underground wiring, control cabinets and all electrical infrastructure related to these street lights. Section 1.2. ERMU hereby accepts ownership of the street lights and related infrastructure shown on Exhibits A-D, and agrees to service, maintain, repair and replace the street lights and related infrastructure, as determined necessary by ERMU, beginning on the effective date of this Agreement. ARTICLE 2 FEES Section 2.1. In consideration of ERMU's agreement to accept ownership of and responsibility for the street lights and related infrastructure within the Transfer Areas, City agrees to pay ERMU a one-time transfer fee of Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars ($35,000), payable on or before the effective date of this Agreement. The transfer fee has been calculated based on the 2017 ERMU Fee Schedule, attached hereto as Exhibit E. Section 2.2. In addition to the transfer fee, City will pay, for each existing, replacement or additional street light within the Transfer Areas, beginning on the effective date of this Agreement, all monthly fees due pursuant to the then effective ERMU Street/Security Light Service Tariff("Tariff') for street lights within ERMU's electric service territory. Pursuant to the Tariff, attached as Exhibit F hereto, fifty-two (52) of the existing street light locations within the Transfer Areas will be subject to a Fifteen Dollar ($15) per month fee, and fifty-six (56) street lights/locations within the Transfer Areas will be subject to a Nine Dollar ($9) per month fee. Monthly street lighting fees shall be billed by ERMU and paid by City pursuant to all ERMU billing procedures and requirements in effect and as subsequently modified or amended. ARTICLE 3 MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENT Section 3.1. ERMU shall be responsible for servicing, maintaining, repairing, replacing and supplementing the street lights and related infrastructure within the Transfer Areas and shall do so pursuant to the same policies, requirements and procedures applicable to the existing ERMU street lights in Otsego, as hereafter modified or amended. Section 3.2. In order to make it cost effective for ERMU to service and maintain street lights in the City, it is important that the existing street lights in the Transfer Areas be replaced and/or relocated pursuant to ERMU's scheduling requirements and with equipment that matches ERMU's standardized street lights and related infrastructure. Therefore, ERMU shall have exclusive authority to determine the street light fixture styles for all street lights in the Transfer Areas that are replaced or added, and the schedule pursuant to which street lights will be replaced or relocated. Section 3.3. (i). The City of Elk River is currently contemplating replacing the street lights within downtown Elk River with decorative street lights. If Elk River proceeds with such an upgrade, City may desire to have some or all of the street lights within the Transfer Areas upgraded to match the Elk River decorative street lights. Whether and when such an upgrade could occur would depend on a number of factors, including the costs for such an upgrade, ERMU's schedule for replacing the existing street lights in the Transfer Areas, and ERMU's work load at the time. (ii). If decorative street lights are installed in downtown Elk River, ERMU will, prior to replacing any more street lights in the Transfer Areas, advise City whether there will be an opportunity to replace any of the street lights in the Transfer Areas with decorative street lights and, if so, the cost per street light to do so. If City gives ERMU written notice within 30 days that it would like ERMU to proceed with the decorative street lights and is prepared to pay the costs identified by ERMU to do so, ERMU will be authorized to proceed 2 '3A with the upgrade. However, ERMU will have the authority to make a final decision whether to proceed with an upgrade to decorative lights. ARTICLE 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES Section 4.1. ERMU represents and warrants that it is a municipal utility duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota and has all requisite power and authority to enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform all of its obligations, undertakings and agreements to be observed and performed by it hereunder. ERMU further represents and warrants that execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized by the ERMU Board of Commissioners and that this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of ERMU in accordance with its terms. Section 4.2. City represents and warrants that it is a Minnesota municipal corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota and has all requisite power and authority to enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform all of its obligations, undertakings and agreements to be observed and performed by it hereunder. City further represents and warrants that execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized by the City Council and that this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of City in accordance with its terms. ARTICLE 5 TERMINATION Section 5.1. This Agreement will only take effect if approved and executed by both parties hereto prior to the effective date, and may only be terminated by written agreement of both parties. ARTICLE 6 GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 6.1. Preparation of Agreement. The parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. Each party accepts the terms and conditions of this Agreement, having the right to be represented by legal counsel and other advisors of their choosing, and each party enters into this Agreement intending to be legally bound hereunder. Section 6.2. Entire Agreement; Assignment. This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereto. None of the rights or obligations of either party may be assigned without the prior written consent of the other. Section 6.3. Notices. Notices, demands and other communications required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given by hand delivery, certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to the parties at the addresses set forth on the first page of this Agreement. Either party may designate a different address to which notices required or permitted to be given shall thereafter be transmitted by giving notice to that effect in accordance with this Section. 3 41) Section 6.4. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota. Subject to the requirements for alternative dispute resolution set forth in Section 6.5, venue and exclusive jurisdiction for enforcement of an arbitration decision shall be in the Minnesota State Courts located in Sherburne County, Minnesota. The parties hereto waive any right to jury trial in the event any party files an action related to this Agreement or to the transactions or obligations contemplated by this Agreement. Section 6.5. Arbitration. Disputes pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to arbitration and be resolved by binding arbitration by a single arbitrator in Elk River, Minnesota. The selection of arbitrator and all arbitration rules and procedures shall be determined pursuant to the Uniform Arbitration Act, Minnesota Statutes, Sections 572B.01 through 572B.31, or any successor provisions. IN WITNESS WHEREOF,this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties hereto on the day and year first above written. 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A_ , `' ,. . • X Type ll Missing . , gym, - ' i III � Type II �'" — • X Type III Missing 8891 {s ; .,„,;\,‘„,:\ fi • a t ... _.M.: '".^'•F Z;•<• IIF ':. •.- _ ,,, R Q 9380 .4 2550 4 801 I 20980 9380 9380 8585 ,, IC lii 102531 it' • 10 it (Z C b >, 10 0 ..- 7 0 cwt I • 1 /9380 j 9380 8585 1 . 85TH __ 7/// <, '• • x • X - - ;2:-.) , 8585 15758700 8700 [ I 403=ource:Esn Digi•aI I bye, ceoEyeoE� ooraphies, 4•NENAhtmEle, 0 1, 250 —.. _ . 500 Feet 't 't' P 9 9 0 0 0 p oU6:1:1°, U-G= AE�X, rna•oin•,Aero•rid Unl swissto•o nal fig®E I I 1• I I I I I I 777 " . it u �a.er ommunity EXHIBIT E 2017 ERMU Street/Security Light Service Tariff E-1 51) ElkRiver M 2017 Utilities Fee Schedule Municipal Utilities ELECTRIC New Residential Electric Connection - Developer- Lot with ERMU water service $475.00 New Residential Electric Connection - Developer- Lot without ERMU water service $575.00 New Residential Electric Connection - Builder $875.00 New Wire Footages over 200' (per foot) $4.00 New Service Frost Trenching(per foot) $5.00 New Commercial&Industrial Electric Connection 50% Service Upgrades or Additions for Existing Customers 100% Minimum Temporary Electric Service Fee-Existing Transformer $150.00 Minimum Temporary Electric Service Fee-Without Existing Transformer $500.00 Street Light-30' Decorative Pole with 6'Arm and Fixture $1,850.00 Street Light- 23' Decorative Pole with Traditionaire Fixture $1,500.00 Security Light-Wood Pole with Fixture $975.00 Security Light-Existing Pole $125.00 Pole Attachment Fee(per pole) $6.50 WATER Water Access Charge=Water Connection Charge+Water Availability Charge $3,528.00 Water Connection Charge(Per Plumbing Unit) - Builder $3,183.00 Water Availability Charge(Per Plumbing Unit) - Developer $345.00 Abandoned Water Service $2,500.00 Hydrant Water Sales- Rental (per week) $50.00 Hydrant Water Sales- Units(per 1000 gallons) $4.00 Deposit for 5/8"Hydrant Meter $150.00 Deposit for 2 1/2"Hydrant Meter $1,000.00 ............. Private Hydrant Maintenance Program Monthly Fee $5.00 ADMINISTRATIVE Administrative Fee for Continued Submission of Checks After No-Check Notice Given $20.00 Billable Cost of Materials Markup I 5% Billable Labor Markup 55% Billable Vehicle/Equipment(per employee per hour) $30.00 Electric Service Disconnect/Trip Fee- Meter Technician $50.00 Electric Service Disconnect/Trip Fee- Line Crew $150.00 Energy Audit $150.00 Meter Tampering Fee $250.00 Meter Testing Fee $50.00 NSF Fee $30.00 Penalty Amount 10% Photocopies(per page) $0.25 Red Tag Handling Fee $20.00 Water Shut-Off Fee $100.00 Adopted by the Utilities Commission on October 11, 2016 under authority per Minnesota Statute 412.361 51 EXHIBIT F 2017 ERMU Fee Schedule F-1 59 ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES Street/Security Light Service Available: To any customer meeting Elk River Municipal Utilities criteria for service under this schedule, and whose lighting needs are not being furnished under any other schedule. Installation costs will be determined by Elk River Municipal Utilities per the Utilities Fee Schedule or on a time and materials basis. Applicable: As determined by Elk River Municipal Utilities, but generally to non-metered roadway and area lighting: lighting unit burning time is limited to dusk to daylight (approximately 4,400 hours per year). Character Of Service: 120/240 volts,AC, as available. Street/Security Light Service Type Monthly Rate Per Fixture Low Output(0-249 Watt HPS, 0-89 Watt LED) $9.00 Medium Output (250-399 Watt HPS, 90-149 Watt LED) $15.00 High Output (400 Watt or larger HPS, 150 Watt or larger LED) $21.00 Sales tax applicable. Ownership of Equipment: Elk River Municipal Utilities will install, own, and operate the lighting units including fixtures, and control equipment unless otherwise agreed upon by Elk River Municipal Utilities and the Customer. Lamp Replacements: Lamp replacements will be made by Elk River Municipal Utilities when and as requested by the Customer. Terms of Payment: Bills are due and payable upon receipt and are considered delinquent if not paid by the due date noted on the bill. There will be a ten (10) percent late payment charge added to all accounts that are not paid by the due date. General Terms and Conditions Applicable To Non-Metered Lighting Service: 1. Area lighting installed on Elk River Municipal Utilities poles shall not be of the type that interferes with climbing room, work space, or wire clearance as defined by the National Electrical Safety Code and is to be installed below the secondary line and service drops, all per Elk River Municipal Utilities' specification. 2. At Elk River Municipal Utilities'option, all area applicable lighting units installed under this schedule shall be equipped with a photo-electric control which will limit the burning time to approximately 4,400 hours per year. • 3. The rates set forth herein may be modified by the amount of any governmental changes imposed and levied on transmission, distribution, production, or the sale of electrical power. 4. Exceptions by management approval only. Approved Adopted December 13, 2016 Effective January 1, 2017 53 EXHIBIT G Bill of Sale,Assignment and Assumption Agreement Know all persons by these presents that the City of Otsego, Minnesota, a Minnesota municipal corporation ("City"), pursuant to that certain Asset Transfer Agreement (the "Agreement") dated effective , 20 , by and between City and Elk River Municipal Utilities ("ERMU"), and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, hereby sells, assigns, transfers, sets over, conveys and delivers the assets and property identified in Exhibits A, B, C and D attached hereto to ERMU, a Minnesota municipal utility, effective on the effective date of the Agreement, free and clear of all liens, claims and restrictions of any kind or nature, to have and to hold the entire right, title and interest of the City in and to the assets hereby sold, transferred, conveyed and assigned to ERMU, its successors and assigns, to and for its own use and benefit forever. This bill of sale shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota. Venue and exclusive jurisdiction for any disputes shall be in the Minnesota State Courts, located in Sherburne County, Minnesota. City and ERMU each hereby waive any right to jury trial in the event any party files an action related to the bill of sale or to the transactions or obligations contemplated hereunder. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, City and ERMU have each caused this Bill of Sale, Assignment and Assumption Agreement to be executed by their respective duly-authorized representatives effective as of the effective date. CITY: CITY OF OTSEGO By: Its: Mayor By: Its: City Administrator ERMU: ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES By: Its: President By: Its: General Manager G-1 54 ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE AGREEMENT THIS ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE AGREEMENT ("Agreement") effective this day of , 20 , between Elk River Municipal Utilities, a Minnesota municipal utility, with principal offices located at 13069 Orono Parkway, Elk River, Minnesota 55330 ("ERMU"), and the City of Otsego, a Minnesota municipal corporation, with its principal offices located at 13400 90th Street NE, Otsego, Minnesota 55230 ("City"). BACKGROUND ERMU provides electric service to a portion of City. To provide this service, ERMU owns and operates a 2.5-mile-long overhead electric distribution feeder (the "Feeder") that runs from the ERMU Otsego substation on Wright County Road 39 ("CSAH 39") west to the Mississippi Cove residential subdivision. The Feeder is located within the right-of-way of CSAH 39. City anticipates that CSAH 39 will be widened and upgraded by Wright County in the future. This project will require the acquisition of additional right-of-way for CSAH 39 and will involve significant disruption for users of and property owners along CSAH 39. City has adopted an ordinance that would require the CSAH 39 Feeder to be relocated from overhead to underground in the year 2018. Moving the CSAH 39 Feeder underground prior to the expansion of the CSAH 39 right-of-way would require ERMU to acquire additional right-of-way and to make assumptions regarding the final location of the right-of-way for CSAH 39. In addition, an ERMU project to underground the CSAH 39 Feeder would cause significant disruption for users of and property owners along CSAH 39. For these reasons, City and ERMU have agreed that it would be more efficient, more cost-effective and less disruptive to their joint taxpayers and rate payers, and the users of and property owners along CSAH 39, if ERMU's project to underground the Feeder is undertaken in coordination with the widening and upgrading of CSAH 39 by Wright County. NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, it is hereby agreed as follows: ARTICLE 1 AGREEMENT Section 1.1. City will take such action as it deems appropriate, including an ordinance amendment if necessary, to delay the requirement that ERMU relocate the CSAH 39 Feeder from overhead to underground until such time as Wright County has acquired additional right-of- way for CSAH 39 and has undertaken a project to widen and improve CSAH 39. Section 1.2. ERMU will coordinate with City and Wright County to relocate the CSAH 39 Feeder from overhead to underground within an expanded right-of-way for CSAH 39 in connection with Wright County's project to widen CSAH 39. ERMU will bear the cost of relocating the overhead lines underground, provided that Wright County or City provides the right-of-way necessary to underground the lines. 55 ARTICLE 2 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES Section 2.1. ERMU represents and warrants that it is a municipal utility duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota and has all requisite power and authority to enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform all of its obligations, undertakings and agreements to be observed and performed by it hereunder. ERMU further represents and warrants that execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized by the ERMU Board of Commissioners and that this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of ERMU in accordance with its terms. Section 2.2. City represents and warrants that it is a Minnesota municipal corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota and has all requisite power and authority to enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform all of its obligations, undertakings and agreements to be observed and performed by it hereunder. City further represents and warrants that execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized by the City Council and that this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of City in accordance with its terms. ARTICLE 3 TERMINATION Section 3.1. This Agreement will only take effect if approved and executed by both parties hereto prior to the effective date, and may only be terminated by written agreement of both parties. ARTICLE 4 GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 4.1. Preparation of Agreement. The parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. Each party accepts the terms and conditions of this Agreement, having the right to be represented by legal counsel and other advisors of their choosing, and each party enters into this Agreement intending to be legally bound hereunder. Section 4.2. Entire Agreement; Assignment. This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereto. None of the rights or obligations of either party may be assigned without the prior written consent of the other. Section 4.3. Notices. Notices, demands and other communications required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given by hand delivery, certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to the parties at the addresses set forth on the first page of this Agreement. Either party may designate a different address to which notices required or permitted to be given shall thereafter be transmitted by giving notice to that effect in accordance with this Section. Section 4.4. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota. Subject to the requirements for alternative dispute resolution set forth in Section 6.5, venue and exclusive jurisdiction for 2 SR enforcement of an arbitration decision shall be in the Minnesota State Courts located in Sherburne County, Minnesota. The parties hereto waive any right to jury trial in the event any party files an action related to this Agreement or to the transactions or obligations contemplated by this Agreement. Section 4.5. Arbitration. Disputes pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to arbitration and be resolved by binding arbitration by a single arbitrator in Elk River, Minnesota. The selection of arbitrator and all arbitration rules and procedures shall be determined pursuant to the Uniform Arbitration Act, Minnesota Statutes, Sections 572B.01 through 572B.31, or any successor provisions. IN WITNESS WHEREOF,this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties hereto on the day and year first above written. ERMU: ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES By: Its: President By: Its: General Manager CITY: CITY OF OTSEGO By: Its: Mayor By: Its: City Administrator 3 57