4.5 SR 10-19-2020City of
Elk*
River
Request for Action
To
Item Number
Mayor and City Council
4.5
Agenda Section
Meeting Date
Prepared by
Consent
October 19, 2020
Bob Ruprecht, Building Official
Item Description
Reviewed by
Adoption of the Met Council Sewer Availability and
Suzanne Fischer, Community Dev. Director
Reviewed by
Water Availability Charges
Cal Portner, City Administrator
Action Requested
Adopt, by motion, an ordinance adopting the Metropolitan Council SAC schedule.
Background/Discussion
At the Oct. 5, 2020 meeting, City Council expressed unanimous consent to approve an ordinance
adopting the Metropolitan Council's Sewer Availability Charge Schedule, specifically, Appendix A-1 and
A-2 of the manual.
Adoption of the current Met Council SAC schedule provides consistency with other municipalities. It
includes newer business types (i.e. breweries) and is updated on a regular basis.
Financial Impact
N/A
Mission/Policy/Goal
Provide good customer service to residents and builders.
Attachments
■ Ordinance amending Chapter 78 of the City Code for SAC and WAC calculations.
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Ordinance No. 20 -
An Ordinance Amending Chapter 78 of the City of Elk River, Minnesota, City Code
Regarding Calculation of Sewer Service Availability Charges and Water Availability
Charges.
The City Council of the City of Elk River does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That Section 78-189 of the City of Elk River Code of Ordinances shall be amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 78-189. - Service availability charge.
(a) Purpose: The debt service for the wastewater treatment facility shall be recovered from new
connections by a sewer service availability charge (SAC) assessed against new building units.
(b) Applicability; payment,• calculation. The SAC shall be paid at the time at which a building permit or
a sewer connection permit is issued for all buildings to be constructed or connected to the sewer
system. No charge shall be due upon the issuance of a connection permit if a charge was paid
upon issuance of a building permit. The SAC for each building or structure shall be equal to the
number of SAC units times the SAC in effect at the time of the application.
(c)-Residential dwellings. The SAC units for residential dwellings shall be calculated as follows:
(1) Single-family houses, townhouses and duplex units: 1.0 unit.
(2) Condominium and apartment units: 0.8 unit without individual laundry in their units.
(3) Public housing units subsidized under any federal program for low- and moderate -income
housing: 0.8 unit.
4d) Commercial, public and institutional facilities. The SAC units for commercial, public and institutional
facilities shall be calculated in accordance with Appendix A-1 and Appendix A-2 of the then
current Metropolitan Council Sewer Availability Charge Procedure Manual.
SECTION 2. That Section 78-41 of the City of Elk River Code of Ordinances shall be amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 78-41. — Rates and charges generally.
(a) There are established in the city:
(i) Water Access Charges, consisting of a water availability charge and a water
connection charge; and
(ii) Water utility user charges and rates.
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(b) Water availability charges are due and payable at the time property service by the water utility
is final platted into buildable lots.
(c) Water connection charges are due and payable at the time of connection of a building to the
water utility, or at the time connection is required to be made to the water utility pursuant to
Section 78-21.
(d) User charges and rates are due and payable in such amounts and at such times as required by
the public utilities commission.
(e) Each charge and/or rate shall be in the amount established by duly adopted resolution of the
city council or the public utilities commission.
(f) Water access charge units shall be calculated in the same manner as sewer service availability
charges as provided in Section 78-189 of the city code.
(Ord. No. 09-02, § 1, 3-2-2009)
SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall take effect upon adoption and be published as provided by
law.
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Elk River this 191h day of October, 2020.
John J. Dietz, Mayor
ATTEST:
Tina Allard, City Clerk
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