HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 359-13• RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the City established the Water Quality Protection Program ("WQPP") on
December 21, 1998, to provide safe, reliable, and affordable public water supply and sewage
disposal to existing homes within the City and the surrounding townships; and
WHEREAS, a property owner choosing to not participate in the WQPP but later
connecting to City sewer and water services would be subject to future Sanitary Sewer and
Watermain Connection Charges, and Sewer and Water Service Connection Charges plus an
annual adjustment on August first of each year based on the change to the Engineering News
Record ("ENR") Construction Cost Index as measured in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area during
the previous 12 months; and,
WHEREAS, City staff has determined that, after ten years of annual ENR adjustments
to the Charges for a property owner to make connection to City sewer and water services, the
final cost to the property owner would be prohibitive; and,
WHEREAS, annual ENR adjustments greater than ten years does not make it
economically feasible for an undeveloped property to connect to City sewer and water
services, and does not encourage infill development.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of
is Rochester that the City does hereby adopt a cap on the annual ENR adjustments for WQPP
sanitary sewer and watermain extension projects. The ten year annual ENR adjustment cap
shall apply to Sanitary Sewer and Watermain Connection Charges, and Sewer and Water
Service Connection Charges.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS 1
ATTEST:
=,uvy CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS l&_ DAY OF
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
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Res10/Adopt.ENR Cap
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY