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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION NO. 2014-03 'RESOLUTION NO. 201 -0 RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING SANITARY SEWER CONNECTION FEES RELATIVE TO THE 2013 PHASE I EAST CEMETERY ROAD RECONSTRUCTION, DRAINAGE, STORM SEWER, WATER MAIN, AND SANITARY SEWER PROJECT WHEREAS, the City of Fairfax has constructed a sanitary sewer project known as the 2013 Phase I East Cemetery Road Reconstruction, Drainage, Storm Sewer, Water Main, and Sanitary Sewer Project; and WHEREAS, said sanitary sewer project provides potential sanitary sewer service to a number of properties (developed and undeveloped) lying primarily along East and West Cemetery Roads and also lying primarily north of East and West Cemetery Roads and west of 80th Street; and WHEREAS, said potential sanitary sewer service area shall be Down as the Cemetery Road -- 80t" Street Drainage Basin, which consists of approximately 2,040 acres and is currently located partly within the City of Fairfax, and partly in Linn County, and W11EREAS, the City of Fairfax has determined that portions of the costs of said sanitary sewer project shall be reimbursed to the City in the form of connection fees in accordance with Chapter 96.02 CONNECTION FEE of the City's Code of Ordinances; and WHEREAS, the City Engineer has calculated the cost of this sanitary sewer project and the fees for connecting property within the Cemetery Road — 80'i' Street Drainage Basin to the City's sanitary sewer(s) that are part of this project or a future extension of this project. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Fairfax., Iowa,the following: 1. Sanitary Sewer Connection Fees for the 2013 Phase 1 East Cemetery Road Reconstruction, Drainage, Storm Sewer, Water Main, and Sanitary Sewer Project within the Cemetery Road — 8Ctt' Street Drainage Basin shall be as follows: a. The Connection Fee shall be determined by the entire size of the property that is connecting to the City's Sanitary Sewer, and shall be set as$484.380acre. b. The Connection Fee shall also include the cost of the sanitary sewer service that was installed to the property line as parr of this project. This fee shall be $1,233.8211ot. If there was not a service extended to the property line as part of this project, than the property owner is responsible for installing their own sanitary sewer service to the City's sanitary sewer plain, and this fee shall not apply. c. The Connection Fees established above shall increase at an annual interest rate of 2.5% for a period of 12 years after the approval of this resolution. The first year, calendar year 2014, there shall be no interest applied to these Connection Fees. After the 121'year, effective January 1, 2026, the Connection Fees shall be fixed and shall not increase after this point. d. This sanitary sewer project has been constructed to convey wastewater from the Cemetery Road — 80'h Street Drainage Basin based upon its side (approximately 2,040 acres) and the City's Land Use Map for this area at the time it was designed and constructed in 2013. The City's Land Use Map in effect at this time did not fully extend to the 'upper portions of the Cemetery Road — 80'4 Street Drainage Basin, so the proposed Residential Land Use indicated north of Highway 151 as shown on this Land Use Map at this time was assumed for the upper portions of this basin as well. If a property develops at a more intensive use than planned for in the City's Land Use Map, or if a property outside of the Cemetery Road — 801h Street Drainage Basin connects to this portion of the City's Sanitary Sewer System, than the City maintains the right to collect an increased Sanitary Sewer Connection..Fee at the City's discretion. 2. The Sanitary Sewer Connection Fees shall be paid to the City Clerk by the applicant prior to the approval by the City of the final plat. if the proposed sanitary sewer connection is not part of a platted subdivision for which sanitary sewer connection fees have been paid, than the connection fees shall be paid prior to the issuance of a building permit or prior to the applicant's connection to the City's sanitary sewer main. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the Fairfax City Council of the City of Fairfax, Iowa, that the Mayor and City Clerk/Treasurer .are hereby authorized and directed to execute said resolution. Massed and approved this 14'h day of January, 2014. AYES: Beer,Frieden,Magers, 'Wainwright NAYS: None ABSENT: Otto F:r; Jason Rabe, Mayor ATTEST. , i0R {k • C t a Stix son, City Clerk/Treasurer