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CARLISLE Officials
present were:
Mayor Ruth Randleman,
Council members Doug Hammerand, Eric Mahnke, Blair Dewey and Frank Shultz and
City Administrator Neil Ruddy. Councilmember
Drew Merrifield was absent. Also
present were Terry Lutz, Derick Anderson and Tony Trotter of McClure Engineering
and several citizens Mayor
Randleman called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M. The
scope of the Avon/gateway sewer and water projects was reviewed.
The Avon Lake portion will be a low pressure collection system.
The hook-up and septic abandonment costs will be included in the project.
The financing will be USDA rural development grants, a community
development block grant and USDA rural development loans.
It is proposed that each property will pay a sewer rate between $42 and
$46 per month. The
Carlisle portion of the project will be a gravity collection system that will
extend west on 72nd Ave. from the Avon Lake lift station, south on
the line between the Goodhue Realty Co. and Michael Pollock/Sandridge Farms
properties and west along the grass waterway to SE 52nd St for the
base bid portion, north on SE 52nd St. to SE 64th Ave for
the alternate 1. portion and south on SE 52nd St. to Highway 5 for
the alternate 2. portion. The
financing will be sewer revenue bonds at an estimated rate of 4 to 5%.
It is proposed to establish a connection fee district to recover the
costs of the project. A connection
fee of $1750 per acre and $41 per foot was originally proposed with a
residential connection fee capped of $6,875 which would be the equivalent of 1
acre and 125’ of frontage. The
hook-up and septic abandonment costs are not be included in the project.
It is proposed that each property will pay a flat sewer rate equivalent
to the volume rate for a City resident using 4,000 gallons per month of $21 per
month. The
sewer is necessary because it will encourage development and because the City is
obligated to provide utility services to annexed areas.
It was explained that the Carlisle gateway residents will benefit
tremendously from the infrastructure that is being financed by the Avon grants
and loans. Alternative
connection fees of $1,875 per acre and $35 per linear foot with a residential
cap of $6,250 and $2,000 per acre and $28 per linear foot with a residential cap
of $5,500 were proposed as ways to shift more of the cost to the vacant property
so that it would be paid by future developers and reduce the cost to the
existing homeowners. It was
explained that the linear foot cost only affects properties adjacent to the
actual sewer pipe. Properties that
are not adjacent to the sewer pipe will pay the linear foot cost of the pipe
when it is installed in the future. The
payment of the connection fee through a 10-year assessment was discussed.
Options for property owners could be:
It is
estimated that the cost of replacing a septic tank would be between $3,000 and
$10,000, the cost of abandoning a septic tank would between $500 and $1,000 and
the cost of a service line would be $15 to $18 per foot. It was
explained that the easements can be acquired either voluntarily or through
condemnation. Questions about
individual easements were referred to McClure Engineering or to the City
Administrator. It was explained
that the General Mills connection fee would be $113,000. Motion
by Dewey to adjourn
at 9:03 P.M. Seconded by Mahnke.
Roll call vote: Dewey – Aye, Mahnke – Aye, Hammerand – Aye, Shultz
– Aye. Motion carried by
unanimous vote of those present.
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Ruth Randleman, Mayor Attest: ___________________________ Neil Ruddy,
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