Agenda - Council Work Session - 10/14/2014

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by City Council resolution and adopted by the Fee Schedule. Water Lateral Water lateral costs are apportioned to the property benefiting from the lateral water main constructed. Apportioning the cost of the lateral may be done by dividing the actual project costs of the lateral improvements by the assessable front footage of the benefiting properties or by dividing the costs of the lateral constructed within a plat by the number of benefiting lots. Where lateral benefit is received from a trunk, the benefiting properties are assessed for the lateral cost at a rate equivalent to the properties served by a lateral. For an existing lot that has not had a cost previously determined for water main lateral improvements and has access to an existing water line, the assessment rate per front foot is determined by City Council resolution and adopted by the Fee Schedule. This can be assessed to the property or paid at the time the water connection permit is issued. Water Service or Fire Line The water service cost is usually included with the lateral cost/assessment unless the services vary in size and/or number to each parcel or lot. If assessed separately, the service or fire line costs are apportioned as cost/each. Storm Drainage Trunk Improvements Storm Drainage Trunk Improvement costs are apportioned to the properties benefiting from the storm drainage improvements by the gross land area that benefits from the storm drainage facility constructed. The costs are then apportioned to each parcel by the rate/acre as determined by dividing the cost by the gross area of the benefit, then multiplying that cost/acre by the gross land area of each individual parcel. Examples of these types of improvements would be ponds, treatment structures, storm sewer pipe (trunk), etc. Storm Drain Lateral. Storm drainage laterals are considered incidental to the street construction and are assessed as part of street costs. Storm drainage laterals would include all storm sewer improvements that are beneficial only to a particular plat or drainage area. Sidewalks Sidewalks are assessed to the benefiting properties by front footage or unit costs. Streets: Citv Local/Distributor/Collector Street costs are apportioned to the property benefiting from the street construction. Apportioning the cost of the street construction may be done by dividing the cost of the street improvements by the assessable front footage of the benefiting properties or by dividing the costs of the street improvements by the number of benefiting lots. Refer to Page 14 regarding Improvements to Existing Gravel Roads. The Roadway Reconstruction Assessment Policy is included in the Appendix -11-