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Ir y of Ramsey IOWTHEN BOULEVARD N.W., RAMSEY, MINNESOTA 55303 · (612) 427-1410 October 5, 1992~ Mrs. Anna Boe s 14520 Nowthcg Bofllevard N.W. Ramsey, MN 5~303 Dear Mrs. Boe:; We recenth' dis~uss&d the subject of extending municipal utilities to yo~ property along Nowthen Boulevard'N.~. ~his letter is intended to outline the costs involved and the circumstances regarding payment, i Initially, I mu~ point out a number of unusual circumstances associated with your pamcular situation. Firsdit h{s been the City s general policy to requ~e connection to ~th municipal sewer and water Thee ~e several reasons that I would recommend deviating from that requirement in this case. Sine~ yOo are living alone on the property, there is obviously not a ~eat de~ of waste water gene~ti~. ~onetheless, since you have a relatively l~ge lot of 2.2 acres with 430 feet of frontage, there ~o~Id be an unusually high cost to semite your property relative to the app~ent benefit. Additibnal~y, it would seem reasonable to oonclud~ that the long te~ use of at least p~ of your prope~, b~ing located along Nowthen Boulev~d N.W., may be something other than its cu~ent use.,r ~ You have as~e~ fo~ a det~l of costs associated with the wate~ain hookup. As you know, a I2 inch wate~ai~ e~ently exists the length of your property ~ong No,then Boulev~d N.W. ~is wate~ain wa~ plaOed to se~e as a m~n =unk element of the City s water dis~ution system. Nonetheless, i~ do~s provide the benefit of bringing sen, ice to your property. In si~l~ cases where develoP}rs :~re required to install l~ger di~eter wate~ains through the~ developments, they ~e requeited ~o pay the actual cost for up to an eight inch wate~n. Consistent with this notion of lat~ be6efit, I would conclude that the value of semite to yo~ property would ~ount to the cos~ of~an eight inch wate~ain placed for the 430 foot length of your property. A reasonable c°~s~tion cost for this wate~ain is $12 per foot and no~al ~verhead to ~over enzineefing, iispegtion and design, bonding, legal and incidental costs is 30% of const~ction co~t. I would ~erefore conclude ~hat the lateral ~nefit to yo~ prope~, is $6,7~. In addinon :o ~e lateral benefit ch~ge defined above, there ~e two othe~ h~kup fees r~u~ed for connection tO ~he Municipal syste~ There is a $725 water avMlabilit3 ch~ge. This is used to &fra3 the cost of.{he system s depreciation. %ere is ~so a $936 ~nk ~ater ch~=e. It is funds generated by ~his charge that are utilized to provide the costs associated with wells, storage s=uct~es ~d ~ve~sized mains such as the one that exists in front of your residence. %ere is also a meter and in~lgfion fee totalling $167.