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BOOK 100 PAGE 933 ANALYSIS The Department proposes the attached amendment to the current Rate Resolution 91-9 as follows: (a) Adopt the proposed impact fees as detailed in the attached analysis done by CH2M Hill- in January 1997. The proposed impact fees would slightly decrease the existing impact fees by a combined total of $25.00 or 0.6% to $4,096.00. The water impact fee would decrease from $1,570.00 to $1,300.00 and the wastewater impact fee would increase from $2,551.00 to $2,796.00. The Department proposes the attached additions amending and replacing Resolution 95-16 as follows: (a) Line Extension Fee Adjustment - The Line Extension Fee is charged to recover line extension costs in areas that have not been assessed. The current Line Extension Fees (Water - $11.25 per linear front foot; Sewer - $15.77 per linear front foot) were approved on January 24, 1995. (See copy of minutes attached) The Line Extension Fee Adjustments -are as. follows: 1. Water Main Extension, per foot measured along front Of property served, where service is available on both sides of facilities, $11.25. Water Main Extension, per foot measured along front of property served, where service ism0 19 available on one side of facility, $22.50. 2. Sewer Main Extension, per foot measured along front of property served, where service is available on both sides of facilities, $15.77. Water Main Extension, per foot measured along front of property served, where service is only available on one side of facility, $31.54. RECpMMMAT1ON The staff of the Department of Utility Services recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve the adoption of the attached resolution which sets forth the above-described changes and amends portions of Resolutions 91-31 and 95-16, which adopted rates, fees and charges for the Department of Utility Services Pursuant to the authority of Ordinance 91-9, etc. Chairman Eggert inquired whether the studies asked for in the contract had been done, and Utilities Director Terry Pinto advised that the septage reuse study came before the Board September 15, 1994. An analysis was done as to whether wastewater effluent disposal or reuse water were the most cost-efficient and it was determined that the maximum cost which should be recovered was around $25,000. It would not be effective to establish a reuse water cost at this time. The impact.fee analysis has evolved to what is before the Board now. Commissioner Ginn felt the report should have included an analysis of preliminary line fees, and Director Pinto stated the fee is not changing on a per foot basis. Effectively, what is being said that was not covered in the original analysis, is that when you run a utility line down a street, it can only be utilized by one side of the street -so you can only recover 50% of the cost of that line from the "benefitted" properties. Commissioner Ginn also felt future reports should be easier to read as far as indexing and cross-referencing. MARCH 189 1997 110 M M M