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City of Pequot Lakes WAC& SAC Assistance July 20, 2012 Draft WAC and SAC Ordinances There are two present Ordinances from Chapter 15 that the City provided us. One is Article 1. Sewer Use Regulations. The other is Article 2. Water Regulations. Attached are suggested insert language incorporating SAC and WAC sections. (WSN's scope did not include reviewing or changing the existing Ordinances, but if someone wants to review them,we can get you a copy. For example, it was mentioned at the committee meeting that the Water Regulations Ordinance does not actually say/ require that people have to hook-up to the water system. There may be a state regulation that requires this, but this language could be updated in the City's Ordinance at the same time as adding any WAC language). Each of these suggested inserts references a Sewer Availability Charge(SAC)Procedure Manual(present edition January 2012) from the Environmental Services division of the Metropolitan Council (located in St.Paul). This manual sets the number of Equivalent Residential Connections,or ERCs. One ERC is synonymous with one WAC or one SAC. We have not included this entire document herein, but have included from it Appendix A: SAC Criteria for Commercial Properties which gives the SAC amount for various non- residential types of establishments. Changing the Appendix A for"local situations", or adjusting ERCs/SAC/WAC, is a City-by-City decision. Please NOTE that this draft language, if acceptable, should definitely be reviewed by the City Attorney so that it can be properly formatted and included in these two Ordinances. Are there any comments, questions,or revisions to our two suggested Ordinance inserts? WAC and SAC amounts A. How `complex' should the analysis be? Cities use many financial methods to determine the actual dollar amount for each WAC unit and each SAC unit. Our proposal to the City to assist them on this task was based on keeping this methodology as simple as possible.This should aid in repeating it for future periodic re-calculations. Should the City desire a more refined method—and many more variables can be considered-a financial consultant should be hired. Page 2 of 5 J.\0130B-City of pequot Lakes\013080048-WAC&SAC Assistance\01300048.000-WAC&SAC Assistance\Coaespondence\20120720-Committee handout.doe