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0/h GIS 1880'Main S!r 1,C �MN03ut wlle, 556 „w ¢r(3.baa°a Fw. 4" csJ azo iz z a,Qap 6s1-41Q 862Q March 21, 2019 Honorable Mayor and City Council 1880 Main Street Centerville, MN 55038 Dear Mayor and Council: The city has established a Lateral Benefit Fee, which is charged to a homeowner that hooks to city water, if their property has not been previously assessed for the installation the water main. As the city has completed water main installation projects over the years, we have sent letters to adjacent properties, informing them of the fee and offering them an opportunity to pay that fee at the time of the project to avoid escalation of that fee in the future. Additionally, we have allowed the payment of this fee through special assessments. Unfortunately, we have a small area where we installed water main,but did not send this information to the adjacent property owners. The area includes the properties along the west side of Centerville Road, north of Sorel Street(7 parcels) and the two properties on Centerville Lake, adjacent to Cornerstone Park. The water main here was installed with grant funds through the Community Development Block Grant that helped make Block 7 ready for redevelopment. This situation means the water main is in place,ready for connection, but the property owners are not aware of the need to pay this fee upon hook- up. City staff is proposing that these property owners be notified of the city's fee structure and given an opportunity to pay the Lateral Benefit Fee that was in place at the time of the water main installation. The fee was $6,500 at the time and is now $8,000. We also wish to allow them to have the fee specially assessed to the property with the customary terms afforded to other property owners. Our proposal is that this offer be extended immediately, with a window of opportunity through the end of 2019. Sincerely, 46jL Mark R. Statz, PE City Administrator/City Engineer 76