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MEMORANDUM ICA8ARRIJS COUNt| NORTH CAROLINA TO: Board of Commissioners . ,~ RE~M~' d~randa~S eWw~l~i'clrp;~ioUnsal~ Man~(,/ July 17, 1996 Attached you will find a proposed resolution for consideration by the Board of Commissi0ners. Staff has been working with Midland property owners and the City of Concord to develop a method to extend sanitary sewer service "availability" to the intersection of Highways 601 and 24/27. A proposal to charge "sewer availability" fees to recoup any investment in the project by the County has been developed and has the support of Midland property owners seeking sewer extension. Because the area lacks the initial density and committed users to let the project stand alone as financially feasible under the City of Concord's existing sewer extensions policy, a method to provide sewer extension to the area without subsidy had to be developed. The attached resolution provides for the payment of sewer "availability" fees for this project that will allow the County to recoup its investment as sewer services are made available. The proposal establishes a $700,000 sewer extension project to be funded by a commitment of $300,000 under the City of Concord's sewer extension program, payment by eleven (11) current Midland property owners of sewer availability fees estimated to be at least $70,000, and the remaining $330,000t: to be fimded fi'om the County (undesignated fund balance). The County will charge sewer availability fees as proposed in the resolution. The fee schedule was developed to encourage early payment of the fees as the project's construction proceeds. We believe that once the sewer project is announced and construction begins, the collection of sewer availability fees will quickly offset the County's investment. The availability of sewer in that area of the county should stimulate commercial development of the Highway 601-24/27 intersection. A final note, the City of Concord is studying the "sewer availability fee" concept and may develop a similar program. It is suggested that should the City actually adopt a similar proposal that the County would allow the City to assume this project with the County being reimbursed its outlay and future sewer availability fees in the 601-24/27 area being directed to the City. Your approval of the project, the sewer availability fee concept and the potential transfer of the project to the City of Concord is requested. CC~ John Murdock Leonard Sossamon Office of the County Manager P. O. Box 707 · Concord, NC 28026-0707 · (704) 788-8100 · Charlotte 375-0829