Request for council action/sewer

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This property was not included in the original Weber Hills project, and adding this property to the project would increase the costs to Weber Hills residents. On other projects when additional properties were connected to the sewer project, a connection fee equal to the project assessment was charged. However, for these properties the sewer line was located in front of the house and the construction costs for the actual hookups were considerably less than the costs for this property. If an estimated $11,500 connection fee was charged, in addition to the sewer extension costs of $26,640, the total cost for sewer would be about $38,000. This does not appear to be a feasible or reasonable cost. Council approval was recently granted for the sewering of 800 South Brown Road with the property owner being assessed only for the costs to extend sewer from the end of the Weber Hills project. This property is the same situation as 800 South Brown Road which is located 400 ` south of the Weber Hills/South Brown Road intersection. The estimated sewer cost for 800 South Brown Road is $28,300. Our recommendation is that a connection fee to the Weber Hills Sewer project not be charged and the property owner be assessed for the costs for the extension of sewer from the end of the Weber Hills sewer project to the property line. The most cost-effective method would be for the completion of this work with the Weber Hills sewer project. COUNCIL ACTION REQLTEST'ED: Motion to approve use of one sewer unit for connection of 800 South Brown Road to sanitary sewer with the property owner assessed for the costs of the sewer extension from the end of the Weber Hills Sewer project.