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CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES
· COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA 55421
RESOLUTION #72- 5~
PERTAINING TO ALTERING THE CURRENT COST
ALLOCATION SYSTEM OF THE HETROPOLITAN
DISPOSAL SYSTEM BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL,
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Sewer Act (Chapter 449, .1969 Laws)
charged the Metropolitan Council with, among other
responsibilities, that of allocating the costs associated
with the expansion, improvement and operation of the
Metropolitan Disposal system among the using municipalities;
and
WHEREAS, a joint study report prepared by the Joint
Executive Management Committee of the Metro pcii~n Council
and the Metropolitan Sewer Board advocates that the
present cost allocation system is unreasonable and
therefore recommends certain changes in the cost allocation
system; and
WHEREAS, one of the recommended changes to the system is
that the reserve capacity charges to pay reserve capacity
debt service be finarmd by a service availaCility charge
made on ail new construction located in the municipalities
estimated to discharge sewage into the Metropolitan Disposal
System in 1973; and
WHEREAS, the said service availability charge is unreasonable
and unequitable because it requires present developing
communities to finance with no pay-back provisions the
reserve capacity charges currently and properly allocated
to the outlying communities; and
WHEREAS, the Sewer Service Area No. 1 Advisory Board
has considered in detail the recommended changes tn said
cost allocation system; and
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WHEREAS, the said Advisory Board did on August l l, 1972
consider recommending to the Metropolitan Council that the
service availability charge not be adopted and that
certain alternatives be initiated as set forth and
contained in the recommendations by the Sewer Service Area
No~. I Advisory Board Policy Paper for remedying any
problems associated with the current cost allocation system
of the Metropolitan Disposal System, a copy of which was
before the Council;
NOk~, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Columbia Heights that the City Counc~il strongly
supports the position taken by the Sewer Service Area No. t
Advisory Board Pol icy Paper and urges the Metropolitan Council
not to adopt the inequitable service availability charge plan.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED' that certain alternatives be
initiated as set forth and contained in the recommendations
of the Sewer Service Area No. 1 Advisory Bard Policy Paper
relative to altering the current cost allocation system of the
Metropolitan Disposal System.
Passed this 14th day of August, 1972.
Offered by: Heintz
Seconded by: Connor
Roll Call: A11 Ayes.
Br~u~e G. Nawrocki , Mayor
I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct
copy of a resolution adopted by the City Council of the City
of Columbia Heights at their regular meeting Monday,
August 14, 1972.
Christen P. Nielsen, City Clerk