Consider Recommending City Council Approval of September 2017 Comprehensive Sanitary Sewer Study Update

Purpose:
The purpose of this case is to consider recommending City Council approval of the September 2017 Comprehensive Sanitary Sewer Study Update.

Background:
Attached is an update to the City of Ramsey’s 2012 Comprehensive Sanitary Sewer Study. 
 
Also attached is the 2012 Comprehensive Sanitary Sewer Study, which was prepared with the goal of meeting the City’s infrastructure needs based on development projected within the City’s 2030 Comprehensive Plan.
 
The attached update incorporates current population and land use projections.  It also addresses impacts on the City’s sanitary sewer infrastructure due to development that has occurred since 2012, and due to currently proposed and projected development out to the year 2040 to be consistent with the 2040 Comprehensive Plan updates that are underway.
 
Key updates to the 2012 plan include:
• Estimated costs associated with infrastructure needed to serve future development areas,
• Estimations of growth and development anticipated through the year 2040, and
• Connection amounts based on estimated costs and development.
 
Staff is also requesting a recommendation from the Public Works Committee on whether sanitary sewer infrastructure needed to serve the 167^th node, and areas to the north and east, should be incorporated into the update.  Incorporating this sanitary sewer infrastructure into the update will ensure that a properly designed and coordinated sanitary sewer system will be available for future development of the 167^th node, as well as for areas to the north and east.  This would increase connection fees by about 5%.  If this infrastructure is not included in the update (as attached), construction of sanitary sewer infrastructure needed to serve the area in and around the 167^th node will occur in a less coordinated manner, and will require individual funding agreements between the City and individual developers on a development by development basis.   
 
Staff will provide a formal presentation during the meeting.

Staff estimates this case will take 20 minutes to present and respond to questions.

Observations:
Estimated 2021 – 2040 costs are based on improvements shown on the maps and included in the tables within the report.
 
Alternatives:
Alternative #1 – Motion recommending City Council approval of the September 2017 Comprehensive Sanitary Sewer Study Update, including the sanitary sewer infrastructure needed to serve the 167^th node area.
 
Alternative #2 – Motion recommending City Council approval of the September 2017 Comprehensive Sanitary Sewer Study Update as attached, omitting the sanitary sewer infrastructure needed to serve the 167^th node area.

Costs to amend the update to include sanitary sewer infrastructure needed to serve the 167th node would be taken from the sanitary sewer enterprise funds, which was also used to pay for the attached update.

Staff recommends alternative #1.

Motion recommending City Council approval of the September 2017 Comprehensive Sanitary Sewer Study Update, including the sanitary sewer infrastructure needed to serve the 167th node area.