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Resolution to Approve New Wastewater Treatment Agreement with Scio Township
Memorandum
Scio Township has purchased sanitary sewage services from the City of Ann Arbor since 1984. The contract was for 2.05 million gallons per day (mgd). Scio Township constructed sanitary sewers within the City of Ann Arbor to create the capacity necessary within the City's collection system. Scio Township also paid the City for purchase of capacity in the City's collection system and at the wastewater treatment plant.
After 30 years of service, Scio Township continues to maintain the sewers that were built within the city. Currently, the Township is using 1.03 mgd of the 2.05 mgd of capacity that the Township has purchased. At this time, the City and Scio Township agree that the wastewater treatment agreement between the City and the Township should be revised and restated to define the relationships, rights and obligations of the City and Scio Township going forward.
Scio Township plans to eventually use the capacity that it has purchased. The Township desires to "smooth" out the boundaries of the areas within the Township that are and will be served by the City's sanitary sewage system and wastewater treatment plant. These boundary adjustments also will account for areas where sewer lines have been built outside the original boundaries of the areas.
Scio Township has a strong desire to continue its contractual relationship with the City of Ann Arbor for sanitary sewage disposal and treatment, and to maximize the investment the Township has already made within the frame work of the existing contract. However, the Township also has secured a site to construct its own wastewater treatment plant.
The City's Wastewater Treatment Plant was partially funded with a federal grant that requires regional service. As a result, Scio Township has an allocation of capacity at the City's Wastewater Treatment Plan.
The proposed Wastewater Treatment Agreement wo...
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