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Resolution Superseding Portions of R-11-131 for Sanitary Sewer Improvement Charge and Terms and Authorizing Water and Sanitary Sewer Improvement Charges for 2525 Newport ($30,779.00)
Memorandum
Your approval is requested to levy sanitary sewer and water improvement charges totaling $30,779.00 on the property known as 2525 Newport Road. This vacant parcel was recently developed. On April 19, 2011, the owner paid the $30.00 fee to levy the improvement charges (the fee covers the cost to have the certified resolution recorded at the Washtenaw County Register of Deeds). The property has paid the applicable connection charges and is “active” for sanitary sewer and water service as of April 27, 2011.
We recommend the property owner be authorized to pay the 2010 improvement charge amounts for this property. There were numerous issues beyond the control of the property owners surrounding the development of this single-family property, previously known as Unit 20 of Newport Hills Condo. Once the issues were rectified, the owners diligently moved forward with construction. Had these delays not occurred, the construction would have started sooner with an active utility date in October 2010, the time at which the sanitary sewer main construction was completed and available. The water main was constructed in the 1970s.
The reduction between the 2011 and 2010 improvement charge amounts results in a savings to the homeowner of $1,538.00 (a reduction of $600.00 for the fixed sanitary sewer improvement charge and a reduction of $938.00 for the 1970s credit-based water improvement charge). Approval of this resolution will supersede those portions of resolution R-11-131 that pertain to 2525 Newport Road, including the 2011 fixed sanitary sewer improvement charge and the payment terms.
According to current procedures, the property owner needs to now pay the property’s share of the existing utilities through the City improvement charge levy as required under section...
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