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ITEM 11 <br />O <br />AGENDA ITEM <br />REVIEW RE.QUESZ FROM TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL. TO CONSIDER IMPLEMENTATION OF <br />REIIv1BURSEMENT POLICY <br />PURPOSE <br />To discuss a request from the Town of Chapel Hill to consider implementation of a developer <br />reimbursement policy <br />BACKGROUND <br />• OWASA previously had a policy that provided for the reimbursement of a portion of the <br />construction costs where an applicant/developer had extended water and sewer mains of a size in <br />excess of 8-inches in diameter and which supported the orderly development of the water and sewer <br />systems. <br />• Reimbursements were derived and paid from the footage charge levied against property served <br />directly by the connection and from the acreage component of the availability fees levied against <br />property developed simultaneously or subsequent to the installation of the water and/or sewer <br />mains. <br />When the reimbursement practice was discontinued in 1999 upon the restructuring of service <br />availability fees, the front footage and acreage component of the availability fees were eliminated. <br />The front footage and acreage fees were previously used to fund and pay reimbursements, The current <br />fee structure does not include a provision for applying and collecting front footage or acreage fees. <br />• A request has been received from the Town of Chapel Hill to consider implementing a policy to allow <br />recovery of'sorne of the costs of water and sewer infrastructure when installed with capacity in excess <br />of the applicant's need to support future development. <br />ACTION NEEDED <br />• Discussion Only <br />STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS <br />• Discussion by the Board to provide feedback to staff regazding the Town's request. <br />)une 10, 2004 <br />