City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: JANUARY 4, 2022
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance Amending the Sewer Connection Fee Ordinance (Section 5-6-25.1) and Sanitary Sewer System Capital Investment and Maintenance Fee (Section 5-6-26).
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ISSUE: Council Consideration of an ordinance amending City Code Section 5-6-25.1 regarding sewer connection fees and City Code Section 5-6-26 regarding the sanitary sewer system capital investment and maintenance fee (sewer maintenance fee).
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council pass the proposed ordinance (Attachment 1) on first reading, and schedule it for second reading, public hearing and final passage on Saturday, January 22, 2022. The proposed ordinance would modify the language of City Code Section 5-6-25.1 consistent with the Sanitary Sewer Master Plan that City Council adopted on November 13, 2021, as follows:
1. Increase the existing teardown credit from 50 percent to 100 percent;
2. Establish a connection fee category for senior living uses and set the senior living connection fee at 75 percent of the single-family fee; and
3. Update the non-residential fee schedule, providing an increase based on water consumption data for all non-residential properties in the City.
The proposed ordinance would also modify the language of City Code Section 5-6-26 to change the billing basis for the sewer maintenance fee from monthly water consumption to the winter average basis, consistent with how Alexandria Renew Enterprises (AlexRenew) charges for wastewater treatment.
Staff is proposing to make the above changes effective July 1, 2022, to provide plenty of notice to both the development community and to AlexRenew, who provides sewer billing services on behal...
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