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Resolution to Increase the 2019 Drainage Fee for the Sand Creek Drainage Basin
Presenter:
Richard Mulledy, P.E., Stormwater Enterprise Manager, Stormwater Enterprise
Erin Powers, P.E., Senior Engineer, Stormwater Enterprise
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Summary:
The Colorado Springs/El Paso County Drainage Board at their December 6, 2018 meeting approved an increase of $28.08 per acre to the drainage fee for the Sand Creek Drainage Basin. The existing 2019 drainage fee for this basin is $12,645.00 per acre. The new drainage fee for this basin would be $12,673.00 per acre (rounded down from $12,673.08).
Background:
Action by the Drainage Board to increase the Sand Creek basin fee to cover additional drainage basin costs represents a common practice used by the Drainage Board to cover unanticipated additional drainage facility costs in new subdivision development. Unanticipated costs can be described as costs not shown in the Drainage Basin Planning Study for the drainage basin and/or costs that were not included in the original fee calculation for the basin.
The Drainage Board's action to increase the drainage fee originated with a request by Engineering and Surveying Inc., the developer for Forest Meadows Filing No. 9. More specifically, a 36" HDPE storm sewer pipeline was required of the developer and the associated cost was not identified in the Drainage Basin Planning Study for the Sand Creek Drainage Basin. The Drainage Board approved this cost as reimbursable and approved the fee increase to cover the additional reimbursable facility.
Previous Council Action:
On December 11, 2018, the City Council approved Resolution No. 159-18 establishing the 2019 Drainage Basin Fees, Bridge Fees, and Detention Pond Facility and Land Fees. This resolution set the drainage fee for the Sand Creek basin at $12,645.00 per acre.
Financial Implications:
Drainage fees are paid by developers and are used to reimburse other developers who construct drainage improvements. Th...
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