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Pertaining to Amendment No. 2 to Contract For Water Service with the City of Little Canada to revise water charges.
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WHEREAS, the Board of Water Commissioners of the City of Saint Paul and the City of Little Canada entered into a Contract For Water Service dated May 10, 2005, which specified the terms and conditions under which the Board would provide water to Little Canada on a wholesale basis; and
WHEREAS, the parties executed an Amendment No. 1 to Contract For Water Services effective January 1, 2013, which initiated a two-component charge structure for the provision of water, a Water Service Base Fee and a Water Volume Charge, and also provided that after a five-year period, the parties would review fees and charges as addressed by a Cost of Service Study; and
WHEREAS, Saint Paul Regional Water Services performed a Cost of Service Study dated November 1, 2017, which replicated the methodology used by Progressive Consulting Engineers in its 2012 Cost of Service Study; and
WHEREAS, the parties desire at this time to adjust fees and charges paid by Little Canada in order to reflect modifications identified in the November 1, 2017 Cost of Service Study; and
WHEREAS, staff has prepared an Amendment No. 2 to Contract For Water Service which provides such adjustment and Saint Paul Regional Water Services General Manager recommends approval of said Amendment; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Board of Water Commissioners of the City of Saint Paul does hereby approve Amendment No. 2 to Contract For Water Service with the City of Little Canada in substantially the form submitted, and that the proper officers of the Board are hereby authorized and directed to execute said Amendment No. 2 on behalf of the Board following approval of the assistant city attorney.