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Approving 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, the Board did adopt Resolution No. 18-584 which approved the Amendment No. 2 to Contract For Water Service and which provides such adjustment; and
WHEREAS, Saint Paul Legislative Code Section 85.04 requires the adoption of a resolution by the Council of the City of Saint Paul authorizing such agreements; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Amendment No. 2 to Contract For Water Service with the City of Little Canada is hereby authorized and that the proper officers directed to execute said Amendment No. 2 on behalf of the City of Saint Paul.