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Staff to send letter to Niagara on expansion; city outlines payment and policy conditions for any added capacity
Summary
Aurora staff will send a draft letter to a large water user (Niagara) documenting historical connection-fee differences and explaining that the city would only consider expansion if the user pays an estimated $27.5 million value gap plus applicable current connection fees.
Note: the following article covers the committee’s discussion of a proposed letter to a large commercial customer (identified in the transcript as Niagara) concerning past connection fees and possible future expansion. The item contains numbers and policy options discussed in an ongoing negotiation; the city’s position and any final demand will be set in staff letters and council action.
Aurora staff briefed the committee on a draft letter to Niagara that documents the company’s historical connection fees and frames conditions under which Aurora would consider an expansion of metered water service. Staff explained that Niagara’s historical average use has been large (more than 500,000 gallons per day on average over the referenced multi-year period as presented in the briefing) and that previous connection-fee…
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