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City staff recommend dwelling‑unit fee as preferred way to finance Reeser Road/Wilbur utility extension
Summary
Staff proposed coordinating with Walla Walla County to extend water and sewer alongside a county Reeser Road project and recommended 'Option 5' — a dwelling‑unit‑based trunk‑system special charge (approx. $30,000 per dwelling‑unit for Reeser; $27,000 for Wilbur at planning estimates) with design and interlocal steps to follow.
City public‑works staff told the Walla Walla City Council on Dec. 16 that extending water and sewer to the Reeser Road/Wilbur Avenue corridor can take advantage of a county construction project and recommended a financing approach tied to each parcel’s development potential.
Mr. Lowry, the staff presenter, said the county has a grant to construct Reeser Road between Fern and Wilbur, and the city’s analysis shows the sewer can be gravity fed — eliminating a pump station — which materially reduces long‑term costs. Staff presented five recovery options for assessing benefiting properties and identified Option 5 as the preferred approach because it allocates costs by a parcel’s realistic development potential…
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