Informational Meeting

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Allen East School Sewer Improvement Area Project
Informational Meeting June 29, 2005, 700
pm Village of LaFayette Community Building
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Overview of Tonights Meeting

• Review Objective of Tonights Meeting.
• Review Proposed Sewer Layout.
• Review Project Cost and Financing.
• Review Statutory Procedures.
• Review Easement Acquisitions.
• Review Tentative Schedule.
• Questions and Answers.

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I. Meeting Objective
This meeting will provide for public
participation on the consideration of the project
boundary for the Allen East School Sewer
Improvement Area Project. Tonights meeting will
allow for public input concerning the tentative
cost for construction and design of sewer lines,
locations, and schedules. The project will be
assessed based on an Equivalent Single Family
Unit (ESFU) method of apportionment. An ESFU
method of assessment assigns an immediate benefit
to all properties with a dwelling.
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II. PROPOSED SEWER LAYOUT
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III. Cost to Property Owners and Financing

• Estimated Project Assessment (PA)
• (PA) 20 year Assessment with interest

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III. Cost to Property Owners and Financing (cont.)
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III. Cost to Property Owners and Financing (cont.)
1. Estimated PA

• Total project assessable User Equivalency is
  76.0. Therefore, the apportioned cost per ESFU
  is 7,021.69 (554,700 76 7,298.68).
• PA Sample Calculation
• Property with 1 ESFU (1 household)
• PA 1 equiv. x 7,298.68
• PA 7,298.68 (paid in cash, or assessed to
  taxes for 20 years with interest)

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III. Cost to Property Owners and Financing
(cont.)

• Abandonment of existing private sewage
  system/tank and installation of sanitary sewer
  lateral to the project. Approximate cost -
  1,500 to 2,000.

2. Miscellaneous Non-Assessed Cost to Property
Owners

• Once a property owner has connected to the
  project he or she will receive a quarterly sewer
  bill from the County to pay for operation,
  maintenance, and future major capital
  expenditures for the sewer district. The sewer
  bill will be based on a 97.50 (60 Village
  37.50 County) quarterly charge per user
  equivalency. A wastewater treatment agreement
  has been entered into with the Village of
  LaFayette to treat the waste.

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III. Cost to Property Owners and Financing
(cont.)
Note The 20-year interest rate will be between
1 to 5. ½-Year Tax Payment _at_ 1 202
20-Year Repayment 8,088 ½- Year Tax Payment
_at_ 5 293 20-Year Repayment 11,710
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VI. Statutory Procedure (ORC 6117)

• Commissioners adopt resolution approving General
  Plan and Declaring Necessity of project.
• Notification to agricultural use property for
  inclusion of property into an agricultural
  district (front footage assessments).
• Commissioners adopt resolution to establish
  Project Assessment Hearing.
• Conduct a Project Assessment Hearing.
• Five day wait for written objections.
• Respond to all written objections.

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VI. Statutory Procedure (cont.)

• G. Ten day wait for filing of all appeals to
  Probate Court.
• Settle all appeals.
• Proceed to the design and construction of the
  project with BOCC consideration of Improvement
  Resolution.
• Complete construction of the project.
• Finalize cost of project, and mail billings to
  property owners. Allow 30 days for cash payment.
• Notify property owners for connection to the
  project.
• Certify uncollected PAs to the tax duplicate of
  the property owners.

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V. Easement Acquisition
The County is requesting all property owners who
have, or will be contacted for acquisition of
easements to donate the easement to the project.
The cost of acquisition of easements is factored
back into the overall cost of the project.
Therefore, all property owners in the project
will pay for the added cost of easement
acquisition.
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VI. Tentative Schedule
Project Informational Meeting June 29,
2005 Project Assessment (PA) Hearing
August 2005 Begin Design
October 2005 Begin Construction
February 2006 Construction Complete
August 2006 Complete
Grading/Seeding Spring 2007 Assessment
Billing September 2007 Project
Wrap-Up Meeting September 2007 Tax
Certification October 2007
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VII. Questions Answers
Note Please State Your Name and Address, for the
record, before asking your question.