Item 5: Resolution Adopting Amended SDC Methodologies and Rates

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1. Capacity - Projects or portions of projects that are related to increasing liquids andf or biosolids conveyance, treatment, and disposition capacity beyond existing design standards (i.e., projects that provide the next capacity increment within the planning period). 2. Performance. ImprQvements - ProJects that increase system capacity by increasing the level of performance provided by facilities. Unlike' capacity' projects that relate only to the next increment of capacity, performance upgrades are generally sized based on. total projected capacity needs at the end of the planning'period (existing and future). 3. Rehabilitation -'Projects designed to remedy an existing system deficiency and do not. enh~ce system capacity. Capacity and performance upgrade projects can be new facilities, orupgradef expansion of existing facilities. Rehabilitati~n projects are the replacement of outdated or worn out eqmp.ment or faciliti~s. - The majority of the projects' will typically fall completely into one project type. However, some' projects may be split between capacity and 'performance types. The general criteria for. allocating projects to the above categories are sho.wn in Table 5. -These criteria should be applied in the development of specific projects for iI1.clusion in the appropriate planning' document 'o~ project list and should be considered and evaluated as part of the process of adoption of such a plan or project list. ' TABLE 5 Summary of Project Type Allocation Criteria Perfonnance Improvements Potential Criteria Adds new facilities/expands existing facilities -Provides new liquids treatment or biosolids capacity beyond existing system design standard or beyond the current pennitted capacity Adds new fa~ilitieslimproves existing facilities Provides capacity/enhanced capability sized f~r total Mure capacity . ne~ds Driven by new regulatory requirement Driven by increase in community perfonnance standard T echnologieal efficiencies Replaces existing facility or portion of facility Does not serve growth either through existing available or new capacity Preserves existing facil'ity performance/capacity Project Type Capacity Rehabilitation Once project costs have been allocated to system component and project type categories, and the ~osts have been distributed to the system capacity parameters, the final step in the project cost allocation process is to assign costs to user types. For the purposes of the SDC methodology, there are two user types: 1) existing customers, and 2) new customers or . growth. Costs that are allocated to growth are incorporated into the SDC improvement fee