Susanna Owens (Mountain west)
Susanna Owens, Development Manager
Mountain West
245 Commercial Street SE, Suite 200
Salem, OR 97301
Re: Mountain West Senior Housing – Killion Road
Dear Susanna:
This letter is a follow-up to our second pre-submission conference at which the primary point of discussion was sewer and water connection fee’s.
City staff reviewed the water usage statistics for other Mountain West facilities provided prior to the meeting. The result of the City’s review is that the City will be basing the
sewer and water connection fee’s on your engineer’s estimate of actual usage as opposed to a per unit fee for the Independent Living units. For purposes of estimating the charges, I
offer the following analysis:
The average monthly usage of similar facilities is roughly 72 gpd, or 30% of a standard ERU of 240 gpd.
A 90 unit facility would generate the equivalent of 27 ERU’s
Water connection fee’s would be $1500.00 * 27 = $40,500.00
Sewer connection fee’s (LID units) would be $2,480.00 * 4 = $9,920.00
Sewer connection fee’s would be $4,986.00 * 23 = $114,678.00
Total connection charges would be $165,098.00
Please note that actual charges will be based on the approved estimate of actual water usage and may be different than calculated in this estimate, but will be based on usage rather
than a per unit assessment.
The Community Development Department looks forward to working with you on your project.
Sincerely,
Grant Beck, Director
Community Development Department