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4304 Village Centre Court<br />
Mississauga, Ontario<br />
Canada L4Z 1S2<br />
Phone: (905) 272-3600<br />
Fax: (905) 272-3602<br />
e-mail: info@watson-econ.ca<br />
May 7, 2012<br />
<strong>Municipality</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lambton</strong> <strong>Shores</strong><br />
4 Ontario Street<br />
P.O. Box 340<br />
Grand Bend<br />
ON N0M 1T0<br />
Attention: Ms. Janet Ferguson, Treasurer<br />
Dear Ms. Ferguson,<br />
Subject:<br />
Proposal for the <strong>Municipality</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lambton</strong> <strong>Shores</strong> Water and Wastewater Rate Study<br />
Update<br />
Further to your request, we are pleased to provide you with a proposal letter concerning the abovereferenced<br />
project.<br />
1. INTRODUCTION<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Municipality</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lambton</strong> <strong>Shores</strong> has asked that a proposal be provided for a review and update <strong>of</strong><br />
the <strong>Municipality</strong>’s Water and Wastewater Rate Study. <strong>The</strong> work provided herein will incorporate the final<br />
direction <strong>of</strong> Council in regards to the Wastewater Servicing Plan anticipate for the municipality.<br />
For the <strong>Municipality</strong>’s former Rate Study, detailed water system and wastewater system inventory<br />
information was obtained from the <strong>Municipality</strong>. Please note that we have not included a budget for<br />
engineering services in this proposal as it has been assumed that all required information needed to<br />
update the Rate Study would be provided by Municipal staff. <strong>The</strong> engineering assessment that you<br />
provide (if needed) should include the updated evaluation <strong>of</strong> the water and wastewater system inventory<br />
and capital needs which will feed into our financial analysis. This data may be obtained from the<br />
<strong>Municipality</strong>’s PSAB 3150 asset records.<br />
Based upon the request for the study and the proposed requirements for emerging legislation, our<br />
comments on each <strong>of</strong> the study tasks are detailed below:<br />
Task #1<br />
Task #2<br />
Task #3<br />
Task #4<br />
Task #5<br />
Assessment <strong>of</strong> Water Consumption Data<br />
Capital Needs Assessment<br />
Capital Cost Financing Options<br />
Operating Cost and Revenue Analysis<br />
Rate Calculations<br />
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