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as many as possible, high demand water users along this route from the supply /treatment location to the Tassajara Reservoir. The focus of this recycled water connection fee is the projects listed as Phase 1A and Phase 1B of the Hacienda Area. Phase 1A establishes the backbone of the system, connection of existing pipelines repurposed from the potable water system and including the largest customers along the way. Phase 1B will extend the backbone of the system to include several of the smaller customers. Phase 1A will provide a total system capacity of 3.0 mgd and Phase 1B will add another 1.0 mgd for a total capacity of 4.0 mgd. A decentralized satellite facility (scalping facility) is also included within the projects (Phase 2) and will serve a number of customers in the South Pleasanton area including the City's largest water user the Callippe Golf Course. The City does not have a current recycled water connection fee. The previously discussed recycled water phases will result in approximately 132 of the City's current potable water irrigation customers converting to recycled water service in the near term. Most of these customers have already paid a one -time potable water connection fee and as such will not pay an additional recycled water connection fee; however, these customers will incur costs associated with converting the potable water irrigation systems to recycled water. An important requirement for a connection fee study is the connection between the anticipated future growth on the system and the needed facilities required to accommodate that growth. This connection fee analysis is based on the existing system today. Any future expansions beyond the existing system would require a new connection fee analysis based on the capital projects scheduled to meet the needs of future development and the cost and financing of future projects. 4.3 Calculation of the City's Recycled Water Connection Fee As was discussed in Section 2, the process of calculating connection fee is based upon a four - step process. These steps were as follows: ❑ Determination of system planning criteria ❑ Determination of equivalent residential units ❑ Calculation of the connection fee ❑ Determination of any connection fee credits Each of these areas is discussed in more detail below. 4.3.1 System Planning Criteria The first step in determining the connection fee is to define the system planning criteria or capacity. Specifically, the system capacity is based on the capacity available on the system and the costs of the system divided by the capacity the infrastructure will serve or total number of equivalent residential units served during the time period, whichever one is more appropriate, to develop the cost per gallon for the system. Determination of the City's Recycled Water Connection Fee 12 City of Pleasanton - Recycled Water Connection Fee