FYI
Lynne Adamczyk
Executive Assistant
Office of Governor Rick Snyder
517-373-3400 (0)
517-241-9412 (d)
[email protected]
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City oF Derroir 735 RANDOLPH STREET
WATER AND SEWERAGE DEPARTMENT Detror, Micuican 48226-2830
OrFtce OF THE DIRECTOR WWW.DETROITMI.GOV
January 12, 2015
Mr. Darnell Earley, Emergency Manager
Mr. Dayne Walling, Mayor
City of Flint
1101 S. Saginaw Street
Flint, Michigan 48502
Dear Messrs. Earley and Walling:
Regarding: Re-establishing Detroit Water and Sewerage Department Water Service
I was recently referred to a report in MLive in which there was reference to the City of Flint (City)
potentially re-visiting its decision to utilize Flint River water as a water source prior to the completion of
the KWA pipeline. Within that report, there appeared to be some incorrect assumptions about the cost of
water service from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD). | write to you today to express
the willingness of DWSD to resume delivery of drinking water to the City and its residents. We have
monitored the water quality issues that have troubled the City since May, 2014, and understand that many
of the difficulties stem from the limited access to source water. Please know that DWSD is ready, willing
and able to resume service to the City if you so desire.
If the City is interested in a long term arrangement with DWSD, with this goal in mind, we offer that the
City can immediately reconnect to the DWSD system at no additional charge to the City and at the same
“expired contract” rate that the City was paying in April, 2014, modified to reflect the 4% increase
experienced by all other wholesale customers in July, 2014. The resulting rate structure is a fixed
monthly rate of $846,700 and a commodity rate of $14.92/Mcf. In order to facilitate contract
negotiations, DWSD is willing to extend this rate to the City (and to Genesee County as the City’s partner
and former customer) until June 30, 2015.
We at DWSD take very seriously the matter of drinking water quality, and we are as concerned as you
must be by the continued quality issues faced by the City. We are confident that DWSD can provide you
with a solution for reliable, safe, high quality water on an expeditious timeline. Please contact me directly
at (313) 224-4701 if you wish to discuss this offer further.
Sincerely yours,
ere
Sue F. McCormick
Director
ce: Governor Rick Snyder — (via U.S. Mail)
Flint City Council, (via U.S. Mail and Electronic Mail)
Eric Mays; Jacqueline Poplar (c/o Jennie Johnson); Kerry Nelson (c/o Jennie Johnson); Joshua Freeman;
Wantwaz Davis; Herbert Winfrey (c/o Jennie Johnson); Monica Galloway, Vicki VanBuren; Scott
Kincaid (c/o Jennie Johnson)
Jeff Wright, GCDC — (via Electronic Mail)
Mayor Mike Duggan (via Electronic Mail)
James Fausone, BOWC (via Electronic Mail)
Robert Daddow, GLWA (via Electronic Mail)
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Byrne, Randall (Treasury)