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8.B. - Page 25 <br /> Projected Revenues, Expenses, and Debt Service Coverage <br /> The following tables show cash flow assumptions and projections of the City's revenues, <br /> expenses, and net revenues. The projections include the City's estimated share of debt service <br /> for the Authority's CIP. The projections were developed by Bartle Wells Associates based on <br /> information provided by the City and the Authority, and a number of assumptions including those <br /> listed below. While the City believes the estimates and projections shown are reasonable, no <br /> assurance can be given that the results shown will be achieved. <br /> General Assumptions <br /> 1. Beginning fund balance as of June 30, 2015 is based on the City's fund balance <br /> analysis and includes rollover capital improvement funds (budgeted in prior years for projects <br /> that are not yet complete), encumbrances, and restricted reserves. <br /> 2. Growth in sewer service connections is estimated at 0.25% per year or <br /> approximately 1°/0 every four years. <br /> Revenues <br /> 1. Sewer Service Charges within the City are projected based on estimated <br /> revenues for fiscal year 2014-15 adjusted for annual rate increases and growth. <br /> 2. Sewer Service Charges from the contract agencies are projected based on <br /> contractual agreements with each agency and assume a 6-month lag in payments due each <br /> fiscal year. <br /> 3. Interest income is estimated based on beginning fund balances multiplied by the <br /> projected interest rate shown for each year. <br /> 4. Other revenues are projected as shown in the table. <br /> Expense Assumptions <br /> 1. Operating expenses are based on the City's fiscal year 2015-16 budget and <br /> escalate at the annual rate of 4%. <br /> 2. SVCW wastewater treatment plant operating expenses are based on SVCW's <br /> fiscal year 2015-16 budget with operating and maintenance costs broken out separately from <br /> debt service, capital and other non-operating expenses. Future SVCW operating expenses <br /> escalate at the annual rate of 4%, with the exception that future expenses exclude the annual <br /> true-up incorporated in the 2015-16 budget. <br /> 3. Debt service includes the City's allocable share of payments on outstanding and <br /> projected SVCW debt. Debt service payments for the 2009 Bonds, which were issued as Build <br /> America Bonds, are net of the estimated annual refundable credit. <br /> 4. Debt service projections assume the issuance of approximately $14.6 million of <br /> future SVCW bonds and $238.1 million of future SVCW SRF Loans allocable to the City over <br /> the next five years. <br />