DEPARTMENT: Office of EastPoint & Real Estate Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Etienne
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 10
SUBJECT: Joint Use Agreement: SAWS use of City-owned property
SUMMARY:
An ordinance authorizing four (4) Joint Use Agreements between the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) to include a 0.171 acre within Drainage Right-of-Way within Heatherwood Subdivision, 0.481 acre within Drainage Right-of-Way within Heatherwood Subdivision, 1.209 acre within Woodstone Subdivision, and 0.378 acre within a city-owned drainage right-of-way within the Raintree Subdivision, in Council District 10, for a total of $3,720.00.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The far northeast quadrant of SAWS' service area drains by gravity to the Cibolo Creek Municipal Authority's (CCMA) collection system. Currently, SAWS conveys raw wastewater to the CCMA for treatment. Cibolo Creek Municipal Authority recently increased its rates, so it is now more economical for SAWS to construct infrastructure to reroute the flow to the Eastern Sewershed for treatment at the Dos Rios Water Recycling Center.
The SAWS infrastructure project scope to reroute the waste from Cibolo Creek Municipal Authority's collection system to the Dos Rios Water Recycling Center includes design and installation of two lift stations, gravity mains and force mains. The estimated construction cost is $8,098,902.00. SAWS construction is to begin in May, 2015 and will be completed in September, 2016.
ISSUE:
An ordinance authorizing four (4) Joint Use Agreements between the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) to include a 0.171 acre within Drainage Right-of-Way within Heatherwood Subdivision, 0.481 acre within Drainage Right-of-Way within Heatherwood Subdivision, 1.209 acre within Woodstone Subdivision, and 0.378 acre within a city-owned drainage right-of-way within the Raintree Subdivision, in Council District 10, for a total of $3,720.00.
The SAWS infrastructure project scope to reroute the waste from Cibolo Creek Municipal Authority's collection system to the Dos Rios Water Recycling Center includes design and installation of two lift stations, gravity mains and force mains. The estimated construction cost is $8,098,902.00. Construction is to begin in May, 2015 and will be completed in September, 2016.
ALTERNATIVES:
City Council could choose not to approve this request; however if the Joint Use Agreements are not approved, the pipeline will need to be rerouted to non-city owned property resulting in a significant delay and expense.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The city will collect a total of $3,720.00 for the use of the city-owned parcel for SAWS to install the sewer mains and manholes. Fair market value of the subject property is based on an independent appraisal prepared by Debra S. Runyan, MAI on March 31, 2014. The revenues from this agreement will be deposited into the General Fund in accordance with the FY 2015 Adopted Budget.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of an ordinance authorizing a Joint Use Agreement between the City and SAWS for the use of land located within drainage right-of-ways in the Heatherwood, Woodstone and Raintree Subdivisions located in northeast San Antonio for the installation of sewer mains and manholes as part of SAWS Cibolo Creek Sewershed Project.
Planning Commission approved this request at its regular meeting on November 12, 2014.