DEPARTMENT: Finance
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliott
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S) IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Public Hearing Regarding the SAWS Vista Ridge Water Supply Agreement
SUMMARY:
A Public Hearing will be held on October 8th at 6:00p.m. in the City Council Chambers to allow citizens and other interested parties the opportunity to provide comments to the City Council on the proposed Vista Ridge Water Supply Agreement that would provide 50,000 acre feet of non-Edwards Aquifer water to San Antonio by 2020.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
In 2011, SAWS issued a request for competitive sealed proposal for 50,000 acre feet of non-Edwards Aquifer water in order to diversify its water supplies and to obtain water that the community will need to accommodate expected future growth. After reviewing the nine proposals that it received, SAWS selected a proposal submitted by the Vista Ridge Consortium. The Vista Ridge Consortium is a partnership between Abengoa and BlueWater Systems, which has assembled 3,400 leases for water rights with local landowners in Burleson County.
In order to provide transparency to the process, SAWS held seven negotiation meetings that were open to the public. SAWS has posted the contract document and the related appendixes on its website.
SAWS and Vista Ridge have reached agreement on the key terms of a contract. The SAWS Board voted to approve the contract during its September 29th meeting. City Council will consider the contract in late October or early November. The City Council would like to provide citizens and other interested parties with an additional opportunity to provide input on this proposed contract. As such, a public hearing will be held on October 8th at 6:00p.m. in the City Council Chambers.
ISSUE:
A public hearing will be held on October 8th at 6:00p.m. in the City Council Chambers to allow citizens and other interested parties the opportunity to provide input on the proposed Vista Ridge W...
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