DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements (TCI)
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 9
SUBJECT: Joint Use Agreement: SAWS use of City-owned property
SUMMARY:
A Resolution supporting two (2) Joint Use Agreements and a Temporary Construction Easement between the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) to include 0.0294 acre (1,280 square feet); 0.0054 acre (237 square feet); and 0.0921 acre (4,013 square feet) within a drainage easement recorded in the Northwoods Subdivision Plat, within NCB 17474, in Council District 9, for a fee of $500.00.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
In order to minimize odors within the collection system, the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) maintains ferrous sulfate injection odor control stations and hydrogen peroxide injection odor control stations throughout its service area (sanitary collection system). SAWS has a total of fifteen (15) existing stations with most being located within the 410 Loop. SAWS sought to identify sites in the northern sector where additional odor control stations could be constructed so as to meet the demands of the city’s growing population.
SAWS plans to design and install a permanent odor control station within the north central sector of the city to replace its temporary station located in the McAllister Park area. SAWS identified the proposed site, a city-controlled drainage easement within the Northwoods Subdivision. The project includes construction of new concrete slab, installation of a chemical tank and dosing pumps, eye wash station, extension of water service, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) monitoring capabilities, electrical outlets, and other equipment and appurtenances to ensure a fully operational and OSHA compliant injection site. SAWS will then install a small diameter pipe from the control station to the nearest existing sewer pipe to feed ferrous sulfate. The odor control station will minimize odors and reduce pipe corrosion within the system downstream. If approved, SAWS anticipates construction can start by the end of 2015, and be completed by December, 2016 at a total cost of $240,000.00.
ISSUE:
A Resolution supporting two (2) Joint Use Agreements and a Temporary Construction Easement between the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) to include 0.0294 acre (1,280 square feet); 0.0054 acre (237 square feet); and 0.0921 acre (4,013 square feet) within a drainage easement recorded in the Northwoods Subdivision Plat, within NCB 17474, in Council District 9, for a fee of $500.00.
SAWS plans to design and install a permanent odor control station within the north central sector of the city to replace its temporary station located in the McAllister Park area. SAWS identified the proposed site, a city-controlled drainage easement within the Northwoods Subdivision. The project includes construction of new concrete slab, installation of a chemical tank and dosing pumps, eye wash station, extension of water service, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) monitoring capabilities, electrical outlets, and other equipment and appurtenances to ensure a fully operational and OSHA compliant injection site. SAWS will then install a small diameter pipe from the control station to the nearest existing sewer pipe to feed ferrous sulfate. The odor control station will minimize odors and reduce pipe corrosion within the system downstream. If approved, SAWS anticipates construction can start by the end of 2015, and be completed by December, 2016 at a cost of $240,000.00.
ALTERNATIVES:
The Planning Commission could choose not to support this request; however if the Joint Use Agreement is not approved, SAWS will need to locate another site that can meet all of the requirements to complete this project.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The city will collect a total of $500.00 for the use of the drainage easement for SAWS to construct an odor control station. The city does not own the underlying fee. It has a drainage-easement interest only via plat dedication. Since the city does not own the property, the petitioner pays a $500.00 processing fee only as outlined in Chapter 37-4(f), Municipal Code.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of a Resolution supporting two (2) Joint Use Agreements and a Temporary Construction Easement between the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) to include 0.0294 acre (1,280 square feet); 0.0054 acre (237 square feet); and 0.0921 acre (4,013 square feet) within a drainage easement recorded in the Northwoods Subdivision Plat, within NCB 17474, in Council District 9, for a fee of $500.00.