HomeMy WebLinkAboutVI (A5) Exemption of proposed Ocoee Crown Point PUD from requirement to construct reclaimed water mains ' Agenda 9-02-2003
Mayor Calter of Good Item VI A5
LiCommissioners
S. Scott Vandergrift Danny Howell, District 1
Scott Anderson, District 2
City Manager f Rusty Johnson, District 3
Jim Gleason „e, Nancy J. Parker, District 4
STAFF REPORT
DATE: August 25, 2003
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners
FROM: Russ Wagner,AICP, Community Development Director 43t)
SUBJECT: Ocoee Crown Point PUD
Exemption from Requirements to
Construct Reclaimed Water Mains
ISSUE:
Should the Mayor and City Commissioners exempt the Ocoee Crown Point PUD from requirements to
install a reclaimed water system?
BACKGROUND:
Pursuant to Section 174-20.0 of the City Code, upon advise from the City Engineer,the City Commission
may find that it is not feasible or not in the best interests of the City to extend reuse transmission lines to
a property. Upon said finding, the Commission may exempt the property from the requirement to
construct reclaimed water distribution and transmission mains and lines and from the requirement that
homes, lots and parcels within such property connect to the City's reuse system.
DISCUSSION:
The Ocoee Crown Point PUD is located within the Orange County utility service area. The area is,
however, within the Ocoee reuse service territory. Unfortunately, reuse transmission mains are not
planned to be extended to this property. More importantly, because the property is located at the end of
the County's water main line servicing this area, the need to maintain adequate water pressure is critical.
Since reuse water is not available to charge the reuse system, potable water will be needed instead. Due
to the amount of potable water needed to charge the reuse system, the reuse lines need to be
significantly upgraded in size to meet Orange County requirements. Additionally, Orange County would
require that a second water meter be purchased from the County with respect to the reuse lines using
potable water. This has resulted in a potentially extraordinary cost to install these lines which may make
installation economically infeasible. No portion of the reuse lines are being paid for by the Orange County
School Board.
In order to avoid what could be$150,000—$200,000 in additional costs, Staff is recommending that the
City Commission exempt this property from reuse requirements. However, in order to have some
flexibility, Staff would include the reuse lines as an Additive/Alternate in the bid package to isolate the
cost. Upon receipt of all the bids on the project,the City Commission could then decide to either delete
this item or add it back into the project depending on the cost factors involved. The reuse lines are
presently induded in the PUD Land Use Plan,the Preliminary Subdivision Plan and the Final Subdivision
Plan for Phase 1. If this exemption is not approved, the City Commission would not have the ability to
elect to exclude reuse lines at the time of award of the contract since such lines would then be required
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by the Code and the final subdivision plan. if this exemption is approved, the City would have greater
flexibility when bidding the project with the final decision being made when the bid is awarded.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Commission approve the following findings regarding an exemption for
the Ocoee Crown Point PUD from the effluent reuse line requirement:
Pursuant to Section 174-20.0 of the City Code,the City Commission finds that it is
not in the best interests of the City to extend reuse transmission lines to the Ocoee
Crown Point property and exempts the Ocoee Crown Point property from the
requirement to construct reclaimed water distribution and transmission mains and
lines and from the requirement that homes, lots and parcels within such property
connect to the City's reuse system; subject to the right of the City as a landowner
to, at its option,elect to construct reuse lines as part of the Phase 1 infrastructure
for the Ocoee Crown Point PUD in which case this exemption shall no longer be of
any force and effect.
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