Title
Urban Core Redevelopment Area Wastewater Master Plan - Funding Alternatives Referral Item #060659 (B)
Explanation
Much of the urban core area in Gainesville, including most of the area encompassed by the City's four Community Redevelopment Districts, is served by the gravity sewer system connected to the Main Street Water Reclamation Facility. The gravity collection system serving the urban core provides reliable service and has adequate capacity for current wastewater customers, and for redevelopment projects which are currently proposed. However, future redevelopment in the urban core area may result in the need for major trunk main capacity upgrades in the gravity collection system. The City's wastewater extension policy requires that new developments pay the cost of capacity improvements needed to serve them. It was recognized that in some cases costs for major wastewater collection improvements could become an impediment to redevelopment in the redevelopment districts if funding mechanisms are not developed to assist in the costs for future capacity upgrades.
Staff has developed an urban core area wastewater collection master plan. The objectives of this plan are to: 1) Determine existing collection system capacities; 2) Determine available capacity for future growth/redevelopment; 3) Identify collection system capacity improvements, estimated costs and estimated timing; 4) Develop funding mechanisms to assist in paying for capacity improvements; and 5) Implement policies for funding these improvements.
The master plan is limited to trunk mains (pipes 12 inches and larger in diameter); costs for smaller "collector" upgrades and extensions will continue to be addressed under current policies.
On December 18, 2006 staff presented to the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Board the results of the evaluations of system capacities, required improvements and estimated costs for improvements (Items 1-3 above), and presented a prel...
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