Title
Retroactive Authorization for Central Arizona Water Conservation District Land Use License CAWCD #2020-005B Water Line and Sewer Lines for the City of Phoenix (Ordinance S-53274) - District 1
Description
Request to retroactively authorize the City Manager, or the City Manager's designee, to enter into a land use license with Central Arizona Water Conservation District (CAWCD) for the City of Phoenix to operate and maintain a 12-inch water line and two 4-inch sewer lines located near the Middle Vistas subdivision, west of I-17. Further request the City Council to grant an exception pursuant to Phoenix City Code 42-20 to authorize inclusion in the documents pertaining to this transaction of indemnification and assumption of liability provisions that otherwise should be prohibited by Phoenix City Code 42-18. Further request to authorize the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
In 2021, CAWCD granted permission to the City of Phoenix to construct a 12-inch water line and two 4-inch sewer lines within CAWCD-controlled land. CAWCD recently noted that the construction license expired as of November 1, 2023 and is requesting the City execute a land use license retroactively to an original date of April 1, 2023, for the new land use license CAWCD #2020-005B.
Contract Term
The term of the license is for 25 years, from April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2048.
Financial Impact
Fees in the first five years of the new land use license will not exceed $24,000. Funds are available in the Water Services Department's Operating budget.
Location
The license is for an area approximately 0.628 acres near Middle Vistas, west of I-17.
Council District: 1
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Ginger Spencer and the Water Services Department.