Title
Resolution to Proceed with Construction and Call for Bids for Hedgepeth Waterline Improvement District - WS85503001, ID 1309 (Resolution 22033)
Description
Request City Council to approve a Resolution to proceed with construction and order a call for bids for waterline improvements for the Hedgepeth Waterline Improvement District.
Report
Summary
The Hedgepeth Waterline Improvement District is bounded by 51st to 43rd avenues from Loop 101 to Pinnacle Peak Road (Attachment A) and includes installation of a distribution waterline for project WS85503001 (ID 1309). The Improvement District was recently approved by City Council through an amended Ordinance of Intention (S-48327). The Improvement District is ready to proceed to the next phase of the project, which is construction.
Financial Impact
The Hedgepeth Waterline Improvement District is estimated at $3.6 million, which includes final design, right-of-way, construction, and administration costs. The estimated participation from the City of Phoenix is $0-$550,800 (0-15.3 percent of final costs).
Funding is available in the Water Services Department's Capital Improvement Program budget.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
The City Council approved:
- The Ordinance of Intention to form the Hedgepeth Waterline Improvement District (Ordinance S-45902) on July 3, 2019; and
- The amended Ordinance of Intention (Ordinance S-48327) on Feb. 16, 2022.
Public Outreach
- October 2017 - All affected property owners were petitioned and 76.2 percent approved the request to form the improvement district.
- April 2018 - All affected property owners were balloted and 73.6 percent supported the waterline improvement project.
- July 11, 2019 (first Thursday after Ordinance approval) - Ordinance of Intention was published in the Arizona Business Gazette.
- July 18, 2019 (first Thursday following first publishing) - Ordinance of Intention was published in the Arizona Business Gazette.
- Aug. 9, 2019 - Ordinance of Intention was posted every 300 feet within the proposed improvement area.
- Aug. 27, 2019 - Legal protest period for the Ordinance of Intention to form the Improvement District expired with no protests filed.
- May 11, 2020 - City of Phoenix mailed an updated cost letter to all affected property owners.
- April 2021 - City of Phoenix mailed ballots to all affected property owners to determine the level of support for the proposed improvements.
- July 2021 - City of Phoenix mailed ballots to all affected property owners to determine the level of support for the proposed improvements given the increased cost estimate of $3.6 million.
- Sept. 14, 2021 - City of Phoenix mailed a letter to all affected property owners explaining the ballot results that showed 68.6 percent of the property owners supported the revised project, with eight property owners who rejected the proposed improvement district and four who did not respond to the ballot.
- Jan. 12, 2022 - City of Phoenix mailed a letter to all affected property owners informing them of the Feb. 16, 2022 City Council hearing for the Amended Ordinance of Intention.
Location
The waterline improvement district includes single-family residences and one commercial business located within an area generally bounded by 51st to 43rd avenues from Loop 101 to Pinnacle Peak Road.
Council District: 1
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Managers Mario Paniagua and Karen Peters, and the Street Transportation and Water Services departments.