Title
Development Agreement between City of Phoenix and Aspire Fillmore, LLC for Upsizing of Water Main at 3rd Avenue, North of Fillmore Street (Ordinance S-46145)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a Development Agreement between the City of Phoenix and Aspire Fillmore, LLC (“Developer”) to allow the Developer to pay the City an amount of $90,307 in lieu of the requirements to upsize approximately 200 feet of a substandard water main and to perform associated street pavement repairs along 3rd Avenue heading north of Fillmore Street. Further request to authorize the City Controller to disburse, and the City Treasurer to accept, all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
The Developer owns approximately 1.3 acres of property consisting of 5 lots along 3rd Avenue, and 4 lots along 2nd Avenue on the north side of Fillmore Street. The Developer is currently going through the Planning and Development Department’s plan review process for approval of construction documents, and as part of this process the Developer was stipulated to upsize the existing 6-inch water main in Fillmore Street along the project's frontage to a 12-inch water main. This stipulation is a requirement from the Water Services Department’s Downtown Master Plan. This Master Plan requires that any water lines 6-inch in diameter or smaller in the Downtown Core Area (bounded by 7th Street, 7th Avenue, Jackson Street, and I-10) must be upsized to a minimum diameter of 12-inches.
Due to other development agreements along 3rd Avenue, the Water Services Department (WSD) has programmed a future water main replacement project to upsize the existing 6-inch water main in 3rd Avenue to a 12-inch water main. WSD contacted the Developer to inquire if they would be interested in contributing funds, in-lieu of fees, to the water main project instead of constructing the new water line. The Developer agreed to this proposal due to the project timing and construction logistics of their project. The Developer will promptly pay $90,307 to the City of Phoenix to satisfy the Developer’s obligations for water main upsizing and street pavement repair.
Financial Impact
The Developer will pay the City a one-time payment of $90,307.
Location
Northeast corner of 3rd Avenue and Fillmore Street
Council District: 7
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Karen Peters and the Water Services Department.