Title
Authorization to enter into a License with Central Arizona Water Conservation District (CAWCD #2019-016) to Operate and Maintain an Underground Sewer Line (Ordinance S-51973) - District 2
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or designee, to enter into a land use license with the Central Arizona Water Conservation District to operate and maintain an underground sewer line. Request that the City Council grant an exception pursuant to Phoenix City Code 42-20 authorizing inclusion in the documents pertaining to this License of indemnification and assumption of liability provisions that otherwise would 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
The land use license is required for the right to access property acquired for the Central Arizona Water Conservation District, a multi-county water conservation district, created, organized, and existing under the laws of the State of Arizona for the purposes, among others, of contracting with the United States for the care, operation, maintenance, and management of certain transferred works of the Central Arizona Project from the United States of America, who holds title to such works, hereby licenses the City of Phoenix the right to operate and maintain an underground sewer line located approximately 0.12 miles north of the intersection of Deer Valley and Cave Creek roads, Phoenix, AZ. This license has been approved for an area of approximately 0.41 acres.
Contract Term
The term of this License is for a period of twenty-five years, from September 16, 2019, to September 15, 2044. The land use fee will be reviewed every five years unless market conditions indicate that a reassessment should be done at shorter intervals.
Financial Impact
The license fee for the five-year period beginning September 16, 2024, through September 15, 2029, is $16,430.83. Funds are available in the Water Services Department's operating budget.
Location
The underground sewer line located approximately 0.12 miles north of the intersection of Deer Valley and Cave Creek roads, Phoenix, AZ.
Council District: 2
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Ginger Spencer and the Water Services Department.