Title
Salt River Project Land Use License for the City of Phoenix (Ordinance S-53070) - District 6
Description
Request to retroactively authorize the City Manager, or the City Manager's designee, to enter into a land use license with Salt River Project (SRP) for the City of Phoenix to maintain the block wall, maintain the underground electrical facilities, and operate and maintain the West Plant and East Plant inlet structures. 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. There is a one-time license fee associated with this lease to the City of Phoenix.
Report
Summary
SRP is granting permission to the City of Phoenix to maintain the block wall and underground electrical facilities and operate and maintain the West Plant and East Plant inlet structures located in the SRP-controlled land portion of the south bank of the South Canal prior to the execution of necessary land use licenses.
Contract Term
The term of this license is for a period of 10 years, from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2035.
Financial Impact
The financial impact to the City of Phoenix for this license is a one-time license fee of $7,982.
Location
The licensed property is that portion of the south bank of the South Canal located in the southeast quarter of Section 32, Township 02N, Range 06E East of the Gila and Salt River Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona.
Council District: 6 (to the upper East section of the district located at the Val Vista Water Treatment Plant).
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Ginger Spencer and the Water Services Department.