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KURT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? CALL TO ORDER THE MARANA TOWN COUNCIL STUDY SESSION.

[ CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]

ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR POST? HERE. VICE MAYOR ZIEGLER? HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVANAUGH? HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER COMERFORD? EXCUSED. COUNCIL MEMBER KAI? PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER MURPHY? PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER OFFICER? HERE. A QUORUM IS PRESENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE PLEDGE, BECAUSE I LIKE TO DO THAT.

I LIKE IT. I LIKE IT, TOO. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED. LOOKING FOR THAT BIG THING ON THE FRONT THAT SAYS CALL TO THE PUBLIC.

[LAUGHTER]. APPROVAL OF AGENDA. SO MOVED. SECOND.

[ APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSED. ITEM PASSES. D1. ITEM D1, RELATING TO WASTEWATER.

[ DISCUSSION/DIRECTION/POSSIBLE ACTION]

PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ON THE WATER RECLAMATION MASTER PLAN UPDATE BY HDR INCORPORATED.

HELLO HEIDY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

WE'RE HERE TODAY TO, ALONG WITH OUR CONSULTANT HDR, TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE ON THE DRAFT SEWER MASTER PLAN.

WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TONIGHT IS THE ENTIRE DESIGNATED MANAGEMENT AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.

WAY BACK WHEN WE TOOK OVER THE WASTEWATER FACILITY, THERE WAS NO ENGINEERING AT THE TOWN, SO IT WAS ALL OUTSOURCED. SO IT WAS MORE OF A PLANNING EFFORT OF AS THE DEVELOPMENT CAME IN.

WE WERE PLANNING THAT WAY. THEN AS ENGINEERING CAME INTO THE TOWN, THEN WE CAME WITH THAT SWATH THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE PRESENTATION, WHICH IS ALONG I-10. IT WAS MORE OF A NARROW, NOT THE ENTIRE DMA THAT WAS PLANNED FOR.

SO NOW TONIGHT, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS ALL THE LAND USES IN EVERYTHING ON THE ENTIRE DMA.

SO THIS IS YOUR TIME AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.

ASK YOUR QUESTIONS SO THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE IT INTO THE FINAL DOCUMENT WHEN WE GET THERE.

AND WITH NO FURTHER ADO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HDR.

GOOD EVENING, TOWN COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR INVITING US.

IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THE TOWN OF MARANA.

MY NAME IS ERIC HIELEMA. I'M A SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER WITH HDR, AND I HAVE HADLEY HABECK WITH ME.

HADLEY IS THE BRAINS THAT DID ALL THE WORK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TONIGHT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE CONTEXT. PLUS, I COULDN'T COME AND NOT HEAR MYSELF SPEAK.

SO I JUST, I WANT TO TAKE MY HAT OFF TO THE TOWN STAFF AND MANAGEMENT BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IF YOU'VE SAT THROUGH THESE MASTER PLANNING EFFORTS BEFORE IS A TRANSITION FROM REALLY TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO TAKING A LONG-TERM STRATEGIC VIEW AND GETTING AHEAD OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.

SO WITH THAT, I'M JUST GOING TO HAND IT OFF TO HADLEY AND LET HER TALK YOU THROUGH IT.

THANK YOU, ERIC. HELLO. MY NAME IS HADLEY HABECK.

I'M AN ENGINEER WITH HDR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, TOWN COUNCIL, FOR INVITING US TO PRESENT THE UPDATES TO THE MARANA SEWER MASTER PLAN.

HDR DEVELOPED THE 2020 SEWER MASTER PLAN AND THE ASSOCIATED 2022 INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE POPULARITY OF YOUR AMAZING TOWN THE AND THE RESULTANT GROWTH, THE TOWN ASKED HDR TO REEVALUATE AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE SEWER MASTER PLAN.

SO, FOR REFERENCE, THIS IS THE AREA THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE 2020 SEWER MASTER PLAN.

SO THIS WAS THE SERVICE AREA THAT WE LOOKED AT LAST TIME AROUND.

AND THEN THIS TIME AROUND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FULL DMA.

SO THE FULL DESIGNATED MANAGEMENT AREA, WHICH IS THE AREA THAT THE TOWN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING SEWER SERVICE TO.

SO IN THIS. WE ALWAYS HAVE BACKGROUND MUSIC IN CASE YOU [INAUDIBLE].

ALWAYS PERFECT. IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU KNOW, FEELING.

AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION.

I'M HAPPY TO PAUSE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WE GO.

SO I'LL START OFF WITH A RECAP OF THE 2020 MASTER PLAN.

MOVE ON TO HOW WE DID THE ANALYSIS FOR THE FULL BUILD OUT, THE RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS TO HANDLE BUILD OUT, AND THEN THE PHASING OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN WE'LL WRAP UP WITH ANY QUESTIONS.

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BUT LIKE I SAID, FEEL FREE TO ASK THEM AS WE GO.

SO THE 2020 MASTER PLAN WAS PRESENTED TO TOWN COUNCIL IN DECEMBER OF 2019, AND SOME FINDINGS FROM THAT. THE EXISTING TREATMENT PLANT IS PERMITTED TO BE EXPANDED TO 4.5 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY, OR MGD. HOWEVER, FUTURE SEWER FLOWS WILL EXCEED 4.5 MGD.

IT WAS ALSO FOUND THAT YOUR SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO RAINFALL, INFLOW AND INFILTRATION WHICH CAUSES HIGHER FLOWS DURING RAINFALL EVENTS AND ALSO THE COLLECTION SYSTEM, ESSENTIALLY THE SEWER PIPING SYSTEM NEAR THE TREATMENT PLANT IS REACHING ITS CAPACITY LIMITS. SO AS THE PART OF THE 2020 MASTER PLAN ARE RECOMMENDED, IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDED A NEW TREATMENT PLANT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE FREEWAY TO HANDLE FLOWS ON THE EAST SIDE, SO BASICALLY SPLITTING THE TOWN SEWER FLOWS ALONG THE I-10.

ALSO THE NORTH MARANA SEWER INTERCEPTOR WHICH IS WHICH WILL PROVIDE MORE SEWER CAPACITY NEAR THE TREATMENT PLANT.

THE EXISTING TREATMENT PLANT AND THEN A FORCE MAIN CROSSING.

YOU CAN SEE KIND OF IN THE SOUTH EAST SIDE OF THE TOWN TO HANDLE FLOWS FROM STONEGATE AND MANDARINA.

SO THIS IS SORT OF A RECAP OF WHAT I JUST SAID, BUT ACTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN SINCE THE 2020 MASTER PLAN.

MANHOLES HAVE BEEN IMPROVED TO LIMIT OR ELIMINATE INFLOW AND INFILTRATION.

THE NORTH MARINA SEWER INTERCEPTOR PROJECT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND THERE'S A NEW CLARK FARM SEWER INTERCEPTOR, WHICH IS IN ITS PRELIMINARY DESIGN PHASES. THE EXISTING TREATMENT PLANT IS BEING EXPANDED FROM 1.5 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY TO 3. AND THAT'S STILL IN THE DESIGN PHASE. AND THEN DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEGUN WITH THE VILLAGES OF TORTOLITA DEVELOPER WITH REGARD TO THE NEW TREATMENT PLANT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE FREEWAY, WHICH WOULD FALL WITHIN THE VILLAGES OF TORTOLITA DEVELOPMENT.

WE ASK QUESTIONS, MR. MAYOR. YES. JUST SPEAK OUT.

PLEASE BE QUIET AND WAIT. NO. WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR THE VILLAGE OF THE EAST SIDE? THE TREATMENT PLANT OR THE DEVELOPMENT? THE TREATMENT PLANT? SO IN OUR PREVIOUS MASTER PLAN, WE ANTICIPATED.

SORRY. OH, SORRY. I WASN'T SURE IF THAT WAS A HINT OR.

SO THE PREVIOUS MASTER PLAN IDENTIFIED THAT AS A FUTURE IMPROVEMENT HAPPENING IN AROUND 2035.

AND THEN WE'VE REEVALUATED THAT AS PART OF THIS MASTER PLAN.

I'LL LET YOU CONTINUE ON THAT. SO BASICALLY THE DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN STARTED ON THAT, AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FUTURE. YES. GOOD. THANK YOU.

SO IN ORDER TO ANALYZE THE FULL DESIGNATED MANAGEMENT AREA, WE DECIDED AND WORKED WITH THE TOWN TO DIVIDE IT INTO A SERIES OF BASINS.

SO THE BASINS WERE DIVIDED AND DELINEATED USING TOPOGRAPHY AND PHYSICAL BARRIERS LIKE THE I-10 AND EXISTING OR PLANNED MAJOR ROADWAYS. ALSO THE SANTA CRUZ RIVER BASIN.

SO EACH OF THESE BASINS WERE ANALYZED KIND OF INDIVIDUALLY.

AND THEN AGAIN, FOR CONTEXT, THE AREA SHOWN IN THE RED OUTLINE WAS THE PREVIOUS 2020 MASTER PLAN AREA.

IN ORDER TO ESTIMATE FUTURE SEWER FLOWS FROM EACH OF THESE BASINS, WE OVERLAID THE 2040 GENERAL PLAN LAND USE MAP. SO USING THE ZONING, ESSENTIALLY, WE LOOKED AT THE RANGE OF DENSITIES ALLOWED FOR EACH LAND USE CATEGORY AND THEN ESTABLISH THE MOST PROBABLE DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL IS, HAS A RANGE OF 0 TO 1 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. BUT FROM EXISTING RURAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, WE'VE SEEN THAT IT'S TYPICALLY ABOUT 0.5 OR

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1 DWELLING UNIT PER TWO ACRES. SO WE USE KIND OF THIS EMPIRICAL DATA OF EXISTING DEVELOPMENT TO ESTABLISH THE MOST PROBABLE DENSITY FOR EACH OF THE LAND USE TYPES. AND THEN ANY KNOWN DEVELOPMENT OR DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW.

WE JUST TOOK THAT AT FACE VALUE. HADLEY HAD A QUESTION CAN YOU DEFINE WHAT A BASIN IS IN THIS DEFINITION IN THIS DISCUSSION? YES. SO THE BASIN REALLY WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE BASIN.

IT'S JUST AN OUTLINE OF AREAS WITHIN THE TOWN TO KIND OF SEPARATED BY EITHER A MAJOR ROAD OR THE RIVER OR THE I-10.

AND THE GOAL HERE WAS KIND OF GROUPING CERTAIN AREAS SO THAT WE COULD LOOK AT HOW THE BASINS WILL DEVELOP WITH TIME.

SO IT REALLY COMES INTO PLAY WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PHASING.

SO WILL THIS AREA IN THE NORTH COME IN OR THIS AREA IN THE SOUTH AND THE TIMING OF THAT.

SO IT THE PURPOSE OF THE BASIN WAS TO ALLOW US TO IMPLEMENT PHASING OF DIFFERENT AREAS WITHIN THE TOWN.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. SO NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR TOTAL BUILD OUT FLOWS ESTABLISHED FROM THE LAND USE, THE NEXT STEP WAS TO ESTABLISH A SERIES OF SCENARIOS FOR HOW TO HANDLE THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SPECIFICALLY, AND THE MOST EXPENSIVE, THE FUTURE TREATMENT PLANTS.

SO WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS SLIDE IS THE DISTILLATION OF SEVEN SCENARIOS DOWN TO THREE.

AND THE GOAL WAS TO. THAT'S NOT US. OH, OKAY.

OKAY. THE GOAL WAS TO FIND SOLUTIONS THAT MEET LONG TERM PLANNING NEEDS OF THE TOWN, WHILE ALSO ALLOWING FLEXIBILITY TO PIVOT IN CASE DEVELOPMENT CHANGES WITHIN THE TOWN.

SO TRYING TO FIND THAT GOLDILOCKS ZONE BETWEEN OVER PLANNING AND UNDER PLANNING FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

SO FROM THOSE THREE SCENARIOS, WE DECIDED UPON THIS RECOMMENDED SCENARIO FOR FULL BUILDOUT OF THE TOWN DMA AREA. SO THE FIRST THING TO NOTE HERE ARE THE TOTAL BUILD OUT FLOWS.

SO YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT 17 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.

AND FOR REFERENCE, YOUR EXISTING TREATMENT PLANT IS SEEING ABOUT 1.2 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.

SO THAT'S A HUGE INCREASE. AND IN ORDER TO HANDLE THAT WE'VE ADDED A THIRD TREATMENT PLANT, WHICH IS LABELED HERE AS THE SOUTH TREATMENT PLANT.

AND THE SOUTH TREATMENT PLANT IS DESIGNED TO HANDLE ALL FLOWS FROM DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING SOUTH OF THE SANTA CRUZ RIVER BASIN. THE REASON FOR THIS AND WE'LL GET MORE INTO THIS IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES.

BUT THE EXISTING TREATMENT PLAN CAPACITY IS 4.5 MGD OR PERMITTED CAPACITY BUILD OUT IS 4.5 MGD.

YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WE'RE EXCEEDING THAT AT SEVEN MGD WHICH WAS ONE OF THE OBSTACLES TO OVERCOME.

BUT WITH THE ADDITION OF ALL THOSE SOUTHERN BASINS, IT WOULD ADD AN ADDITIONAL 5.6 MGD, WHICH FAR EXCEEDS THE CAPACITY.

AND ALL THE PLAN HERE IS FOR ALL FLOWS EAST OF I-10 TO GO TO THE NEW NORTH PLANT IN THE NORTH EAST SIDE, SO. I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT LAST SLIDE ON THE SOUTH RF, WRF IS THAT, THAT'S PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE, BUT IS MOST OF THAT AREA, THAT IT WOULD BE WORKING WITH IS IT ALREADY BUILT OUT OR IS THERE POSSIBLE.

NO, CURRENTLY THERE'S VERY MINIMAL DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.

THERE'S THE. WELL THAT'S ALL WE'RE THERE AND ALMOST A RURAL AREA.

YES. OKAY. RURAL THERE, I GOT IT. OKAY. THE AIRPORT, THE MARANA AIRPORT IS, IS KIND OF HARD TO SEE THERE, BUT IT'S IN BASIN 16. OKAY. BUT YEAH, PRIMARILY JUST KIND OF OPEN DESERT LAND AT THE MOMENT OR RURAL.

AND RIGHT NOW, AS MOST OF THAT OR MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE ON SEPTIC TANKS, THERE'S NOBODY OVER THERE.

PATRICK. THERE'S NO ONE IN THAT RURAL AREA AT ALL.

OKAY. FARM FIELDS. AIRPORT. OKAY. STATE LAND.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THE AIRPORT DOES HAVE THEIR OWN KIND OF MINI TREATMENT PLANT TO HANDLE THEIR FLOWS.

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BUT THE REST OF SEPTIC. YEAH, THE REST OF IT WOULD BE SEPTIC.

THANK YOU. SO ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE'VE INCLUDED HERE IS TO ADD THESE BASIN INTERCONNECTS.

SO THE INTERCONNECTS. SO WE'VE GOT ONE SHOWN IN THE NORTH THAT WOULD INTERCONNECT THE EXISTING WRF BASINS TO THE NEW NORTH PLANT, AND THEN ONE IN THE SOUTH THAT WOULD CROSS THE SANTA CRUZ TO INTERCONNECT TO THE SOUTH TREATMENT PLANT.

AND THE ADVANTAGE OF THESE INTERCONNECTS IS ONE, THEY WILL DIVERT FLOWS AWAY FROM THE EXISTING TREATMENT PLANT.

SO AS IT REACHES ITS CAPACITY, YOU CAN SEND FLOWS TO ONE OF THE OTHER TREATMENT PLANTS.

IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR STARTUP FLOWS. SO IF YOU BUILD A TREATMENT PLANT AND YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT SERVICE AREA TO HAVE ENOUGH FLOW TO START UP THE TREATMENT PLANT, THESE INTERCONNECTS WILL ALLOW FLOWS TO BE DIVERTED AND GIVE YOU ENOUGH FLOW TO START UP THE TREATMENT PLANT. AND THEN IN GENERAL, IT GIVES YOU THE CAPACITY TO HANDLE DEVELOPMENT, SORT OF REGARDLESS OF WHERE IT'S COMING IN, SO YOU CAN SEND FLOWS TO WHERE THERE IS CAPACITY IN TERMS OF TREATMENT.

SO WITH THESE INTERCONNECTS NOW THE TOTAL BUILD OUT FLOWS ARE STILL 17 MGD.

BUT NOW WE'VE GOT 5 MGD AT THE EXISTING TREATMENT PLANT, 5 AT THE NORTH TREATMENT PLANT AND THEN 7 AT THE SOUTH TREATMENT PLANT. AND AGAIN, THIS IS ASSUMING THAT THESE INTERCONNECTS ARE ABLE TO DIVERT FLOWS AND SEND THE SEWER FLOWS WHERE THERE IS CAPACITY AT THE TREATMENT PLANTS.

SO ALONG WITH THE TREATMENT PLANTS YOU'LL ALSO NEED THIS MAJOR SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO THIS IS BACKBONE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SERVICE EACH OF THESE BASINS WHICH TO YOUR POINT WAS ANOTHER REASON FOR THE BASINS TO ENSURE THAT WE'VE GOT SORT OF BACKBONE PIPELINES TO SERVICE DEVELOPMENT IN EACH OF THESE AREAS SORT OF JUST SPREADING THE WEB OF SEWER PIPES. SO ALL THE PURPLE PIPES SHOWN HERE WOULD BE GOING TO THE EXISTING TREATMENT PLANT, GREEN TO THE NORTH PLANT, AND THEN THE ORANGE ONES TO THE SOUTH PLANT.

AND WE TRIED TO MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF GRAVITY PIPELINES AS OPPOSED TO PRESSURIZED BECAUSE THEY ARE LOWER COST AND EASIER TO MAINTAIN. SO ONE INTERCONNECT WOULD BE GRAVITY FLOW ONE WAY BUT FORCED THE OTHER WAY.

YES, YES. BECAUSE IT'S GENERALLY GOING DOWNHILL.

RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. SO WE TRIED TO LOCATE THESE FUTURE TREATMENT PLANTS SUCH THAT THEY WOULD OPTIMIZE THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE TOWN.

BUT THE INTERCONNECTS WOULD BE PRESSURIZED. THAT'S A GOOD THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

YEAH. THOSE WOULD BE FORCED MAINS AND LIFT STATIONS AND FORCE MAINS.

SO YOU CAN KIND OF DO IT ON DEMAND, SEND THE FLOWS WHERE YOU NEED THEM.

OKAY. SO MOVING ON TO THE PHASING. THAT'S THE BUILD OUT INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED.

MOVING ON TO THE PHASING OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO AS I DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, THE BUILD OUT SCENARIO REQUIRES EXTENSIVE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.

THE GOAL IS TO PLAN IMPROVEMENTS TO COME ONLINE AS THEY'RE NEEDED.

ULTIMATELY, THE GOAL HERE IS TO BE PROACTIVE TO DEVELOPMENT AS OPPOSED TO REACTIVE.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT CAPACITY BASED ON A 13% ANNUAL GROWTH RATE IN FLOWS.

SO THE 13% IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR TO KEEP IN MIND AS YOU LOOK AT THESE DATES.

THAT GROWTH RATE WILL NEED TO BE RE-ANALYZED FREQUENTLY AS GROWTH CHANGES WITHIN THE TOWN, BUT THAT WAS THE GROWTH RATE THAT WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO USE.

SO WE'VE GOT THE NEW NORTH TREATMENT PLANT WILL BE NECESSARY IN 2034 AS THE EXISTING TREATMENT PLANT APPROACHES ITS CAPACITY. AND THEN, AND THAT'S ITS CAPACITY OF THREE MGD, WHICH IS THE EXPANSION CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. AND THEN IN 2037, WE'VE GOT A FULL EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING TREATMENT PLANT TO ITS PLANNED

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CAPACITY OF 4.5 MGD. AND THEN IN 2041, THE NEW SOUTH TREATMENT PLANT TO HANDLE FLOWS IN THE SOUTH.

AND THEN BASED ON A 13% GROWTH, THE BUILD OUT WOULD BE REACHED IN 2054.

THESE NUMBERS ARE KIND OF HARD TO READ, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. BUT THAT FINAL VALUE IS 2054, SO THAT WOULD BE FULL BUILD OUT OF THE FULL LIKE DMA AREA.

SO WE'LL START WITH A PHASE ZERO, AND THIS REPRESENTS SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE EITHER ALREADY UNDERWAY OR ALREADY PLANNED.

AND THAT INCLUDES THE UPGRADE TO THE EXISTING WRAF, THAT'S TO ITS 3 MGD.

THE NORTH MARANA SEWER INTERCEPTOR, THE CLARK FARM SEWER INTERCEPTOR, THE TORTOLITA FORCEMAIN WHICH WE'LL GET INTO MORE DETAIL IN, AND THE BASIN 20 FORCE MAIN TO HANDLE INITIAL FLOWS FROM BASIN 20, WHICH IS LOCATED SOUTH OF TANGERINE ROAD, AND THEN THE STONEGATE FORCE MAIN TO SEND FLOWS TO FROM THE EAST SIDE TO THE WEST SIDE.

SO CAN I, BASIN 21? YES. WHERE WILL THAT GO IN THE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM, BOTH.

SO, BASICALLY IS, I GUESS BASIN 21 KIND OF AROUND TWIN PEAKS ROAD THE AREA.

YEAH. OKAY. SO UNTIL A NEW. WOULD THAT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 2041 TO GO TO THE SOUTH, OR WOULD THAT GO INTO THE EXISTING [INAUDIBLE]? SO THAT COULD BE ANALYZED DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE DEVELOPMENT TO BE SENT THROUGH THE SAGUARO BLOOM.

SO SAGUARO BLOOM RIGHT NOW IS SENT VIA FORCE MAIN TO THE EXISTING SYSTEM.

AND THERE THAT COULD BE RE-ANALYZED TO SEE IF THEY COULD UPSIZE THE PUMPS AT THAT FORCE MAIN AND SEND MORE FLOW.

BUT RIGHT NOW, THAT'S THEIR ONLY CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING SYSTEM.

SO IF IT'S FULL, THEN THEY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE SOUTH.

THEY EITHER NEED TO WAIT UNTIL THE SOUTH OR EXPAND.

YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN ON THAT. SO SOME OF THE ASSUMPTIONS, I MEAN, YOU KIND OF CAPTURED THE WHOLE ESSENCE OF WHAT THE CHALLENGE IS, RIGHT? HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU PREDICT WHERE GROWTH IS GOING TO OCCUR AND HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE YOU CAN ADDRESS IT? AND SO ONE OF THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WAS MADE WITH THE TOWN WAS THAT THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE TOWN WOULD FOLLOW MUCH FURTHER IN DEVELOPMENT. BUT PART OF THE NECESSITY OF THIS IS THAT THIS SHOULD BE REVISITED ON A REGULAR FREQUENCY BETWEEN PLANNING AND THE WATER DEPARTMENT.

AND IF SOMEONE WERE TO COME IN AND BASIN 21 AND SAY, I WANT TO DEVELOP THIS 200 ACRES.

WELL, NOW THE PLANNING AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED AND FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, IS IT TIME TO THINK ABOUT THE SOUTH WATER RECLAMATION PLANT, OR DO WE WANT TO BUILD PIPELINES TO GET IT NORTH? OKAY. THANK YOU. AND BECAUSE THIS SYSTEM IS SO INTERCONNECTED EVEN ADDING THE NORTH TREATMENT PLANT COULD FREE UP CAPACITY IN THE COLLECTION SYSTEM IN THE SOUTH, BECAUSE ALL, RIGHT NOW ALL DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO THE EXISTING PLANT, SO BY ADDING A NEW TREATMENT PLANT ON THE EAST SIDE, YOU'RE FREEING UP NOT JUST THE TREATMENT PLANT CAPACITY, BUT ALSO THE COLLECTION SYSTEM CAPACITY IN THE EXISTING SYSTEM.

SO THINKING ABOUT TIMELINE NOW FOR A NEW TREATMENT PLANT.

WE WANTED TO KIND OF ESTABLISH A BASELINE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW LONG IT CAN TAKE FOR A TREATMENT PLANT TO BE PLANNED, DESIGNED AND BUILT. SO STARTING WITH IDENTIFICATION OF APPROPRIATE PROPERTY, A FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS AND A PAG 208 PROCESS, LAND ACQUISITION AND THEN PERMITTING CONSTRUCTION.

WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FIVE AND A HALF TO EIGHT YEARS TO HAVE A NEW TREATMENT PLANT ONLINE.

SO WHEN YOU DECIDED WHERE TO PUT SOME OF THESE, IN PARTICULAR THE SOUTH ONE, DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF POPULATION DOWNWIND OF THEM? NOT NECESSARILY.

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I GUESS THAT'S A GOOD POINT. TREATMENT PLANT DESIGN NOWADAYS, CAN, YOU CAN INCORPORATE ODOR CONTROL SYSTEMS THAT ARE VERY EFFECTIVE? YEAH. AND SO A VERY VALID QUESTION, BUT IT CAN BE.

I MEAN, THE SOUTH ONE THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING WOULD BE UPWIND OF MANY, MANY, MANY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

AND THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING NOW.

I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THAT COMPLAINT IS GOING TO BE LIKE.

WELL WE'VE, I MEAN WE'VE DESIGNED AND BUILT I WAS A CLIENT OF HDR PREVIOUSLY AND WE BUILT A NEW TREATMENT PLANT SYSTEM IN DOWNTOWN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON THAT WAS COMPLETELY ENCLOSED.

GRANTED, IT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE, BUT NO, NO ODOR WHATSOEVER.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY HAS PRETTY CLEAR ADEQ HAS PRETTY CLEAR GUIDANCE ABOUT LIMITS ON ODORS AND THINGS. SO IF IT IS IN A, IN A SPACE WHERE YOU COULD BE FACING COMPLAINTS OR ISSUES WITH NEIGHBORS, THEN IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT TO SPEND? BUT FINDING AN IDEAL LOCATION IS PART OF THE EXERCISE.

SO WE LOCATED WHERE THERE WAS A, WHERE THERE WAS ULTIMATELY GOING TO PLANNED A TO BE A ROAD CROSSING.

AND THAT JUST SEEMED LIKE AN OBVIOUS LOCATION TO PLAN A FORCE MAIN AND TREATMENT PLANT.

BUT AS, AS IT EVOLVES, IT COULD BE LOCATED. PROBABLY SHOULD EVOLVE SOMEWHERE ELSE.

YEAH. I MEAN, YEAH. WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THAT PRICE DIFFERENCE? I'M JUST LISTENING OR THINKING ABOUT WHEN THEY DID THE ONE DOWN HERE ON SUNSET.

I MEAN, YOU SMELLED I SMELLED THAT FOR 20 YEARS AND KNEW SOME OF THE GUYS THAT WERE BUILDING THAT.

AND THEY SAID, GUARANTEE YOU WON'T SMELL IT WHEN WE'RE DONE. THEY DID A GOOD JOB OF THAT.

BUT WHAT WAS THAT COST WHAT, TRIPLE? I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT COST WAS.

I CAN TELL YOU THE, THE PLANT I BUILT IN DOWNTOWN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON IT TREATED ABOUT 20 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.

AND THIS WAS JUST ONE PORTION OF THE PROCESS.

BUT IT WAS ABOUT $60 MILLION. THE ODOR CONTROL, THE TREATMENT AND THE CONTAINED TREATMENT SYSTEM THAT THAT HAS NO ODOR WHATSOEVER. SO IT CAN BE VERY EXPENSIVE.

AND, AND HADLEY'S GOING TO GET INTO KIND OF THE, THE TIMING AND THE COSTS OF ALL OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, ALL OF THE COSTS ARE DEVELOPED BASED ON ACTUAL COST YOU GUYS ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW.

YES, AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT FACTOR THAT WILL GO INTO THE SITING STUDY IS, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACT OF ANY ODOR CONTROL ISSUES NEARBY NEIGHBORS.

THAT'LL BE AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE SITING STUDY.

THAT LOCATION WAS PICKED KIND OF TO OPTIMIZE THE WAY THE TOWN IS, LIKE IT'S SLOPING DOWN TOWARDS THAT AREA.

BUT IF THERE'S A BETTER LOCATION, THAT WOULD WORK.

YOU KNOW, THIS CAN ALL BE REANALYZED. THIS IS FOR NOW, REALLY JUST KIND OF A PAPER ANALYSIS.

ESSENTIALLY YOU'RE JUST TELLING US WE NEED ONE ON THAT SIDE OF THE RIVER. YES.

YEAH. THE EXACT LOCATION CAN BE MOVED AROUND.

SO PHASE ONE WE HAVE THE NEW NORTH TREATMENT PLANT, AND ALONG WITH THAT, THE VILLAGES OF TORTOLITA FORCE MAIN CROSSING. SO THIS FORCE MAIN CROSSING IS A CURRENT PLANNED IMPROVEMENT BY THE DEVELOPER, THE VILLAGES OF TORTOLITA DEVELOPER. HOWEVER, OUR PLAN WITH THIS, BECAUSE IT'S A PRESSURIZED FORCE MAIN, IT CAN BE REVERSED IN DIRECTION. SO MOVING PUMPS TO THE UPSTREAM SIDE AND SENDING FLOWS INSTEAD OF FROM THE EAST SIDE TO THE WEST SIDE, SENDING FLOWS FROM THE WEST SIDE TO THE EAST SIDE.

SO USING THAT KIND OF DEVELOPER BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO SEND AND DIVERT FLOWS.

SO KIND OF EVERYTHING GOES AS NORMAL. AND THEN IT SPLITS AT THAT POINT TO EXTEND CAPACITY AT THE EXISTING TREATMENT PLANT.

SO THAT'S PHASE ONE. AND ALL THE BASINS THAT ARE HATCHED HERE ARE BASINS THAT COULD BE SENT TO EITHER TREATMENT PLANT.

SO NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE COSTS. I'M SURE YOUR ATTENTION IS IMMEDIATELY DRAWN TO THE COSTS OF PHASE ONE.

THESE ARE ALL COSTS IN 2025 DOLLARS. AND AS ERIC MENTIONED, THEY WERE GENERATED USING ACTUAL COSTS FROM PROJECTS WITHIN MARANA AND ACROSS

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SOUTHERN ARIZONA. THIS ASSUMES A TWO MGD TREATMENT PLANT AT THE NORTH WRAF, AND ALSO INCLUDES 15% FOR ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICES, SO THE TREATMENT PLANT ASPECT IS 92 MILLION.

THE LIFT STATION AND ASSOCIATED IMPROVEMENTS TO SEND FLOWS OF THAT DIVERSION STRUCTURE IS 2.7 MILLION.

AND THEN THE CONVEYANCE TO GET IT KIND OF FROM THE SOUTHERN END OF VILLAGE IS A TORTOLITA TO THE TREATMENT PLANT IS 8 MILLION, FOR A TOTAL PHASE ONE COST OF 102.8 MILLION. SO THAT'S PHASE ONE.

AND THEN PHASE TWO IS EXTENDING THAT INTERCEPTOR ALONG I-10.

AND THE GOAL HERE IS TO COLLECT ALL FLOWS EAST OF I-10 AND KEEP THEM EAST OF I-10.

SO THIS OPENS UP CAPACITY IN YOUR COLLECTION SYSTEM, YOUR EXISTING COLLECTION SYSTEM AS WELL AS CAPACITY AT THE TREATMENT PLANT, AND BASICALLY JUST KIND OF SPLITS THE FLOW ALONG I-10.

THIS PHASE ALSO INCLUDES AN EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING TREATMENT PLANT TO 4.5 MGD.

SO THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH PHASE TWO ARE 69 MILLION FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE TREATMENT PLANT TO 4.5 MGD. AND THEN THE CONVEYANCE AT 33.8 MILLION TO EXTEND THAT INTERCEPTOR ALONG I-10. AND THIS WOULD BE COLLECTING FLOWS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OR WILL BE SENT TO THE EXISTING TREATMENT PLANT. SO THAT'S SAN LUCAS, STONEGATE, MANDARINA, MANDARINA SOUTH, BASIN 20.

AND THE REASON WE KIND OF PRIORITIZE THIS EAST SIDE IS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE TOWN THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INTEREST IN DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE ALONG THE EAST SIDE, NOT JUST THESE KNOWN DEVELOPMENTS, BUT ALSO UP INTO BASIN 4 AND 10.

WHAT? YEAH. NO. GO AHEAD. NO. THAT'S FINE. HOW FAR UP PAST AND UP TANGERINE IS OUR DMA GO? YOU JUST SHOW IT STOPPING THERE AT TANGERINE.

DOES IT GO? YEAH. UP TO DOVE MOUNTAIN BOULEVARD.

MIDPOINT TO DOVE MOUNTAIN BOULEVARD. BY TEN. OKAY.

SO DOES IT GO ALL THE WAY UP TANGERINE TO TWIN PEAKS? NO, IT DOES NOT. IT DOES NOT. SO PIMA COUNTY IS PART OF STATE LAND.

OKAY, SO WHERE DOES OURS GO TO? DOES IT GO TO OUR WATER SYSTEM ON TANGERINE? YES, IT GOES JUST PAST THAT. THERE IS A IT'S ALMOST LIKE A DIRT ROAD THAT GOES UP NORTH TOWARD DOVE MOUNTAIN.

OKAY. THAT'S WHERE ONE OF PIMA COUNTY'S MAIN LINES GOES.

GO TO. DO YOU HAVE ONE. THAT SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE TOWN BOUNDARY? YEAH. LET'S SEE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A NAME FOR THAT ROAD.

THIS ONE. NOPE. NEXT ONE. THERE. SO ON THIS SLIDE YOU CAN SEE THE DASHED BLACK AND WHITE LINE, THE TOWN LIMITS. AND THEN THE BLUE AREA IS YOUR DMA, YOUR SEWER DMA AS AGREED TO THROUGH THE PAG PROCESS. SO ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE BLUE AREA WILL BE SERVED EITHER BY PIMA COUNTY OR TO THE NORTH PINAL COUNTY.

OH, OKAY. VERY WEST SIDE OF THE PRESERVE. THE WEST BOUNDARY OF THE.

OH, THAT'S MUCH BETTER. IS THAT BETTER? YES. THANK YOU.

YEAH. AND PIMA COUNTY HAS A TRUNK LINE, BASICALLY THAT RUNS NORTH SOUTH ALONG THE EDGE OF OUR DMA.

JUST FOR REFERENCE. OKAY. SO WE'LL ACTUALLY PICK UP A LITTLE OF CASCADA, IS THAT HOW.

NO, IT WON'T. CASCADA IS. IT RUNS RIGHT TO THE TO THE SUBSTATION DOESN'T IT.

OOPS. SORRY. LET ME DO THAT AGAIN. NO, THE SUBSTATION BY YOUR HOUSE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR JUST THAT AREA.

100 MILLION, $102 MILLION. OKAY.

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HOW MANY RESIDENCES YOU SAID THAT $102 MILLION WAS 2 MILLION GALLONS.

HOW MANY RESIDENTS IS THAT? SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I WISH I HAD MY CALCULATOR UP HERE. SO WE ASSUME 130 GALLONS PER DAY PER RESIDENT AND 2.3? 2.3. YES. RESIDENTS PER DWELLING UNIT. SO SOMEBODY HAS.

THANK YOU. 15,000. 15,000 RESIDENTS OR. RESIDENTS.

POPULATION. RESIDENCES. DWELLING UNITS, DWELLING UNITS, OKAY.

15,000 HOMES FOR THIS. 15,000 HOMES, YES.

OKAY, SO FOR PHASE THREE, WE HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTH TREATMENT PLANT AND THE CROSSING, WE'RE CALLING IT THE SANTA CRUZ CROSSING, TO DIVERT FLOWS TO THE SOUTH TREATMENT PLANT.

THIS IS IF THERE IS A DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THE SOUTH.

IT COULD ALSO BE SENT TO THE SOUTH PLANT. WE WERE KIND OF ASSUMING THAT WOULD BE COMING LAST.

BUT AGAIN, THIS COULD BE REANALYZED AS DEVELOPMENT OCCURS.

AND THIS ASSUMES THAT THERE'S INTEREST IN DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHERN BASIN.

SO NEW FORCE MEANS TO COLLECT FLOWS FROM BASINS ONE AND TWO AND FROM BASIN 14.

SO THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT INCLUDE THE TREATMENT PLANT, THE SOUTH TREATMENT PLANT WHICH WILL BE NEEDED IN APPROXIMATELY 2041-2042 WHICH IS 92 MILLION. THE LIFT STATIONS, WHICH ARE 15 MILLION. AND THEN THE CONVEYANCE, WHICH IS 55 MILLION FOR A TOTAL PHASE THREE COST OF 162 MILLION.

SO NOW WE MOVE ON TO FULL BUILD OUT. SO AT THIS POINT WE'RE LOOKING 25 YEARS OUT.

SO AS ERIC LIKES TO SAY, IT'S KIND OF ARM WAVING AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE HOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

BUT AT FULL BUILD OUT, WE'VE GOT THE SOUTHERN BASINS COLLECTED VIA TRUNK MAINS, GRAVITY TRUNK MAINS TO SEND THE FLOWS TO THE SOUTH TREATMENT PLANT AND THEN DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHWEST TO SEND FLOWS TO THE EXISTING TREATMENT PLANT.

AND THE BUILD OUT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

AND KEEPING IN MIND THIS IS ASSUMING YOUR WHOLE TOWN BOUNDARIES ARE TOTALLY BUILT OUT.

WE'VE GOT THE TREATMENT PLANT COSTS, SO EXPANDING THE TREATMENT PLANT TOTAL CAPACITIES FROM 8.5 TO 17, WHICH IS DOUBLING THE CAPACITY. AND THAT'S 391 MILLION CONVEYANCE AT 85 MILLION.

AND THEN THE PUMP STATION COSTS AT 6 MILLION, FOR A TOTAL BUILD OUT COST OF 482 MILLION.

AND OBVIOUSLY THE BUILD OUT HAS THE HIGHEST OVERALL COST.

BUT THE PLANNING AND TIMING OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS, PLANNING AND TIMING OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL NEED TO BE REVISITED BASED ON GROWTH OF THE TOWN. THE DATES THAT ARE INCLUDED HERE ARE BASED ON THAT 13% GROWTH RATE.

AND THAT'S A 13% GROWTH RATE, BASICALLY ASSUMES THE TOWN IS DOUBLING IN SIZE APPROXIMATELY EVERY SIX YEARS.

SO THIS GRAPH IS THE SAME AS THE ONE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SHOWN.

BUT THE PURPOSE OF IT IS SHOWING THAT THE PHASING KIND OF IS OVERLAPPED HERE.

SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE BASINS WON'T BE DEVELOPING IN DISCRETE KIND OF CHUNKS.

SO OVERLAPPING THAT PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE TIMING A LITTLE BIT.

SO IN SUMMARY, AS I'VE MENTIONED MULTIPLE TIMES, ALL THE PROJECTS ARE BASED ON 13% GROWTH RATE.

THE NEW TREATMENT PLANTS AND FORCE MAINS ALLOW FLOWS TO BE BALANCED BASED ON OPERATIONAL NEED OR NEED TO EXTEND THE CAPACITIES OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. SO TRYING TO EQUIP YOU WITH TOOLS TO HANDLE DEVELOPMENT WHEREVER IT MAY OCCUR AND BASED ON THAT GROWTH RATE, A TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION WILL BE NEEDED APPROXIMATELY EVERY FIVE YEARS.

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BUT PLANT IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE DESIGNED TO FACILITATE THOSE FUTURE EXPANSIONS.

ALL THE COSTS ARE IN 2025 DOLLARS, AND ARE BASED ON CURRENT PROJECTS.

AND DESPITE THE CURRENT EXPANSION AT THE EXISTING TREATMENT PLANT, PLANNING FOR THE NORTH PLANT WILL NEED TO BEGIN IN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 YEARS BASED ON THAT FIVE AND A HALF TO EIGHT-YEAR TIMELINE THAT IT TAKES TO GET ONE UP AND RUNNING.

SO THAT'S WRAPS UP WHAT I HAD. WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS NOW.

YES. SO I GUESS I'M GOING TO LOOK AT ERIK FOR A MINUTE.

IT'S 2025, BASED ON 2025 DOLLARS. I DIDN'T SAY THAT RIGHT.

SHOULD BE CHEAPER WHEN WE GO TO BUILD IT. YEAH.

HOW ARE WE ALLOWING AS WE GO. AND THAT'S NOW, SO TODAY'S DOLLARS.

SO ARE WE GOING TO ESCALATE THESE NUMBERS BY SO MUCH EVERY YEAR OR BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE WAY BEHIND IF WE DON'T.

YEAH. ESCALATORS IN OR. MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR I THINK ERIC IS GOING TO, THE OTHER.

YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO, SO. MENTION THAT. AND I CAN CHIME IN AS APPROPRIATE.

I KNOW THAT THE WATER DEPARTMENT DOES ESCALATE CAPITAL COSTS EVERY YEAR DURING THE BUDGET CYCLE.

CURRENTLY OUR WE HAVE A WHOLE BUSINESS GROUP THAT ALL THEY DO IS ESTIMATING AND, AND BASED ON HOW COSTS HAVE BEEN GOING, SOME THINGS GO UP, STEEL GOES UP, CONCRETE GOES DOWN, OR VICE VERSA.

THEY RECOMMEND USING A 5% ANNUAL ESCALATION RATE CURRENTLY, AND THAT HAS BEEN KIND OF THE STANDARD SINCE COVID, BUT IT HAS NOT CHANGED. AND ONE OTHER CONTEXTUAL POINT I WANTED TO MAKE IS THAT THE COSTS THAT WE'VE PROVIDED ARE BASED ON JUST A STRAIGHT VALUE, RIGHT? SO WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET A MILLION GALLONS PER DAY THROUGH THIS PIPELINE AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

HOWEVER IF AN AREA DEVELOPS AND YOU DON'T NEED A FULL 1 MILLION GALLON PER DAY PIPELINE IT COULD BE THAT YOU NEED A SMALLER PIPELINE. OR MAYBE YOU DON'T BUILD THE NORTH PLANT AT 2 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY INITIALLY.

MAYBE IT'S 1 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS CAN CHANGE DEPENDING ON TIMING OF DEVELOPMENT.

AND OBVIOUSLY TOWN STAFF WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT CONSTANTLY.

TO, TO HELP KEEP YOUR, YOUR CAPITAL PLAN UP TO DATE.

AND MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD MENTION IS THAT, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT IN FOCUS FROM ONE WHERE WHAT WE WOULD ANTICIPATE WITHIN A VERY NARROW GROWTH HORIZON, IN A VERY CONFINED AREA TO NOW WHERE WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE FULL DMA.

BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION IN THAT LONG RANGE PLANNING SO THAT WHEN WE DO ACHIEVE SOMETHING CLOSE TO BUILD OUT ALL OF THE FULLY THE FULL SYSTEM IS INTEGRATED AND WORKS AS INTENDED AND OBTAINS AS MUCH OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AS IT CAN, RIGHT? NOT ONLY TO SERVICE THOSE FLOWS, BUT ALSO TO SERVICE THEM AS EFFICIENTLY AS THEY CAN.

THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO MENTION IS THAT THAT WE WILL BE EMBARKING SOON ON DISCUSSIONS AT THE STAFF LEVEL ABOUT OUR NEXT UPDATE TO OUR BASICALLY OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR IMPACT FEES AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PLANS TIED TO THOSE CONSISTENT WITH COUNSEL'S EXPECTATION OF GROWTH, PAYING FOR GROWTH.

WE WILL FACTOR IN THESE LONG-RANGE PLANS, ALONG WITH OTHER LONG-RANGE PLANS, AND BEGIN AN UPDATE CYCLE THAT WILL AND WE WOULD ANTICIPATE TO BEGIN NOT LONG INTO THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS.

SO IMPACT FEES, OUR IMPACT FEES REGION BASIN OR CAN THEY BE USED ANYWHERE IN THE SYSTEM? SO IF YOU'RE PUSHING WATER FROM FLOWS THAT WILL GO TO ULTIMATELY BE AT THE NORTH PLANT, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE GOING TO MARANA.

WHEN YOU DO THAT, THE IMPACT FEES BENEFIT MARANA OR IT DOESN'T MATTER.

THEY CAN BE THEY CAN BE BENEFICIAL ANYWHERE IN THE SYSTEM.

MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR SO CONSISTENT WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THEY WILL BE BASED ON EITHER A BASIN OR COLLECTION OF BASINS BY COLLECTION SYSTEM, BASICALLY A SERVICE OR WHAT'S CALLED A BENEFIT AREA.

AND THEY WILL BE DEFINED. AND I DON'T RECALL THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL SEWER BASIN SERVICE AREAS.

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BUT SO FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU HAVE WASTEWATER GOING FROM MANDARINA TEMPORARILY, ACCORDING TO YOUR MAP TEMPORARILY, IT'S GOING TO MARANA. AND THAT IMPACT FEE WENT TO SUPPORT MARANA, BUT ULTIMATELY THAT FLOWS ARE GOING TO GO TO THE NORTH. HOW ARE YOU INTENDING TO PAY FOR THE NORTH PLANT WHEN YOU'VE ALREADY SPENT THE IMPACT FEE ON ANOTHER PLANT? MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, GREAT QUESTION.

EFFECTIVELY A WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT IS THERE'S GOING TO BE A TRANSFER OF CAPACITY SO THAT IF AND WHEN ANY PORTION OF A BASIN IS BEING SERVICED BY A DIFFERENT PLANT.

TRANSFERS TO ANOTHER PLANT THAT WILL EFFECTIVELY FREE UP THE THE CAPACITY WITHIN THE PLANT THAT IN WHICH IT WAS SERVING.

SO IF IT WENT FROM OUR CURRENT MARANA PLANT TO A NORTH PLANT, THEN WE'VE EFFECTIVELY FREED UP WHATEVER AMOUNT OF FLOWS FROM THAT MARANA PLANT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO THAT WAY THEY WOULDN'T PAY.

NOBODY WOULD PAY FOR THAT TWICE, AND IT WOULD BE ABLE TO STILL BUY INTO THE CAPACITY OF THE PLANT.

SO USING THAT MANDARINA AS AN EXAMPLE, THEY SPENT SUBSTANTIAL MONIES TUNNELING UNDER THE FREEWAY TO ACCESS MARANA.

WAS THAT, THE MONEY THEY SPENT WAS THAT REMOVED FROM THEIR IMPACT FEE? DID THEY GET CREDIT FOR TUNNELING UNDER THE FREEWAY? I DON'T RECALL SPECIFICALLY, BUT I DON'T RECALL THAT BEING PART OF THE CALCULATED IMPACT FEE.

IS THAT SOMETHING THEY'RE GETTING BACK FROM THEIR CFD? SO THEY'RE PAYING THEIR FULL IMPACT FEE TO ACCESS THE PLANT, BUT THE TRUNK LINE WAS PAID FOR BY.

THE CROSS. MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AS WE AS I RECALL, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE LOOKED AT THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL, BUT MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT IT'S BASED ON ACTUALLY AT THEIR COST AND THAT SOME PORTION OF IT MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT OUT OF THIS COMMUNITY FACILITIES.

THOSE PENETRATIONS, IS THAT WHAT WE CALL THOSE PLACES WHERE THERE ARE.

MULTIPLE PLACES WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO COME UNDER THE FREEWAY IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, ARE NOT TAKING DOLLARS AWAY FROM BUILDING A NEW PLANT, IS THAT? I BELIEVE THAT IS CORRECT. YEAH, AND PART OF THE, MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, THE OTHER THING TIED TO THAT IS THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS AND ALLOW THE STAFF TO KIND OF JUMP UP AND CHIME IN, BUT WAS TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF CROSSINGS UNDER I-10.

THAT WE HAVE. BECAUSE OF THE COST. WE HAD. AND THE CHALLENGE.

CAPACITY IN DOLLARS TO GO TO A NEW PLANT, IS THAT? TO EFFECTIVELY LIMIT, BECAUSE AT EACH OF THOSE CROSSINGS, THEY PROVIDE A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES, NOT ONLY THE FINANCIAL CHALLENGE, BUT THE OPERATIONAL AND MAINTENANCE CHALLENGE TO BE ABLE TO GET TO SERVE AND SERVICE.

SO FOR ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS, TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND LIMIT FLOWS TO EACH COLLECTION OF BASINS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE AREA, EITHER THE NORTH OR THE NORTHEAST OR THE SOUTH.

SO WE'RE, IN YOUR PRESENTATION. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE BARNETT LINE THAT WILL SERVE.

YES. SHADOW, WHAT'S IT CALLED? CLARK. RIGHT ACROSS THE FREEWAY.

STONE GATE, THERE WE GO, STONE GATE. NOTHING WITH THE SHADOW.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A NEW DELIVERY LINE DOWN BARNETT ROAD.

IS THE TOWN PAYING FOR THAT, OR IS THAT IS THAT DIRECTLY BENEFIT STONE GATE? SO. SPEAK TO THAT. MR. MAYOR. VICE MAYOR. THE LINE THAT STONE GATE IS PUTTING IN IS, WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY OF OUR IMPACT FEES.

SO THE INTENT IS THAT THAT LIFT STATION AND THAT FORCE MAIN THAT CONNECTS STONE GATE, THE FIRST THOUSAND AND STONE GATE TO THE NORTH MARANA SYSTEM WILL BE PAID FOR AND FUNDED BY THE DEVELOPER. GREAT. IT WILL TIE INTO OUR NEW CLARK FARMS ALIGNMENT, WHICH IS A GRAVITY LINE FROM PRETTY MUCH WHERE.

CLARK FARMS THE ONE GOING IN BARNETT. AND I APOLOGIZE, MIKE.

SO THAT'S YOUR, IT'S IN BARNETT, BUT YOU'RE CALLING IT CLARK FARMS. IT STARTS IN CLARK FARMS MEANDERS OVER TO BARNETT.

OKAY. OKAY. AND WHO'S PAYING FOR THAT? THAT IS A TOWN PROJECT THAT WAS IDENTIFIED.

BECAUSE IT'S CAPACITY. IN OUR IMPACT FEES. YEP.

OH, IT IS IN THE IMPACT FEES. CLARK FARMS ALIGNMENT.

BUT COMING UNDER THE FREEWAY AND TYING INTO THAT IS NOT IN THE IMPACT, AND THEY WILL PAY FOR THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE CONFUSED EVERYBODY ENOUGH.

HAD A QUESTION? YES, SIR. YOU KNOW, I'M A LITTLE BIT LOST.

WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE FLOWS IN THE SEWER LINES REACH THE WATER IS CLEANED UP AND AS IT TRANSFERRED TO,

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YOU KNOW, PONDS THAT RECHARGE THE GROUNDWATER.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION HERE ABOUT WATER BEING SENT TO THE RECYCLE PLANT AT TRES RIOS AND PUT INTO THE SANTA CRUZ RIVER, LIKE A LOT OF IT IS BEING DONE NOW? YES, SIR.

MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, TO THAT QUESTION, WITH EACH ONE OF THESE, I THOUGHT I HEARD SOMETHING WITH EACH ONE OF THESE THAT WE'RE PLANNING NOW. OUR MAIN INTENT WHEN WE DO THE SITING PLAN THAT HADLEY TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, IS TO SITE THEM IN AN AREA THAT IS GOOD FOR RECHARGE.

SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE EVERY DROP OF WATER THAT COMES OFF OF THOSE PLANTS TO BE ABLE TO RECHARGE THEM BACK INTO THE AQUIFER.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A VERY IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION WHEN WE LOOK AT WHERE ARE THESE PLANTS GOING TO GO ALONG WITH DEVELOPMENT, ODOR CONTROL, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEND ANY TO PIMA COUNTY OR TRES RIOS.

WE WANT TO KEEP THAT ALL HERE IN MARANA. SO A SITE BIG ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE RECHARGE IS GOING TO BE KEY.

AND THAT'S ALL. GOOD, GOOD. THANK YOU. DO WE GET CREDIT FOR RECHARGE? YES, SIR. WITH THE STATE, RIGHT? STATE CREDIT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WE ACCUMULATE LONG TERM STORAGE CREDITS.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WOW, VERY NICE JOB.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

NO EXEC SESSION. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SO, MOVED. MOVED. A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.