1999-02-01Special Called Workshop of City Council

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e e . Establish a policy where City negotiates for certain land uses and development amenities. . Establish a policy where City negotiates participation in regional drainage systems. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS If the City does not revise the current policy, industrial companies have alternatives that they can pursue. Wells are still a viable source of water. Although the Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District discourages the proliferation of wells, they are still available to companies that have limited or no alternatives. Industrial wastewater service could be available through a network of pipelines leading to the Bayport Treatment Plant or simple sanitary wastewater could be treated on-site. Some industrial companies have already paid for utility extensions. Akzo-Nobel, for instance, paid approximately $150,000 to install a water line along Baypark Road. Policy amendments, as described above, would increase the opportunities for Akzo-Nobel and others to recover some of their expenses associated with the installation of utility lines. The City is in this same situation. We spent approximately $250,000 to install utility lines under SH22S at Sens Road and Miller Cut-Off. Again, new policy guidelines as discussed, might create more opportunities for the City to recover the costs involved with making utilities available to the north side of SH225. The proposed industrial parks might create a unique situation with regard to the agreements required for utility service. In these cases, a developer will be selling tracts of land to individual companies for them to develop. The individual companies will be the ones working with the City on the necessary agreements. For example, a 150-acre industrial park might require 10 or more individual agreements. Most of the proposed industrial companies seeking utility service would be covered by a current Industrial District Agreement. These IDAs will be terminating and up for renewal on December 31,2000. In some locations, the City may want to consider annexation and not renew the IDA, or continue with these arrangements. If Council concurs with this approach, staffwill begin preparing draft policies and agreements for review and consideration.