TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
TITLE: Approve the 2024 Utilities Agreement - Water Supply Between the City of North Port, Wellen Park, LLLP, and West Villages Improvement District for the City to Provide Approximately 2 Million Gallons of Potable Water Per Day.
Recommended Action
Approve the 2024 Utilities Agreement - Water Supply between the City of North Port, Wellen Park, LLLP, and West Villages Improvement District for the City to Provide Approximately 2 Million Gallons of Potable Water Per Day.
Background Information
The current Agreement with Wellen Park, LLLP, and West Villages Improvement District is the 2019 Amended and Restated Utility Agreement dated September 10, 2019. This Agreement will remain in effect and only the details outlining the purchase of 2 million gallons per day (MGD) from the Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority (PRMRWSA) are included in this 2024 Utilities Agreement for Additional Water Supply.
The 2019 Agreement required Wellen Park, LLLP to design and construct a Water Treatment Plant expansion to provide additional water to meet the needs of the future development. This 2024 Agreement provides for obtaining 2 MGD for future Wellen Park development in lieu of construction of a Water Treatment Plant expansion. The Wellen Park Water Master Plan prepared by Kimley Horn and Associates, Inc., and last updated June 2023, provides projections for development in Wellen Park that show that additional water supply will be required by the year 2027.
At this time, additional water is planned to be available from the PRMRWSA to supply the additional water needed and a commitment must be made at this time.
On October 5, 2005, the City of North Port signed the PRMRWSA Water Supply Contract (MWSC). On April 28, 2008, the City of North Port approved Amendment 1 to the PRMRWSA MWSC, which allowed a reduction in future contractual obligati...
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