Item 3
Grapevine/Southlake Proposed Boundary AdjustmentAdjustment
• Background Information • Grapevine Proposal • Legal Issues • Options • Council Discussion Discussion Topics
Background Information
Primary Issues • Sanitary Sewer Service Provision – Simmons Addition – Grapevine Plaza • Grapevine Proposal
Simmons Forest Addition Vicinity Map
Sanitary Sewer Provisions • Simmons Forest Addition – Sept. 1998 Agreement Grapevine & Southlake • 10 10-Year Agreement – Expired September 2008 • Grapevine to serve 40 Southlake residential
lots • Southlake to serve 40 Grapevine residential lots – Current Status of Agreement • Investigation yields 35 Southlake lots served by Grapevine • Need to be able to serve all of the
area (49 lots) • Septic service not an option for lots in floodplain
Current Sewer AccountsSimmons Forest & Rainforest VicinityLots currently being developedGRAPEVINEColor S Crest Only.jpg
Grapevine Plaza Addition Vicinity Map
Sanitary Sewer Provisions •Grapevine Plaza Addition–June, 1990 Agreement•5-year term•Grapevine provides sewer to:–Lots 1-3–Grapevine Plaza Addition (Blockbuster, Cici’sPizza, etc)–Current
Status: Expired•Grapevine still providing service
Grapevine Proposal ““Continue sewer service to Southlake as needed, with agreed upon limits, in the event a boundary adjustment could be mutually agreed upon.upon.””
Proposed Boundary Adjustment
Proposed Boundary Adjustment
Adjustment Area
Proposed Agreement Terms•Sewer Agreement for Simmons Addition (99 years) •Adjust boundary to eliminate out parcels •Inter-local agreement for construction of Kimball per Southlake MTP
(GV cost = $2,000,000)•Share cost of emergency water connection/meter at Austin Oaks entrance•Grapevine to purchase SL water line (reduced for age)•Agree to future Nolen Drive connection
Proposal Pros & Cons • Sanitary Sewer Service Provision • Tax Issues • Public Safety Service • Redevelopment Considerations
Proposal Pros and Cons – Sewer Service • PROS – Construction Cost Avoidance ($1,185,000*) • Not required to construct 2 lift stations and force mains – Reallocate Utility Fund CIP budgeted
dollars – Maintenance & utility cost avoidance – Could serve remaining developed and undeveloped lots • CONS – Service to Southlake residents provided through interlocal agreement *
2007 Costs
Simmons Addition Cost to Sewer • Requires Use of Lift Station – Construction of New Lift Station – Use of Existing Grapevine Lift Station • Requires construction of Force Main • Probable
cost – $605,000 (2007 Cost) – New Agreement w/Grapevine for use of Lift Station
Sanitary Sewer Service Map of Simmons Forest Addition
Grapevine Plaza Cost to Sewer •Sewer back to the west (Gateway Plaza)•Probable Cost–$580,000 (2007 Costs)–Requires SH 114 bore–Requires TxDOT utility permit
Sanitary Sewer Service Map of Grapevine Plaza
Proposal Pros and Cons – Tax & Financial Impacts •PROS–Tax revenues in the study area are limited –Clarifies confusing tax allocation & collection•CONS–Permanent adjustment to boundary–Concedes
future tax revenue•OTHER–Financial payback period•Assumes $1.2 –1.4 million•20 years at 5%•Pay back period = 39 years
Proposal Pros and Cons – Public Safety • PROS PROS-– Proposed boundary preferred to lessen confusion – Little to no impact on DPS issues – Fire & EMS Calls 2002 2002-2007 = 31 total
(See chart) 200282006820036200442005220073Fire & EMS Calls
Proposal Pros and Cons – Public Safety (cont.) – Police -5 Businesses – Police Calls 2006 2006-2007= 22 total (See Chart) • Cons -None 20061520077Police Calls
To Move Forward Legal Agreements Required ••InterInter--local Agreement --legal process for boundary adjustmentboundary adjustment••InterInter--local Agreement for construction of Kimball
RoadRoad••Sanitary Sewer Service Agreement ––Simmons AdditionAddition
Proposal Pros and ConsProposal Cons––RedevelopmentRedevelopment••PROSPROS––Likely no nearLikely near--term redevelopmentterm redevelopment––Difficult due to one owner of both GV & SL
portionsportions––Potential future cloverleaf at intersection, reducing redevelopment ease of accessreducing access••CONSCONS––Potentially fastPotentially fast--food along access road
in future, but unlikely due to not being on SH 114 frontage road114 road
Options • Approve negotiated proposal • Modify proposal • Reject proposal; Install sewer
Discussion