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Regular Agenda item <br /> INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br /> r * ;' DEPARTMENT OF UTILITY SERVICES <br /> Date: March 03,2014 <br /> To: Joseph A. Baird,County Administrator <br /> From: Vincent Burke, P.E., Director of Utility Services <br /> Prepared By: Arjuna Weragoda, P.E., Capital Projects Manager <br /> Subject: West Wabasso Sewer and Drainage Improvements Phase 1—Impact Fee <br /> Refunds-UCP 4078 <br /> DESCRIPTIONS AND CONDITIONS: <br /> On July 19, 2011, the Board of County Commissioners (BCC), at an advertised public hearing, directed <br /> staff to apply for a $750,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) in the Neighborhood <br /> Revitalization category to install a centralized sewer system within the West Wabasso Community. The <br /> Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) executed the federally funded sub-grant agreement on <br /> February 14th, 2012. On October 16, 2012 the BCC awarded the bid to Mancil's Tractor Service, Inc. <br /> and a Notice to Proceed was issued to Mancil's to begin construction on January 7, 2013. The <br /> construction was completed July, 2013. The DEO conducted the monitoring visit on October 23, <br /> 2013. A total of forty three (43) households which included two (2) churches connected to the <br /> centralized sewer system which was less than the fifty three (53) hook-ups originally anticipated. <br /> Please note that the Citizens Advisory Task Force (CATF) on December 19, 2013 recommended <br /> approval of reducing the number of hook-ups and related beneficiaries estimated at the time of <br /> application. The modification number 3 to the sub-agreement to reduce the number of hook-ups <br /> will be submitted to the DEO by the end of March, 2014. The DEO's visit as mentioned above <br /> resulted in a letter from the DEO dated December 20, 2013 where the County incorrectly charged <br /> imapct fees on Low and Moderate Income (LMI) households. <br /> ANALYSIS: <br /> The LMI households were encouraged to apply for a State Housing Initiative Program (SHIP)funding to <br /> cover impact fee and hook-up (connection) cost. Only seventeen (17) out of the forty three (43) <br /> properties qualified for SHIP funding. SHIP funding paid the impact fee of$2,796.00 and the hook-up <br /> fee of 2,204.00 for these qualified households. Therefore, on December 27, 2012 Indian River County <br /> Department of Utility Services (IRCDUS), in order to assist the homeowners within the West Wabasso <br /> community, sent a letter encouraging all households that did not qualify for SHIP funding to connect to <br /> the centralized sewer before March 1, 2013 to avoid paying the hook-up fee of$2,204.00. <br /> '■' F:\Utilities\UTILITY-Engineering\Projects-Utility Construction Permits\IRC-West Wabasso(Whitfield) Sewer Phase 1,Community Gravity Sewer <br /> System-UCP 4078\Agenda Items\Agend-I m pact Fee Refunds 2-26-14.docx <br /> 156 <br />