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DATE: TO: FROM: PREPARED AND STAFFED BY: SUBJECT: DECEMBER 17, 2001 J.AMFS E. CHANDLER COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR W. ERIK OLSON DIRECTOR OF UTILITY SERVICES JAMES D. CHAST Th 4 MANAGER OF AS itMENT PROJECTS DEPARTMENT o e ILITY SERVICES SUBURBAN ACRES, 32ND TERRACE (SOUTH OFF 8TH ST) PETITION WATER SERVICE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY PROJECT NO. UCP -2054 PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT RESOLUTIONS I AND H BACKGROUND On October 23, 2001, the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners unanimously authorized staff to proceed with the design engineering necessary, in order to proceed with the above project. Design has been completed by the Department of Utility Services staff. We are now ready to begin the assessment process associated with this project. (See ATTACHMENT'S 1- Plat map, 2- Implementation of Board of County Commission Minutes of October 23, 2001, 3- Schedule of Properties and Summary Assessment, 4 -Estimated project Cost and Preliminary Assessment Roll). ANALYSIS The 7 owners signing the petition & temporary service agreement, represent 50% of the owners. All of the 14 owners to benefit from this project have been contacted in .person by the petitioner or by mail. On August 10, 2001 an addendum was mailed to 7 owners who had not signed the petition .They were asked to indicate whether they oppose or support the proposed project. Three (3) owners responded with opposition to the proposed project. On July 21 1992 a final water assessment project was approved by the Board of County Commissioners for the 12th Street Project, which included the four Suburan Acres lots abutting 8th Street. On November 19, 1996 the Board of County Commissioners approved a final assessment for 34th Terrace (the other street in this subdivision). These two projects provided water service to 18 (56.25%) of the 32 lots in Suburban Acres. Several owners on 32nd Terrace have complained of substandard water quality from their wells since prior to the above referenced neighboring projects and have attempted to obtain a majority of owners on 32nd Terrace to support a petition project. Construction and related costs of water installation projects continues to increase and staff finds it difficult to justify continuing advising the owners requesting water service that they need to get another signature or two! Several owners on this street who wanted county water got tired of waiting, sold and moved! This project is to be paid through the assessment of 14 property owners along the proposed water line route. In the interim, funding will be from the Assessment Fund No. 473. Typical lot sizes are 1.10 acre. The two (2) largest lots at the south end of the street are 1.28 & 1.34 acres respectively, and unlike the other lots, there is no piping running past or in front of these two lots. Staff proposes a maximum assessment of 1.10 acres for any lot in this subdivision as an equalization. January 8, 2002 86 BR 12 PG 0 9