Public Hearing: YES ☒ NO ☐ Department: Watershed Management
SUBJECT:
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Commission District(s): 2 and 6
Septic to Sewer Petition - Brookhaven, Georgia - Ashford Road
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Information Contact: Reginald Wells
Phone Number: 770-414-6240
PURPOSE:
To consider a sewer petition requesting extension of the County’s sanitary sewer system for a portion of Ashford Road located in the city of Brookhaven. If approved, construction will include the installation of approximately 1,265 linear feet of new 8-inch ductile iron sanitary sewer pipe. The designated area along Ashford Road shall become a special tax district and properties within the designated area shall be assessed a portion of the cost of construction, $7,500.00 per property.
NEED/IMPACT:
A sewer petition has been submitted to the County to have public sewer installed along Ashford Road in the City of Brookhaven. There are twenty (20) properties that are not currently served by public sewer in this community. The Department of Watershed Management (DWM) staff has confirmed that there is available capacity in the system for the additional flow from the following properties: 2833, 2849, 2855, 2856, 2861, 2866, 2867, 2874, 2875, 2881, 2882, 2891, 2892, 2901, 2902, 2907, 2908, 2915, 2916, 2923 Ashford Road NE, Brookhaven Ga 30319. In accordance with Chapter 25, Article IV, Division 2.5 of the Code of DeKalb County, as Revised 1988, a minimum of 51% of residents in the designated area must petition the County for sewer facilities for a petition to be approved. Sixty percent (60%) of the residents in the designated area (based on 12 signatures out of 20 properties) submitted a complete Petition for sanitary sewer extension into the area. A public notice advertising the public hearing date for the BOC ran in the Champion Newspaper for at least twenty (20) days prior to the hearing (published on XXX) and a notice was mailed to the property owners in the designated area.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Project estimate initial cost to County is approximately $1,070,000 - One Million Seventy Thousand Dollars (expect to recoup $150,000 from assessments). Funding Source - Line Item 73 of the DWM Renewal and Extension (R&E) Fund.
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended Action
To approve the attached Septic to Sewer Petitions and authorize the installation of approximately 1,265 linear feet of new 8-inch Ductile Iron sanitary sewer pipe along Ashford Road, located in the City of Brookhaven, to authorize the creation of a special tax district for the designated area, whereby properties within the designated area shall be assessed a portion of the cost of construction, totaling $7,500.00 per property, and authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute all necessary documents.