AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: Materials Management
ACM: Bryan Langley
AGENDA DATE: March 7, 2017
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Consider adoption of an ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a professional services agreement for engineering services associated with the City of Denton Water Distribution System Master Plan; providing for the expenditure of funds therefor; and providing an effective date (File 6388-awarded to Freese and Nichols, Inc. in an amount not-to-exceed $213,300). The Public Utilities Board recommends approval (6-0).
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FILE INFORMATION
Water Distribution System master planning is used for a variety of purposes in a water utility to manage growth and budget for capital improvements. The primary uses for a Water Distribution System Master Plan include:
1. Identifying water transmission pipeline, storage, and pumping improvements for inclusion in the Water Utilities 5 year Capital Improvements Program or 10 year Impact Fee Capital Improvements Program.
2. Identifying future waterline sizes for developer oversize participation agreements.
The development of a Water Distribution System Master Plan requires the use of computer modeling to simulate existing conditions and project future conditions and anticipated growth over a 25 year planning window. From this modeling effort, capital improvement plans are then developed to satisfy anticipated water demands for the long range 25 year condition, the 10 year Water Impact Fee Capital Plan condition, and the 5 year Water Utility Capital Plan. Freese and Nichols, Inc., performed the last Water Distribution System Master Plan for the City of Denton in 2007. This master plan was updated in 2012 as a part of the City's 2013 Water and Wastewater Impact Fee update. The Water Utilities Department typically performs this type of master planning effort every 10 years with a minor update for the Impact Fee Capital Improvements Plan every 5 years. Updating the City's Water Impact Fees is re...
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