SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve the Contractual Agreement for Utilization of Wastewater Treatment Facilities between the City of Clearwater and Safety Harbor, effective August 1, 2018 through July 31, 2048, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
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SUMMARY:
For more than thirty years, Clearwater and Safety Harbor have entered into agreements for the joint utilization of wastewater transmission and treatment facilities. Such agreements allocated to Safety Harbor four million gallons maximum annual average daily flow of wastewater treatment capacity at the Clearwater Northeast Water Reclamation Facility. Such agreements established fees related to the expenses attributable to the operation, maintenance, transmission, renewal, replacement, and administration generated by the transmission, treatment, and disposal of wastewater. The current agreement, which began on August 1, 1988 and expires on July 31, 2018.
The new agreement shall be in existence for another thirty years, effective August 1, 2018 through July 31, 2048. The new agreement maintains the long-standing relationship between Clearwater and Safety Harbor and establishes updated fee arrangements related to the transmission, treatment, and disposal of wastewater. Every year the monthly fee is updated based on actual costs from the previous year. Capital improvements and modifications are shared by Clearwater and Safety Harbor on a prorate basis. Safety Harbor pays an additional fee for renewal and replacement costs.
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