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A resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an Interlocal Agreement with the City of Forney for Forney to provide to Mesquite wholesale wastewater services so that Mesquite may provide wastewater service to a proposed 446-acre development located in Kaufman County inside the City of Mesquite's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ).
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A formal wastewater service request was received by the City of Mesquite dated June 9, 2023, for an approximately 446-acre tract located inside the City of Mesquite's extraterritorial jurisdiction in Kaufman County. The location of this parcel is north of Markout Central and west of Kaufman County Road 202. The owner of the property plans to develop the land into residential single-family housing. Due to topography, this area is not economically serviceable through the existing Mesquite-owned wastewater interceptor lines located south of IH-20. The cities of Forney, Heath, and Rockwall jointly own the Buffalo Creek Wastewater Interceptor system that is located north of IH-20. It has been determined that this system does have the capacity to accept the calculated wastewater flows from the new development. The cities of Heath and Rockwall, and North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) have consented to allow the City of Forney to accept the City of Mesquite as a wastewater customer for the 446-acre tract.
This Interlocal Agreement requires Mesquite to pay Forney a bulk rate of 1.25 times the actual cost that NTMWD charges Forney for wastewater flows per 1000 gallons into the Buffalo Creek Interceptor system. The City of Mesquite will direct the developer to construct a wastewater line of sufficient size from the developer's property to the Buffalo Creek Interceptor lift station, including a wastewater meter at the point of connection. The wastewater meter will be dedicated to Forney once the line is completed for the purpose of measuring Mesquite flows for billing purposes.
If Mesquite does not ex...
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