Policy

New water facilities were needed to provide water services to the proposed developments located in "New Tampa" area.  These water facilities include but are not limited to water mains, re-pump and storage facilities as required to assure adequate water pressure, capacity and level of service to the overall existing and proposed developments in the Northeast Area.  Exhibit B14-4 identifies the required improvements.

Each new and existing customer requiring new water service or additional water demands shall pay a contribution in order to support the cost of infrastructure improvements.  This charge will be in addition to Tampa Water Department's standard connection fees.  Credit may be applied for an existing service on an ERU basis.  The credit is given to an existing building based on the ERU of the building at the time of most recent water service from the Water Department.  The customer will need to provide accurate existing ERU data in order to receive this credit.

Fire flow (unless provided through a domestic meter) shall not be assessed a Contribution in Aid of Construction cost under this policy.  Contribution in Aid of Construction costs for land that will only be served with an irrigation meter shall be determined by the Tampa Water Department Engineering Division.

The Contribution in Aid of Construction is established to be $2,400 per ERU in Northeast Area and $564 per EMU in Northeast Sub area 2 based upon an initial cost estimate as calculated in Exhibit B14-5.

This fee shall be adjusted annually based on the Engineering News Records Construction Cost Index in January.  However, the adjusted CIAC fee shall not be lower than $2,400 per ERU or $564 per EMU until July 31, 2010 and will be assessed the Northeast Area rate effective August 1, 2010 in accordance with the Development Agreement dated July 31, 2000.

The adjusted CIAC fee shall be effective March 15th each year.  All known stakeholders, as provided by the City's Construction Services Center, shall be notified in January of the pending CIAC fee adjustment.

This policy revises and supersedes Policy B2 named Aid in Construction special area CIAC section.

This policy is effective March 15, 2008.

Reviewed for content 9/29/09