The list includes expanding water capacity, a public hearing for possible increases in impact fees and a storm water maintenance area in northeast Fort Worth.
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City Council approved a series of obligation bonds not to exceed $2.88 million for expanded capacity at the Westside Water Treatment Plant. Aria Filtra, a division of Trojan Technologies Corporation, was awarded the contract for $2.4 million.
The work will expand the capacity for the city’s water treatment plant from 18 million gallons a day to 24 million gallons a day, according to city documents. The treatment plant opened in April 2012 with a capacity of 12 million gallons per day and was expanded to 15 million gallons in 2015 and then up to 18 million gallons a day in 2020. Due to continued growth in Fort Worth, the expansion was needed and additional filtration membranes would need to be added, according to council documents.
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Also, during the meeting, a public hearing was held for an increase to water and wastewater impact fees.
Impact fees recover a portion of the costs for regional water and wastewater facilities and infrastructure necessary to serve the projected 10-year water demands from new development, according to city documents.
- Continue imposing an impact fee, with the new maximum assessable impact fee combined for water and wastewater being $12,950 per service unit, based on calculations before credits, which only apply only when the collection rate set is above 50%
- Impose a collection rate of 42.5% of the maximum assessable impact fee, effective Oct. 1
- Raise the collection rate to 45% of the maximum assessable impact fee, effective Oct. 1, 2026
- For a typical residential meter in a new development would increase from $3,777 to $5,504 on Oct. 1 and then up to $5,828 on Oct. 1, 2026, according to city documents.
A housing development, between Kroger Drive and North Tarrant Parkway, was authorized to use parkland within Vineyards at Heritage Greenbelt Park for a permanent stormwater maintenance area.
Phase 8 of the Valley Brook housing development requested 0.084 acres, or 3,659 square feet, for the maintenance area to provide adequate stormwater drainage for 14 new single-family residential homes in the 5000 block of Dunraven Trail, according to city documents.
The City Forester has identified 11 trees that would require removal and an additional 17 that may be removed due to the project.
