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Appendix <br />Town <br />of <br />Hills <br />1MIEMORAIVD UM <br />TO: Mayor Phelps & Board of Commissioners <br />FROM: Eric Peterson, Town Manager <br />DATE: December 1, 2003 <br />of Water Capacity Analysis Necessitated by the Proposed Waterstone <br />SUBJECT. . Update <br />Development & their Requested Annexation <br />Development has formally requested annexation and approwater sus law 11 <br />The proposed Waterstone p <br />Plan. One of <br />the critical components of the review process is to ensure that an adequate oughat r cute. Even <br />be available to serve Waterstone as well as other planne e Funds issnot yet complete, the staff felt it <br />though the Financial Analysis of the General and iWater/Sewer n the Board for review as soon as possible. <br />was important to get the updated Water Capacity <br />It is important to keep in mind that this analysis is a model and there is no one (1) right way to perform <br />This model is intended to provide a "snapshot" of what Hillsborough's it is a em depl,y <br />this type of forecast. ears, iven a set of assumptions <br />situation could look like over the next ten (10) y g <br />Therefore, the Town Manager and staff encourage thhiBonrod 1 <br />the assumptions can easily be changed. <br />identify changes they would like to make to the assumptions d uses thatdare the basis for <br />Commissioners to timing, year, and density of the la <br />especially as it relates to the location, type, <br />this Water Capacity Analysis <br />• The staff did it's best to include future developments in thas�analysis since <br />are likely to <br />be considered over the next 10 years. Please consider <br />presentati <br />� s complete. <br />adjustments will likely be made before the Waterstone Annexation Feasibility <br />J <br />the previous Water Capacity Analysis are very similar to past staff <br />The basic assumptions used in p peaking factor used y <br />amount of water used for residential units; retail spaces ea or impact on the bottom line results. In <br />the though this did not have a ) p <br />increased from 58% to 62.2 %, <br />« yield" from Phase II of the reservoir has been estimated at 1.2 Vega This was mgd• <br />previous studies the safe yi <br />based on estimates from the design engineers. The new figure used estimates tes do not include the water <br />The reason for using the more conservative number is that these <br />filters during a plant expansion (a 5.0% decrease was made for this is limited <br />necessary for backwashing the fist g an additional 5.0 /o since there <br />Also, the Town Manager felt it safest to reduce this number by he <br />ant to support the 1.2 mgd estimate. In discussions with to Town Engineer, discuss <br />historical data as this poi p . <br />felt that these numbers may be too conservative, so this is an assumptth s the <br />analBysis is that the amount of <br />and consider changing. One concern regarding the assumptions o • <br />water use for long -term redevelopment within Hillsborough's current corporate limits is underestimated — <br />this is a point the Board may wish to consider and/or discuss as it evaluates this information. <br />Water Capacity for Committed Customers Only _p Y <br />Surplus of 411,982 Bpd <br />at the end of FY14. This is without expanding the Water Treatment Plant an <br />Reservoir. It also would represent 86% of peak day 1 934t187 square feet of office, retail, or light <br />411,982 gpd is the equivalent of 1,160 houses or , <br />industrial space. <br />r_ Ar_,. +1, Orirnlino, 27278 <br />