City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: APRIL 18, 2018
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of an Agreement with Alexandria Renew Enterprises to Transfer Ownership of the City's Four Combined Sewer Outfalls to Alexandria Renew Enterprises.
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ISSUE: Proposed transfer of City's four Combined Sewer Outfalls to Alexandria Renew Enterprises.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council authorize the City Manager to enter into an Outfall Transfer Agreement outlining the process and terms by which the City will transfer the ownership of the CSO's to Alexandria Renew Enterprises consistent with the terms of the agreement attached to as Attachment 1 to the docket memo.
DISCUSSION: The City owns four Combined Sewer Outfalls (CSOs) which are operated under a permit issued by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ). In 2017, the Virginia General Assembly enacted a law which requires the City to bring the four CSO's into compliance with State and Federal laws on an accelerated schedule using specific provisions of these laws, with completion required by 2025. The City and Alexandria Renew Enterprises1 (AlexRenew) agree that transferring ownership of the CSO's to AlexRenew will result in the identification of the optimal solution to bring the CSO's into compliance within the exceedingly tight statutory deadline.
For the reasons described herein, the City and AlexRenew agree that transferring the ownership of the CSO's to AlexRenew will provide the best approach to identifying the optimal solution to comply with the level of CSO control and implementation schedule mandated by the State Legislature. The Transfer Agreement outlines the terms by which the City and Alexandria Renew agree to the transfer. The transfer will be of the outfall infrastructure and any rights needed to continue to locate the facilities on the City's property. This...
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