HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 10021 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 10021
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council June 13, 2017
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*a SUBJECT: ACQUIRING A WASTEWATER CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE
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This informal report is intended to provide the Mayor and Council with a summary of the City of Fort Worth
Water Department's efforts to acquire a wastewater Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (CCN).
REASONS TO ACQUIRE A WASTEWATER CCN
The City of Fort Worth provides wastewater service to retail customers within the city, its Extraterritorial
Jurisdiction and to 23 wholesale customers in the surrounding counties. The City's collection system
consists of 12 sewer basins. As the City continues to grow, the system also demands necessary
expansion and new facilities which are costly endeavors. CCNs are granted by the Public Utility
Commission (PUC) through a lengthy and robust process that includes public notice, hearings and
technical mapping. A CCN authorizes and requires utilities to provide continuous and adequate service to
every customer who requests service in a certificated area. In turn, the CCN provides the City the
exclusive right to service the certificated area, therefore protecting the City's investment. The City currently
has a water CCN and would like to obtain the same for the protection of its wastewater system.
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND SELECTION
The Water Department issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to seek a consultant to with expertise in
obtaining a wastewater CCN. The law firm of Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, PC (Lloyd
Gosselink) submitted a response to the RFQ. Because of the law firm's extensive knowledge of the CCN
process and experience in representing cities on CCN matters, the Water Department would like to hire
Lloyd Gosselink to provide legal, technical and consulting services to acquire a wastewater CCN. Lloyd
Gosselink will team up with Freese and Nichols as a subcontractor to provide the engineering and
technical requirements of obtaining a CCN.
Lloyd Gosselink would be required to provide required notice to all retail public utilities, districts and
municipalities of the proposed CCN area; to create a meta data GIS sewer boundary of the existing sewer
service area that meets the PUC requirements, as well as any other mapping requests by the PUC; and to
prepare and submit the CCN application to the PUC.
NEXT STEPS
Although Lloyd Gosselink will be providing consulting services, the firm will also be acting in a legal
capacity. Therefore, the City Attorney and City Manager will bring forth an M&C and resolution to hire
Lloyd Gosselink as required by the City's Charter on June 20.
For any questions, please call Chris Harder, Assistant Water Department Director, at 817-392-5020.
David Cooke
City Manager
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS