- 'Don't worry - the developers hate this proposal too ....'
Maybe, but no one has really provided the evidence yet.
I suppose if I were a developer and I had (1) just wrangled a water subsidy out of the City that very few people recognized as such and (2) pretty good reason to think that this City Council wasn't going to raise either the Wastewater Excise Tax or the Water Connection Fees anyway, I might prefer to let sleeping dogs lie. This doesn't change the fact that the Raftelis contract is an open admission on part of the City that it no longer takes seriously either the Watewater Master Plan or the principle that new real estate development should pay its own way.
Just a guess, but maybe the development community doesn't want the City to so explicitly reject the Wastewater Master Plan. After all, if the cost allocation from that document is toast, why think we should follow it with regard to something like the North Wastewater Treatment Plant?
- 'Read Resolution R-1314-39 - it spells out what the contract is really about ....'
I mean, we have the actual contract, so what is this supposed to add?
At any rate, R-1314-39 is the problem! Section 15 says: "That in evaluating future funding strategies, the study shall assess the impact of the Wastewater Excise Tax on growth and development in the City of Norman, take into account existing fee structures, and be compared to both (a) surrounding and (b) comparable cities to ensure reasonableness, consistency and feasibility."
That was pretty much the beginning of the end for the WWMP split .... I'm not sure what R-1314-39 enthusiasts think there is to be proud of here .... Here's the link, so you tell me: https://norman.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=1474743&GUID=CF08E7F2-DEE0-4E93-9518-F42A1485F27B&Options=&Search=.
Am I missing something here? If so, what?
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