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BEVERLY HILLS PROPOSED SEWER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT “A Public Partnership between the City of Jacksonville and JEA” August 31, 2017 Ribault High School Auditorium

Agenda 2 Safety Briefing & Introductions Program Background Program Overview Property Owner Requirements Program Timeline Questions & Public Comment

Safety Briefing 3 q q q Emergency Evacuation Route Assembly Place Medical Conditions Hazards in the Room Cell Phones on Silent Restrooms Pipe HDD Pipeline. Drill String Work Space

Introductions 4 q Greg Corcoran – JEA, Manager Project Outreach Councilmember Katrina Brown – City Councilman District 8 Councilmember Reggie Brown – City Councilman District 10 John Pappas – City of Jacksonville, Director of Public Works Pete Hallock – JEA, Project Manager & Engineer

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6 Photos courtesy of the Florida Times-Union, St. Johns River. Keeper, Bill Yates

Program Background 7 WHY WAS THIS PROGRAM DEVELOPED? Estimated 60, 000 septic tanks in Duval County Failing septic tanks negatively impact Jacksonville’s waterways & quality of life City’s response to citizens’ request to provide new sewer to established neighborhoods at no upfront cost to property owners $30 million program ($15 million-COJ, $15 million-JEA) New City Ordinance unanimously passed by Jacksonville City Council on 8/23/16

Program Background 8 HOW ARE THE PROJECT AREAS CHOSEN? Identified 35 failure areas – Estimated 22, 000 septic tanks Scoring system created to rank each failure area Includes environmental, health, and community considerations Examples: # of failing tanks, soil conditions, proximity to waterway, no central water, potential economic & future development Beverly Hills currently ranked #2 – 2 nd project of program City Ordinance requires that the project list is revisited annually

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Project Boundaries: Ribault River to the NORTH, Lem Turner to the EAST, Edgewood Avenue West, Stafford Road, Denham Road East and Aubrey Avenue to the South, Restlawn Drive to the WEST. Nearby Waterways: Ribault River, Trout River, St. Johns River 10

Program Overview 11 HOW DOES THE PROGRAM WORK? Voluntary Project – Community/Neighborhood decision 70%* of property owner(s) within project area must agree to project to move forward within 6 month “decision period” Property owner(s) within each designated project area will vote on project moving forward One vote per real estate (parcel) number as identified in the Duval County Property Appraiser records All properties will be counted, regardless of use or development 5 year waiting period for project reconsideration

Program Overview 12 WHAT DOES THE PROGRAM INCLUDE? Program pays for ALL COSTS associated with the installation of new sewer lines, Including the plumbing work on private property and septic tank abandonment Program pays for ALL permit and JEA fees – no repayment Unimproved (empty) lots will receive a sewer connection at the property line for future connection Roads impacted by construction will be repaved

Property Owner Requirements 13 ACTIVITY Replace Existing System New Septic Tank & Drain Field Septic Tank Repair (Pump Out) Septic Tank Repair Permit (DCHD) TOTAL RANGE: Install Sewer Construction Costs (Right-of-way & Private Connection) COST ESTIMATE $10 k-$20 k $200. 00 $585. 00 $10 K to $21 K $30, 000

Property Owner Requirements 14 WHAT IF THE PROJECT IS APPROVED? Property owner(s) must sign a temporary construction easement Property owner(s) must agree to sign JEA water/sewer application and pay monthly JEA bill Property owners that DO NOT connect will be charged “readiness to serve” fee of $21. 15 per month, billed separately by JEA directly to property owners. Revenue generated by the “readiness to serve” fee will be used to fund future water and sewer improvement projects

15 Example - Average Water/Sewer Bill: • • Forest Hills Road (20 homes) 5/8 -Inch water meter 4, 000 gallon monthly average $16. 32 water bill $33. 87 sewer bill • $56. 58 TOTAL • Bills could be higher or lower depending on customer usage & billing cycle jea. com/My_Account/Understand_My_Bill/Water_Bill_Estimator/

Program Timeline 16 WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR THE PROJECT? 1 st community meeting – August 31, 2017 2. 2 nd community meeting – TBD Ø 6 month community decision period begins 3. Project design period: 2018 – 2019* 4. Project bid & construction period: 2019 – 2022* ü Additional neighborhood meetings will be held as needed *Dates are subject to change 1.

Project Website - Updates 17 jea. com/septic-tank or jea. com/beverlyhills

Looking for Block Captains! 18 We need YOUR help to make this program a success!

19 QUESTIONS & PUBLIC COMMENT JEA Project Outreach 665 -7500 Email: projectoutreach@jea. com Program web page: jea. com/septic-tank Project web page: jea. com/beverlyhills

Prioritization of Project Areas 20 Environmental, Health & Welfare (Max. 70 points) Area DCHD No. of Units Factor For Lots Impaired Development Median Designation 2016 Within The Tributary & Welfare Prior to Home Value Score Area 150 M Buffer. A 150 M Buffer Exceedance Score 1968 (60 pts)D Environ, Health Community Considerations (Max. 30 points) Factor. C (BMAP) Elimination Offsite Economic Overall Community of Future Development Considerations Total Proliferation Opportunities Score 10 pts 5 pts Water 5 pts Biltmore C 49. 00 173 135 4 0. 00 53. 00 10 5 5 2. 7 2. 0 24. 7 77. 70 Beverly Hills 60. 00 695 279 2 1. 35 63. 35 10 4 0 0. 1 0. 0 14. 1 77. 45 Christobel 49. 76 289 62 2 2. 20 53. 96 10 5 1 3. 8 2. 0 21. 8 75. 76

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Forest Hills Road Example 23

Example JEA Bill 24