DENTON COUNTY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 4



DENTON COUNTY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 4

DENTON COUNTY FRESH WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT 6

DENTON COUNTY FRESH WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT 7

“Lantana”

General Manager’s monthly report for August 2017

• Upper Trinity Regional Water District (UTRWD) points of interest: At the August Board meeting, a resolution was approved authorizing the acceptance of the completed work, final payment and release of retainage to CDM Constructors for the Doe Branch Water Reclamation Plant construction, including approval of the final change order for the project. The Executive Director was authorized to file an application with TCEQ to amend the District’s Water Use Permit for reuse of treated effluent from Mustang SUD’s proposed water reclamation plant in the northern part of the Doe Branch Basin. On August 9th, 12 board members and Upper Trinity staff members took a field trip to the site of future Lake Ralph Hall. Approximately 7,230 acres have been purchased to date, which is approximately 60% of the required property. Construction is scheduled to be completed in 2023. The pipeline is scheduled to commence construction in 2023 and be completed in 2025 at which time the lake should be full and water will be available for use.

• Area lake levels; During the month of July, the DFW area received a total of 4.12” of rain which is 1.91” above average. Lake Lewisville- current elevation 521.34’, -0.66’, Lake Ray Roberts- current elevation 631.78’, -0.72’, Lake Chapman (Cooper Lake) - current elevation 437.61’, -2.39’, Lake Lavon- current elevation 490.89’, -1.11’.

• Argyle Fire District points of interest: The July Board meeting was cancelled due to lack of a quorum.

• Bids were opened on August 14th for Barrington Phase C Addition. This will be the final residential subdivision within Lantana. A total of three bids were received. LH Lacy submitted the apparent lowest responsive bid amount of $3,701,198.81. Mario Sinacola submitted the apparent second lowest bid amount of $3,812,183.77. The third bid was submitted by GTI.

• RPMX is making good progress on the construction of Barrington Addition Phase B. Additional erosion control adjacent to the Hike and Bike Trail has been installed. Wet utilities (water, wastewater and storm sewer lines) have been completed. They are currently installing franchised utility crossings (electric, gas and communication lines). Subgrade stabilization should commence by the end of the week. Paving operations should commence by the end of the month. Construction is currently scheduled to be completed next January. This phase consists of 93 additional 50’ and 60’ lots. For additional information regarding the subdivision please visit .

• Greenscaping is nearing completion of the installation of the landscape package in Reata. They have completed installation of the irrigation system. Installation of landscape materials has also been completed. Some areas adjacent to the pond and in the common area at the north end of the addition were hydromulched. These areas have not achieved acceptable vegetation coverage to date. A few of the trees have died and will need to be replaced this Fall. Project completion is anticipated by the end of the month.

• Greenscaping is making slow progress on the installation of the Barrington and Garner Landscape packages. They have completed installing sod along Copper Canyon Road. Several miscellaneous items remain uncompleted. Completion of both projects should occur by the end of September.

• Retail strip center south of Kroger activity: The following businesses have completed construction and are now open for business: The Tutoring Center, Tokyo Samurai Restaurant, Terry Donuts, Lantana Eyecare, Nathan Romney DDS., Supercuts, Marble Slab Creamery, Lantana Spa and Nails, Hollywood Feed, Medspring Urgent Care, Farmers Insurance, and Remax Realty.

• Two new projects are currently being designed on the pad sites adjacent to Kroger. One will be a Chase Bank to the south of Starbucks and the other will be a Firestone retail center behind Starbucks.

• Newquest has submitted plans for the first phase of retail on the inside of the FM407 curve just South of Blanco. Plans have been reviewed. Comments have been addressed by the engineer and architect. Bids have been received. Newquest is currently reviewing the proposals and will be selecting a contractor this week. Construction should commence in September.

• Spring Valley has completed construction of two additional strip center buildings North of Kroger. One building consists of 5 lease spaces and is approximately 9,800 SF. Dickey’s and Dominos are open for business. Smiles Up Dentistry, is open for business. A second adjacent building consists of 2 lease spaces and is approximately 4,200 SF. One of the spaces is a Starbucks with a drive through. The second space is an AT&T Wireless store.

• We now have 789 customers signed up for ACH, automatic payments for utility billing. To sign up visit the Districts’ website at , click on Utility Bill Payment, and follow the prompts to enter your bank account information. We also have 2254 residents utilizing our electronic utility billing option.

• We have issued 2058 building permits in District 6 and 1593 building permits in District 7 for single-family residences through the month of July. Which is a total of 3,651 within Lantana.

• We currently have no building permit applications awaiting review in District 6 and 8 building permit applications awaiting review in District 7. 12 building permit applications for new homes were received in July; and 17 building permit applications for new homes were approved in July.

• We now have 2029 occupied homes in District 6 and 1451 occupied homes in District 7 as of July 31st. This is an increase of 21 new families for the month of July.

• District 6 activity: 2052 homes have received Foundation Inspections. 2046 homes have received Framing Inspections. 2032 Homes have been completed and received Final Inspections.

• District 7 activity: 1567 homes have received Foundation Inspections. 1542 homes have received Framing Inspections. 1471 homes have been completed and received Final Inspections.

• During the month of July, 1 residential building permit was issued in District 6 and 15 were issued in District 7. 5 foundation inspections were approved in District 6 and 20 were approved in District 7. 1 framing inspection was approved in District 6 and 15 were approved in District 7. 3 final inspections were approved in District 6 and 16 were approved in District 7.

• During the month of July, 4 permits were issued for residential remodels/additions, 2 swimming pool permits were issued and no new commercial permits were issued. In addition, no commercial remodel permits were issued.

• District 6 building permit revenue for the month of July was $11,228.00.

• District 7 building permit revenue for the month of July was $94,442.00.

• $1,150.00 was received for contractor registration renewals in July.

• Water accountability for the month of July was at 90%. 84,420,000 gallons was pumped into the distribution system and, 76,370,000 gallons was accounted for in billings and other uses. 84,420,000 purchased gallons equates to a load factor of 85% of our subscribed capacity. Lower accountability for the month is attributed to charging, testing and flushing the lines in Barrington Phase B.

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