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Temporary development moratorium in place in Magnolia; water infrastructure work underway to add wells across city in 2023
BY LIZZY SPANGLER
MAGNOLIA’S WATER WELLS The city of Magnolia draws water from three wells with more in the works.
The city of Magnolia and its extra- territorial jurisdictions are under a 120-day temporary development moratorium after the Magnolia City Council unanimously approved an ordinance to enact the moratorium during its Dec. 21 special meeting. According to the ordinance enacted, the city’s water facilities are at capacity and “are inadequate and insu cient to adequately serve new development.” The city also has no more water connections available, according to a Dec. 29 news release. Water infrastructure underway Amid the moratorium, the city is working to build two new wells—Well No. 7 and Well No. 8—and is exploring options to add additional wells. In early January, the contractor for Well No. 7 began working on the construction of the well, according to the Dec. 29 news release while Magnolia City Council approved a motion to award a contract to Weisinger, Inc. to build Well No. 8 for $2.89 million at its Jan. 10 meeting. Beyond Well Nos. 7 and 8, the city is also exploring other options for building additional wells. During its Jan. 10 meeting, the City Council unanimously approved a motion to instruct sta to go forward with a proposed public improvement/devel- opment agreement with Magnolia East 149 LLC—which is managed by Magno- lia Place developer Stratus Properties Inc.—for an additional water well.
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2 Elm Street Plant The Elm Street Plant has two wells, a ground storage tank and an elevated storage tank. 3 Audubon Audubon is proposing drilling a well on its property.
4 Water Well No. 7 Water Well No. 7 at Water Plant No. 3 is under construction. It is located between FM 149 and Audubon and will increase water pressure in the eastern part of the city.
5 Magnolia Place well City Council instructed sta Jan. 10 to go forward with a proposed agreement with Magnolia East 149 LLC— managed by Magnolia Place developer Stratus Properties Inc.—for an additional well.
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1 Kelly Road Plant The plant has one well, a ground storage tank and an elevated storage tank. Council approved additional Well No. 8 on Jan. 10 for $2.89 million.
SOURCE: CITY OF MAGNOLIA COMMUNITY IMPACT
“If the council goes forward with this, we would enter into a develop- ment agreement with Magnolia East 149 LLC,” City Attorney Leonard Schneider said. “They own the land, and they would retain LJA Engineer- ing to do the engineering work, … working with the city engineer to make sure it’s constructed correctly or the way we want it constructed.” Schneider said he has no objec- tion from a legal standpoint to the city going forth with this agreement. “Obviously it would put us su ciently ahead of the curve even more so by having the third well put in,” Schneider said.
A nal agreement will be pre- sented to City Council during its February meeting, Schneider said. The Audubon Management Dis- trict, which is developing Audubon in Magnolia, is also working to build a new well with a goal to get it running by May, according to documents provided by the Audu- bon Management District. The new well would connect to the city’s water system in two places—Mill Run Drive and FM 1488 and Magnolia Ridge Boulevard and Harlequin Duck Court—with the goal of alleviating some of Magnolia’s issues caused by its water supply capacity shortage,
according to the documents. “[This would be] a simple adden- dum or addition that will sit on top of your existing agreement with us—the wholesale water supply and sanitary sewer agreement,” Sam Yager III, vice president of Audubon Magnolia Devel- opment, said at the Jan. 10 meeting. After its executive session, City Council unanimously approved a motion regarding “the following contracts with Audubon: Wholesale Water Supply and Sanitary Sewer Agreement, the Land Use Planning and Cooperation Agreement, and any amendments,” according to the meeting agenda.
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