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County agrees to issue sewer-capacity letters to support Garden Street and proposed East Milton medical facility
Summary
Santa Rosa County staff told commissioners they can provide sewer-capacity letters that would allow two separate developments to move forward: the Garden Street residential project and a proposed medical facility in East Milton that has asked to use part of the county’s economic-development sewer allocation.
Santa Rosa County staff told commissioners they can provide sewer-capacity letters that would allow two separate developments to move forward: the Garden Street residential project and a proposed medical facility in East Milton that has asked to use part of the county’s economic-development sewer allocation.
County staff said the Garden Street project has two phases: a first phase of 200 taps requiring 60,000 gallons per day and a second phase of 137 taps requiring 44,100 gallons per day. Staff recommended the county’s engineer sign a capacity letter so the developer can proceed to the next regulatory step while the county and developer negotiate financial terms for pipe extensions and connection fees.
"The first phase is 200 taps asking for 60,000 gallons per day," the county administrator said while summarizing the capacity request and the board’s option to permit a capacity letter. Staff said the Garden Street project is projected to need the first phase capacity in the first quarter of 2027 and the second phase at a later projected date. County staff noted the line to serve the site does not yet exist and said developers may offset tap and connection fees if they construct the needed pipe to an identified corridor.
Separately, East Milton Holdings LLC requested 8,000 gallons per day from an economic-development allocation the county holds on a Milton-area wastewater treatment plant. County officials said that allocation was reserved to help recruit medical and other economic-development projects to East Milton and that the county will need to transfer some of its reserved capacity on the existing plant to allow the proposed medical facility to connect via the city of Milton.
No final monetary agreement or contract was approved at the committee meeting; commissioners voted by unanimous motion in committee to place the capacity-authority items on Thursday’s consent agenda so the board can consider them formally. Staff said any capacity letters would be issued by the county engineer with an agreement on financial terms to follow.
