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Council approves 42‑unit senior housing water allocation at reduced rate
Summary
The City Council approved a water service application for a proposed 42‑unit low‑income senior housing project, accepting the Water Issues Subcommittee’s recommendation to allocate 5.6 acre‑feet per year instead of the higher engineer estimate.
Prescott — The City Council voted March 25 to approve a water service application for a proposed 42‑unit senior housing project near Bradshaw Drive, granting a water allocation of 5.6 acre‑feet per year.
Brian Reese, the city’s water resources and environmental services manager, presented the application (WSA 25‑008) submitted by Granite Basin Engineering on behalf of Bradshaw Senior 3 Prescott LP. The project’s engineer estimated an annual demand of 7.06 acre‑feet, using a fixtures‑and‑per‑resident approach with a 50 gallons‑per‑day metric; the city’s typical model value for an apartment is 0.12 acre‑feet per unit.
Reese said the Water Issues Subcommittee recommended using the model value, yielding 5.6 acre‑feet per year for the 42 units (42 × 0.12 = 5.04 plus 0.56 for landscaping). "The 5.6 acre feet per year is an accurate calculation," an architect associated with the project told the council, endorsing the subcommittee recommendation.
Council moved to approve the allocation at 5.6 acre‑feet per year; the motion passed (recorded on the transcript as "Passes 401"). The council had no public comment on the item.
Ending: Staff said the allocation is within the city’s water budget under current policy; no further water‑related conditions were placed on the permit at the March 25 meeting.
