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Reno council approves sewer main installation for Rivermount, city to front costs and recover via connection fee
Summary
Council approved installing sewer mains during Rivermount street reconstruction after staff secured nearly $3.1 million in grant funding; the city will front remaining costs and recoup them through an area-specific connection fee estimated at $25,172 per parcel, with private-side work costing an additional $15,000–$30,000.
The Reno City Council on Jan. 14 voted to include sewer main installation with the planned Rivermount Neighborhood Street Rehabilitation Project and to authorize staff to draft an area-specific connection fee ordinance.
Katie Harrison, engineering manager for the Public Works Department, told the council the estimated cost to install the sewer main in the Rivermount project area is about $4.4 million. Staff secured a nearly $3.1 million NDP grant to offset the cost, which leaves an approximate $1.3 million funding gap for the 105…
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