(A) The developer shall initiate preliminary action by obtaining a copy of applicable portions of policies and procedures from the town. The developer then shall have his or her engineer prepare and submit to the Town Administrator who forwards to the Town Engineer(s) after a review by the Fire Chief, a preliminary layout of proposed water and sewer extensions superimposed on an approved preliminary plat signed by the town, along with his tentative estimate of costs for the overall development, and for the first section if incremental development is proposed. The Town Engineer shall then review the proposed preliminary plat and return it to the town with comments and recommendations concerning acceptability and oversizing needed. The town shall then advise the developer of tentative approval or necessary changes, with a copy to Town Engineer.
(B) The town shall furnish the developer with three blank forms of the standard developer agreement. The developers engineer shall prepare and submit to the town complete construction plans, specifications and other necessary contract documents, along with estimates of the developer’s cost and town participation, and two blue line prints of the final plat showing approval signature for the town. Such documents shall be submitted to the Town Engineer for review and after they have been fully completed, and are acceptable and approved by the Commission, the town shall return them to the developer with notice of approval, at which time the developer shall submit the executed developer agreement and the town’s inspection fee of 4%.
(C) After selection of the contractor has been accomplished by bids or negotiation the actual construction shall be accomplished as follows:
(1) In those cases where the city is participating in the costs, after bids are received, the Town Engineer receives and recommends an award to the Town Administrator or his or her designee. Alternatively, the developer shall advise the town and shall furnish bid amounts. The Town Administrator shall notify the developer to have documents executed and returned to town. After receipt of executed documents, the Town Administrator or his or her designee shall issue a work order.
(2) After the work order is issued, the developer’s engineer shall provide the construction layout and staking and shall prepare cut sheets for all sewers. A copy of all cut sheets shall be furnished to the Town Engineer, or inspector and the contractor. Also, a copy of the actual construction staking filed notes shall be furnished to the Town Engineer. The inspector shall inspect the work and review the partial and final pay estimates to the contractor as prepared by the developer’s engineer. After pay estimates have been agreed upon by the town and the contractor, they shall be transmitted to the Town Engineer for review. The Town Engineer shall check all pay estimates and after they are in order, shall transmit them to the Town Administrator or his or her designee with recommendation for payment or corrections as noted. After final completion of the work to the satisfaction of the inspector and Town Engineer and the Town Administrator shall issue a statement of acceptance of the facilities for ownership and operation by the town to the developer.
(Ord. 353, passed 7-10-2013)