HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 13 Springfield Utility Board Request for an Easment over City of Springfield Owned Property AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: 12/7/2015
Meeting Type: Regular Meeting
Staff Contact/Dept.: Chris Moorhead/DPW Ken Vogeney/DPW
Staff Phone No: 541-736-1011/736-1026
Estimated Time: Consent Calendar S P R I N G F I E L D
C I T Y C O U N C I L
Council Goals: Encourage Economic
Development and Revitalization through Community Partnerships ITEM TITLE: SPRINGFIELD UTILITY BOARD REQUEST FOR AN EASEMENT OVER
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD OWNED PROPERTY
ACTION REQUESTED: Authorize City Staff to grant an easement to the Springfield Utility Board for underground power and water lines which will cross City owned property, being a
portion of the Q Street Channel in the vicinity of 16th and 17th Streets at Highway 126, and authorize the City Manager to execute such easement.
ISSUE
STATEMENT:
The Springfield Utility Board (SUB) has requested that the City grant SUB an
easement across property the City owns containing the Q Street Channel in the vicinity of 16th and 17th Streets, for the purpose of relocating and consolidating
already existing underground water lines and overhead power lines into a joint
underground trench containing both water and power services.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Water/Electric easement exhibit maps (5/20/2015)
2. Springfield Utility Board Right Of Way Underground Easement DRAFT TEMPLATE provided by SUB
DISCUSSION/
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The Springfield Utility Board has used and maintained underground water service
lines and overhead power service lines across the Q street Channel and Highway 126 at the vicinity of 16th and 17th Streets. SUB staff recently informed City staff
that they desire to consolidate both power and water services crossing the City
owned Channel and Highway 126 by tying these facilities together from 16th Street to 17th Street for redundancy, which will improve reliability to citizen customers,
and by installing the overhead electric facilities underground within the same trench
as the waterline. SUB states that the ground conditions will be restored as found, if not better. SUB will supply the City with a fully completed recordable easement
document to review and execute upon approval. (A template of the document along with the depiction of the requested easement has been supplied at this time.) Granting this easement to the Springfield Utility Board across City owned property
results in no financial impact to the City.
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