One of the required tasks in the Empire Parking Garage project is to relocate the overhead utilities in the east-west alley to an underground duct system.  Northwestern Electric needs to install a new switch in a mid-block location.  They have secured an easement for the switch from the Securities Building, LLC.  The easement's location displaces the Securities Building trash receptacles.  The new parking garage has been designed to accommodate new receptacles within the condominium unit that will be purchased by Alley Cat LLC.  Since the structure isn't built, the unit can't be transfered to Alley Cat and the City owns the land.  In order to ensure that the Securities Building will have a trash receptacle location when it allows Northwestern to use its property for the new switch, the City is being asked to grant an easement for the receptacles in the planned garage location.   

There are no viable alternatives.  A new power switch is needed for the Empire Parking Garage project; Securities Building LLC owns the land where the switch should be placed and it presently uses that space for its trash receptacles; Securities Building LLC will not grant an easement for the new switch unless it has an alternative location for its trash in the planned parking garage.

This action does not have a direct financial impact on the City.

Staff recommends that the City Council grant an easement to Securities Building LLC for its trash receptacles in the planned Empire Parking Garage.