On February 11, 2013, City Council awarded W.O. 12-05, Five Mile Lift Station to Western Municipal Construction.  The lift station is under construction in a portion of the undeveloped Bitterroot Heights Park, which was dedicated when the land was subdivided.  Staff is requesting that the City Council approve a Resolution that transfers the portion of the park that contains the lift station and access road and transfers the land and facility maintenance responsibility to the Public Works (PW) Department.  As compensation for reducing the amount of land in the park, Public Works would pay the Parks Recreation and Public Lands (PRPL) Department $75,000.  The land value was established by a market analysis.  Dating back to the fall of 2012, PW and PRPL have had a common understanding that the lift station would be located at the north end of Bitterroot Heights Park.  PRPL and PW worked closely during project design to ensure that the new lift station had aesthetically pleasing landscape design and building features.  Both PW and PRPL agree that cooperating on the project will benefit the citizens of Billings through construction cost savings and efficiencies in operations and maintenance for both departments.

The Council may:

• Approve a Resolution that transfers a portion of the Bitterroot Heights Park, transfers maintenance responsibility to PW and compensates PRPL $75,000 for the land, or
• Do not approve the resolution.  Without the resolution, there will be no clear record of the park land transfer, the maintenance responsibility transfer and that compensation was paid for using the land for this purpose.

The funding for WO 12-05 was budgeted in FY12 and FY13 and the source is wastewater revenues.  A summary of the funding is as follows:

FY 12 Project Budget	$3,413,513
Previously Encumbered	$2,824,292
Parkland Compensation	$75,000
Budget Remaining	$514,221

Staff recommends that the City Council approve a Resolution that transfers a portion of Bitterroot Heights Park for a sanitary sewer lift station and access road, transfers maintenance responsibilities to Public Works and compensates Parks Recreation and Public Lands in the amount of $75,000.