Staff recommends that City Council accept the Perpetual Right-of-Way Easement from Development 55 LLC.

As part of the development of the recently annexed area south of I-90, proposed to be developed as the Coca-Cola bottling facility, water and sewer mains will be extended by the Developer to serve the facility.  A water main and sanitary sewer main will be constructed, generally to the west from East Lane to Parcel 11A of Certificate Survey 1391, located along Harnish Boulevard (the proposed Coca-Cola bottling site).  A portion of the water main is proposed to be located along the easterly side of Certificate of Survey 3535 Tract 2.  The parcel is owned by Development 55, LLC.  City staff has reviewed this portion of the route for the water main.  The property owner has agreed to grant to the City a 30-foot-wide perpetual right-of-way easement through their property for the installation and maintenance of the water main.

The City Council may:

• Approve the easement; or
• Not approve the easement. If not approved, the Developer will be required to propose a different route for the water main which would increase the cost of construction.

There is no cost to the City for acceptance of the easement. However, because the City is paying for the cost of material oversizing of the water main in accordance with City compensation policy, the cost to the City for an alternate route would increase if the easement is not accepted.