The City Council will consider approving four (4) Perpetual Right-of-Way Easements associated with the W.O. 14-13, Elysian Area Water & Sanitary Sewer Extension project.  The easement Grantors are Armstrong, Clause, Quarnburg, and Walter.  City water and/or sanitary sewer utilities will be located within the easements.  None of the Grantors are seeking compensation.

The easements are necessary to complete the water and sanitary sewer extension project which will install approximately 1.0 mile of 16-inch water main, 500 feet of 24-inch water main and 1.5 miles of 24-inch sanitary sewer main as City trunk (general benefit) facilities in Elysian Road and the easements west and southwest from the Mullowney Lane area to East Lane.

The utility extension project was bid on March 24 and construction of the improvements will take place this summer between early May and late August.  Staff is recommending construction project award to Western Municipal Construction in the amount of $3.2 million ($3.03M City and $0.16M Elysian School shares).

City Council may:

• Approve the four water and sanitary sewer Perpetual Right-of-Way easements, or;
• Disapprove the the water and sanitary sewer Perpetual Right-of-Way easements.  If the easements are not approved and the project is not constructed, development may proceed in the area around Elysian Road west of Mullowney Lane without City water and sanitary sewer service in place, or development dependent on these City services will not proceed at all.

None of the four easement Grantors are seeking compensation for the easements.

Staff recommends that Council approve four Perpetual Right-of-Way Easements associated with the W.O. 14-13, Elysian Area Water & Sanitary Sewer Extension project.