2017-38 Granting Permanent Easement to Ameren for Installation of Gas Pipeline

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PUBLIC WORKS MEMORANDUM NO. 2017-40 DATE: July 7,2017 TO: Honorable Mayor Moore Wolfe and City Council Members FROM: Tim Gleason, City Manager Richard G. Marley, P.E., Public Works Director SUBJECT: Ordinance Granting Permanent Easement to Ameren Illinois Company for the Installation of a Gas Pipeline SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council approve the following ordinances authorizing the conveyance of permanent easements on City property to Ameren Illinois Company 1. Ordinance for pipeline easement. 2. Ordinance for gas regulator valve easement. PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION: There have been no prior Council actions regarding these proposed easements. BACKGROUND: The subject property and easements are located on North Country Club Road, north of East William Street as shown on the attached location maps. The property was purchased by the City in the late 1980's to serve as a location to deposit dredged material from a pilot dredging project conducted in the Faries Park basin of the lake in 1988. The property had an existing gas pipeline easement at the time of purchase. Since its purchase,the City has used the site on occasion as a fish hatchery to stock game fish for Lake Decatur and some material storage. Ameren Illinois approached the City earlier this year with their plan to replace an old 12" gas main under Lake Decatur that was installed in 1956,with a new 16" main and requested that their existing easement on the City's property on the east side of the lake be expanded to accommodate the installation of the new main and to install a gas regulator station on the property. The regulator station will be smaller but look similar to the station located on the northwest corner of Airport Road and Rt. 36 shown in the photo. � 1 �