R2005-03 AUTHORIZING ACQUISITION OF PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY EASEMENTS

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�; I COUNCIL COMMUNICATION FORM Engineering & Infrastructure Memorandum NO. 2005-02 January 4, 2005 TO: Honorable Mayor Osborne and City Council FROM: Steve Garman, City Manager Stephen Swanson, P.E.,Director of Engineering & Infrastructur Mathew C. Newell, P.E., City Engineer�� Richard N. Berard, Civil Engineer II �3 " � SUBJECT: Water Main Extension in Northeast Decatur, City Project 2001-02 Acquisition of Easements from Wayne B. Phillips SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by staff that the City Council approve the attached resolution authorizing the payment of $5,325 for the acquisition of permanent and temporary easements from Wayne B. Phillips located in Section 23, Township 17, Range 2 East of the Third Prime Meridian in Macon County. The easements consist of a strip of land adj acent to Hickory Point Road 2,640 feet in length totaling approximately 1.82 acres. ' The above mentioned payment also includes compensation for crop damages. The ' acquisition of these easmements is necessary for the construction of a water main , extension project in Northeast Decatur. , BACKGROUND: '� In May 2002, Strand Associates, engineering consultants, submitted a report entitled, ', "Water System Master Plan". This report recommends the construction of water main �,, improvements towards the north and the east to reduce significant hydraulic losses in that ', area. Staff is proceeding with the design of these improvements and it is necessary to , acquire easements to accommodate the construction of the proposed water main '� extension. The easement agreement also provides compensation for crop damages that � will be incurred when the water main is installed. ' POTENTIAL OBJECTION: There are no known objections to this I, resolution and bid award.