2001-13 AUTHORIZING LAND ACQUISITION - TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT EASEMENTS - 250 HICKORYWOOD DRIVE - CITY PROJECT 9932

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` y w COUNCIL COMMUNICATION FORM Engineering & Infrastructure Memorandum NO. 2001-14 March 14, 2001 TO: Honorable Mayor Howley and City Council FROM: Steve Garman, City Manager / ' Stephen P. Swanson, P.E.,Director of Engineering & Infrastructure�C � SUBJECT: Hickorywood Storm Sewer Outfall Project Land Acquisitions 'I SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Ili It is recommended by City staff that the City Council approve the attached resolution authorizing II the use of the City's right of Eminent Domain for the acquisition of temporary and permanent easements from the property located at 250 Hickorywood Drive for the purpose of storm drainage improvements. BACKGROUND: Residents in the neighborhood lying generally north of Hickorywood Drive and east of Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive (MLK) (refer to attached locale map) have complained in the past about flooding problems from the overtopping of MLK from heavy storm runoff. This flooding has been the result of blockages to the intake structure on the east side of MLK from cornstalks or other field crop residue. The problem is compounded because the twin 48-inch diameter storm sewer pipes beginning at MLK and ending at Crescent Drive empty into a single 48-inch diameter sewer pipe. At the time that MLK was improved, the extension of the 48-inch pipes beyond Crescent Drive was not completed because of design and easement description issues which could not be resolved in a timely manner. The project was recently resurrected by staff and the design for the extension of the 48-inch pipes completed. The construction of the new pipes required temporary and permanent easements to be obtained from adjoining property owners. The easements are needed for the City's contractor to access the work area, install the pipe and backfill and grade the area after the pipe is installed.