Explanation
The Public Service Department, Transportation Division, received a request from Grange Mutual Casualty Company ("Grange") asking that the City grant them subsurface easement rights in Front Street from Sycamore Street north approximately 335 feet and in Wall Street from Sycamore Street north approximately 345 feet. These subsurface easements are needed to accommodate the footers for the parking garage that Grange is constructing on the northeast corner of Front and Sycamore Streets. Grange has also requested aerial easement rights over a portion of Wall Street from Sycamore Street north approximately 47 feet and in Sycamore Street approximately 32 feet west of the centerline of Wall Street. The aerial easement will be used for the construction of an overhead pedestrian bridge that will link the new garage and the Grange headquarters building. Per current Transportation Division practice, comments were solicited from interested parties, including City departments before it was determined that there are existing utilities located within these rights-of-way. Grange has agreed to either relocate or otherwise accommodate the existing utilities through their construction of the garage project. A value of $500.00 was established for the granting of these easements.
Fiscal Impact: The City will receive a total of $500.00, to be deposited in Fund 748, Project 537650, as consideration for the granting of the requested easement rights.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Public Service Department to execute those documents necessary to allow the City to grant subsurface easement rights in Front Street and in Wall Street and aerial easement rights over a portion of Wall Street and Sycamore Street to Grange Mutual Casualty Company to accommodate the construction of a new parking garage on the northeast corner of Front and Sycamore Streets and the construction of an overhead pedestrian bridge over Sycamore Street that will link the new garage an...
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