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HomeMy WebLinkAboutA001 - Council Action Form dated October 10, 2011 ITEM # 22d DATE: 10-10-11 COUNCIL ACTION FORM SUBJECT: VACATION OF UTILITY EASEMENT — 119 E. 12TH STREET BACKGROUND: McFarland Clinic, P.C. is in the process of expanding its facilities on the east side of Duff Avenue. As a part of this expansion, an existing utility easement will be affected due to the construction of a new building. The proposed building construction creates the need for vacating an unused utility easement. The easement was obtained by the City to provide electric utility service to residential homes located at 1203, 1207, and 1211 Carroll Avenue. With the removal of the homes, the easement is no longer needed. With City Council approval, easement vacation will be tied to the approval of a new plat of survey showing the appropriate new easements needed for the proposed building construction. Attachment A shows the proposed vacation location. The legal description of the property lists it as 119 E. 12t" Street, but it is also listed as 121 E. 12t" Street on some documents, including the easement map. Staff will have to clarify this issue before the Council meeting. Staff has reviewed the easement vacation location to confirm that no other utility facilities will be affected by the vacation of this easement. ALTERNATIVES: 1 . Approve the vacation of the easement shown in Attachment A on the McFarland Clinic property, conditional upon a new plat of survey being approved for the same area, and set the date of public hearing for October 25, 2011. 2. Do not approve the request to vacate the easement shown in Attachment A on the McFarland Clinic property. MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED ACTION: Vacation of the existing utility easement is needed in order to facilitate the planned building for McFarland Clinic, P.C. A public hearing needs to be held prior to approving the disposal of City property. Therefore, it is the recommendation of the City Manager that the City Council adopt Alternative No. 1, thereby approving the vacation of the easement shown on Attachment A conditional upon a new plat of survey being approved for the same area, and setting the date of public hearing for October 25, 2011. 1 McFarland Clinic, P.C. 1215 Duff Avenue P.O. Box 3014 Ames,Iowa 50010-3014 (515)239.4400 FAX#(515)239-4498 I" August 29, 2011 Mr. Mark Imhoff Electric Distribution Engineer City of Ames Electric Services PO Box 811 Ames, IA 50010 RE: Easement Vacation Lot 4, Block 7, Sunrise Addition Dear Mark: McFarland Clinic requests to vacate the Electric Utility Easement on Lot 4, Block 7, Sunrise Addition to the City of Ames. Please see the attached easement document for additional information. We have been working with the Electric Department on this request, and they are in agreement to vacate this easement as they have no current facilities within the easement. Please let us know if you have any questions or comments for us. Sincerely, McFarland Clinic PC Ron Frantzen CPMBG, BOC II Executive Director of Facilities Management c: Enclosure INST.H .AETURN T" s RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT AND EASEMENT '�+I11 ri EW OFFICEDAMTES, IOWA 50010 Delbert Bau e and Mamie L. Bau e , Husband and Wife, m in consi eration of t e sum of one oliar, receipt of w cF is hereby acknow- ledged, grants to the City of Ames, Iowa, a Municipal Corporation, its successors .� and assigns, including any public utility designated by the City, the perpetual right to construct, reconstruct, repair, maintain and use underground electrical lines, telephone lines, wires, cables and other equipment on any part thereof for the purposes of conveying electrical current for power and lighting purposes, and for communicative transmissions, on the real estate described as follows.- The east 5 feet of the south 60 feet of tha north`" 105 feet and ................- the south 5 fe�f the D4Ch 79 fePt of� oUnLr i�Wp lot 4, Block 7 Sunrise Addition to Ames Story Count Fran i, .—v-- , yam.--- �— '�Rp . Iowa. — _ —�..__... AM, PODIA together with a temporary right to provide overhead service in the event of emergency. The foregoing rights are granted upon the express condition that the City of Ames will assume liability for all damage to the hereinbefore described pro- perty caused by said City's failure to use due care in its exercise of the granted rights. Dated this 50 day of 19 . STAfI JOF` IOWA ) SS COUNTY OF STORY ) On this_ 0 day of 4� (r 19'7�, before me, a Notary Public in and for the St e of Iowa, personai'l_y_appeare_c Delbert and Mamie L. Bau e 7 Husband and Wife, personally known to me to be the identical persons named in and who executed the foregoing instru- ment and acknowledged that they executed the same as their giuntary act and deed. Notary Public,' in dfid for the Sta e of Iowa RETURN 'f(j:: CITY CLERICS Off ,AMES, IOWA 50t? Y wf f 4- 0� a — h: Q `1aP P Or✓. .Fib U / / 7 I -2_ H G" J Xlfl/3IT A - - - - ELECTRIC UT/Z-ITY f-:--ASEML=1JT THE AS7 s of THE 50U7-H Cc' OF" 7'NE WRrH /Os ' A",`? 'THE Sou-rH . 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