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City to consider quick‑claim to Museum, license to Hager 5 and Columbia Gas inspection agreement
Summary
Staff briefed the council on three items: a quick‑claim request from Washington County Museum of Fine Arts for a small parcel, a license agreement allowing Hager 5 to use city land adjacent to the Antietam Paper building for a patio, and a non‑disclosure agreement with Columbia Gas for CCTV inspection of storm and sewer lines.
City staff presented three separate property and infrastructure matters at the April 8 meeting and said actions would return for formal approval later in the agenda cycle.
Planning and property staff said the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts has requested a quitclaim of a small undeveloped right‑of‑way area near the museum property. Staff said the Hagerstown Light Department would retain an easement for its facilities and that the museum intends to use the parcel chiefly for parking; staff intended to introduce a quitclaim ordinance on April 22.
Separately, Hager 5 requested a license agreement to occupy a strip of city land along the cultural trail adjacent to the Antietam Paper building to construct a deck or patio; staff said the land would remain city‑owned while Hager 5 would be licensed to construct and maintain improvements and that maintenance responsibilities would be negotiated in the agreement.
Staff also described an agreement with Columbia Gas under which the company would at its expense run closed‑circuit television cameras through city storm drains and sanitary lines to document conditions. Columbia Gas would provide the city with the video footage for maintenance and safety planning; the proposed nondisclosure agreement would restrict redistribution of those videos without Columbia Gas’s permission. Staff said the program reduces cost to the city while providing useful infrastructure information.
