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Council approves temporary easements for pipeline crossings; company to pay about $324 in fees
Summary
Roosevelt City granted temporary right-of-way easements to allow a lay-flat pipeline to cross city property and a culvert, with the applicant agreeing to pay a small fee; council approved the easement subject to attorney review of the contract.
Roosevelt City Council approved temporary right-of-way easements for a lay-flat pipeline the utility company proposed to run across a corner of the city’s freshwater pond and across a culvert on Fifth East at the gulch crossing.
City staff described two temporary easements: a small corner of the freshwater pond area and a longer crossing along Fifth East that would use a corrugated culvert crossing to reach a development area. Staff said the company — referred to in the meeting as UnaWax (presented by Oncor Land Services) — proposed a lay-flat polyurethane line, roughly 10 inches in diameter, for a temporary term staff estimated at several months to a year.
Jennifer Hall of Oncor Land Services, representing the applicant, said the offer typically is $10 per rod but the company proposed $250 plus $0.25 per foot for this crossing, which the staff-calculation yielded as approximately $324.30 to be paid to the city for the temporary right of way. Hall described the line as "a 10 inch polyurethane line" and said the crossing would be temporary to move fresh water for production.
Council members asked technical questions about line thickness and high-flow protection where the lay-flat line would pass through the culvert; staff said they had inspected the culvert with public-works staff and believed the crossing could be mitigated for high-water situations. One council member noted that because the water involved is fresh water (not a hazardous or contaminated fluid), the risk concerns were lower.
Council moved to approve the temporary easements subject to review of a final contract by the city attorney. The motion passed unanimously.
Staff said the city will receive the payment when the contract is executed and that the final contract will be filed and recorded as required. The council approved the easement contingent on attorney review and on receiving the contract prior to granting recorded rights.
