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Council accepts stormwater easement at 1111 Montgomery Street; easement may open option for city participation in repairs
Summary
Decorah accepted a stormwater utility easement at 1111 Montgomery Street that grants the city access to a private culvert conveying city stormwater. Staff and council discussed that acceptance does not legally obligate city repairs but can create an expectation of future participation.
The Decorah City Council approved a resolution accepting a stormwater utility easement at 1111 Montgomery Street, a property partly owned by Stone Ridge Church and a development parcel.
City staff said the pipe beneath that property appears to have been installed by a developer in the 1980s and no easement was recorded at that time. The private culvert currently conveys stormwater from…
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