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Council accepts easements for Michael J. Ellis Seawall; staff cited FEMA eligibility and pledged property-owner coordination
Summary
The City Council accepted recorded easements dedicating the Michael J. Ellis Seawall corridor and agreed to assume maintenance responsibility, steps staff said are necessary for FEMA eligibility and for future beach-renourishment and seawall work.
The City Council on Jan. 14 voted to accept easements that dedicate the Michael J. Ellis Seawall area on North Padre Island and to assume maintenance responsibility for the seawall corridor. Engineering staff said securing all adjoining property easements was a precondition to taking official maintenance responsibility and to seeking FEMA eligibility if the seawall is affected by future storm damage.
Engineering Director Jeff Edmonds told the council that the easements were the final outstanding…
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