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Commissioners approve easement agreement with Highway District for Ada County Jail Phase 1 work
Summary
The board approved two easements with Ada County Highway District for frontage improvements related to the Ada County Jail Phase 1 project: a temporary construction easement and a corrective permanent easement to relocate a seepage bed.
Ada County commissioners on June 3 approved easement agreements with the Ada County Highway District related to Phase 1 of the Ada County Jail expansion.
A county representative explained there are two easements: a temporary construction easement to allow the highway district to perform frontage improvements along Alamo for which the district sought legal rights to access the property, and a corrective permanent easement related to a seepage bed. The seepage bed had originally been planned under the approach road to the Phase 1 site; the county moved the seepage bed to the south end of the property to avoid future conflicts with the approach road.
"We've moved it from the north end to the south end of our property so that in the future, we don't have to dig it up and dig up our approach road," a county project representative said, explaining the corrective easement was a relocation to avoid future access issues. The board moved, seconded and approved the easement agreement and authorized the chair to sign the documents.
County staff noted that while roads and bridges often fall under commissioners' purview in many counties, Ada County has a separate highway district, therefore the formal easement agreement is necessary. The easements will allow the highway district's improvements to proceed and will document permanent rights on the county's property for the relocated seepage bed.
