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City staff propose Title 12 changes to clarify utility easements and require timely facility locates for planning
Summary
Assistant City Attorney Bob Gallimore and City Engineer Nate Baldwin presented proposed amendments to Title 12 to clarify the city's administration of utility easements versus right of way and to impose expectations (and potential penalties) for utilities to supply facility locates for planning, aiming to reduce design delays and change orders.
Assistant City Attorney Bob Gallimore and City Engineer Nate Baldwin asked the council during the Nov. 4 planning session to approve ordinance language amending Title 12 (right of way and public utilities) to clarify the city's relationship to dedicated public utility easements and to address delays caused when utilities do not provide facility locates during project planning.
Gallimore told the council the proposed code changes would codify…
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