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Commission approves emergency purchase orders, discusses easements for storm-pipe repair
Summary
After staff described missing pipe segments and the need for private easements, the commission approved emergency authorizations to fund and begin repairs to a stormwater pipe and a Causeway Boulevard water main and authorized staff to secure easements and issue purchase orders to the selected contractors.
The Dunedin City Commission approved emergency procurement actions Dec. 4 and discussed logistical and legal steps needed to repair damaged underground pipe segments that run under private property.
Public works director Sue Bartlett described finding a roughly 8-foot missing segment of pipe that prevented a trenchless lining option and required excavation and replacement. Bartlett said staff had prepared draft permanent easement language (seven feet on either side of the pipe) that would remain…
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