Committee recommends easement to Spectrum to relocate failing cable near Lake View Park, holds excavation pending Roosevelt Madison repair

The Ordinance Committee recommended approving a grant of easement to Spectrum that would move an existing, failing cable away from the reservoir/levee area near Lake View Park and Cordy Lake Drive.

The director of public works explained there was no existing easement for the line across the park and that Spectrum proposes to relocate the cable into a new easement on the far side of Cordy Lake Drive. Staff and the company’s attorney negotiated several modifications; the final form was reviewed by both entities’ attorneys.

Staff said the existing cable has been observed to be failing and that Spectrum planned to apply for an excavation permit to start work “at the end of this month or early December.” The director of public works said the city will not issue excavation permits for this work until the Roosevelt Madison cave-in (a sewer hit and steel-plate repair near the road) is resolved; Nathan confirmed staff has direction on that repair.

A committee member moved the recommendation and it was seconded; the motion carried, though the transcript records one member voicing opposition during the vote (the transcript does not record the identity of the dissenting member). Staff said they will require proper excavation permits and oversight before construction begins.