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Council urged to authorize negotiations for Court Street water‑main easements
Summary
City engineers asked the committee to authorize the city manager to negotiate and execute temporary access agreements and permanent easements needed to construct a replacement Court Street water main and reinstate a river crossing; the committee recommended authorization to proceed.
City Engineer Brian Ruff told the committee the Court Street water‑main replacement project will replace a brittle 1930s cast‑iron main, reinstate a broken river crossing with a horizontal directional drill at a more favorable location, and relocate the distribution main outside the pavement where feasible to avoid long road closures.
Ruff described two types of property agreements the city needs: permanent easements for the relocated main along Court Street and temporary access agreements to reinstate and reconnect individual services during construction. The new alignment allows crews to install the new main while keeping existing service operating and to transfer customers once the new line is in service, avoiding extended outages.
The committee moved and seconded a recommendation that the city manager be authorized to negotiate and execute the temporary access agreements and permanent easements necessary for construction and future maintenance of the Court Street river crossing water main replacement project. The motion carried.
Ruff said draft agreements have been discussed with affected residents and that, pending approvals, the project could be bid for fall construction.
