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Goddard council approves easement to add nine angled City Hall parking spaces, council asks for drainage plan
Summary
Council approved acquiring a neighbor easement to add approximately nine angled parking spaces behind City Hall, with staff estimating modest acquisition costs and promising an engineering drainage plan to avoid impacts to adjacent properties.
The Goddard City Council voted to approve acquiring a parking easement from a neighboring property that staff said will allow the city to add about nine angled parking spaces behind City Hall.
City manager Craig Crossley (S4) described the easement as about 20 feet by 210 feet and said staff expects to add nine angled stalls; Crossley told the council the acquisition will have modest closing and legal costs and that a construction budget will be evaluated later. "So tonight we would ask the council to approve acquiring that parking easement," Crossley said. He later noted an estimated $3,000 direct cost for the acquisition and closing items.
Council members raised questions about drainage and the potential for runoff to affect adjacent garages. One council member asked whether any proposed drainage or concrete would direct water toward neighboring properties; Crossley responded that the city engineer would prepare a topographic survey and put together a drainage plan to avoid creating a new issue. "We'll get a topographical survey. We'll probably have them put together a plan, to account for the flow of storm water," Crossley said.
After discussion, the council voted and the motion carried, recorded in the transcript as 4–0. Council also discussed installing a shared fence and gate along the property line to allow the neighbor to mow his lawn and to delineate the new parking area.
What’s next: staff will secure the easement, complete engineering and drainage plans, and return with cost estimates and a construction budget (the transcript identifies acquisition and incidental costs but not a construction contract).
(Transcript evidence: city manager presentation of the easement, council questions about drainage and fence, motion and recorded vote approving the easement.)
