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Presenter describes accepted utility easement offer tied to bridge project
Summary
A presenter told the council that a permanent utility easement was negotiated and a counteroffer accepted to allow major power lines to be re-routed around a new bridge; staff provided a sketch of the easement footprint adjacent to marshland and the existing right-of-way.
A presenter described negotiations over a permanent utility easement the city needs because a bridge project would shift major power transmission lines. The presenter said an outside party made a contingent offer and that, after a counteroffer, the presenter reported the counter was accepted. "He came back with a contingent offer of $17.50, dollars 1,750. I went back to him and discussed with him, a counter offer and, we came up with a $2,500 offer," the Presenter said, summarizing the exchange as reported to council.
The presenter told council staff had provided a sketch highlighting the proposed easement location and showed where the line would "elbow" south of the existing right-of-way, pass through marshland and then return toward the existing corridor. The presenter said a permanent utility easement document had been provided and that staff had been asked to place the sketch and plan sheet in the record for council review. No formal easement acceptance vote was recorded in the transcript during this meeting.
