Council considers amendment to North Transmission Main design to avoid crop-damage easements
Staff presented Amendment 2 to the North Transmission Main professional services contract to pay for redesign and survey work that would shift the alignment off farm properties and avoid perpetual crop-damage payments; council discussed trade-offs including potential future county utility conflicts.
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Staff reported the North Transmission Main had reached 60% design and identified two alignment options: continue with the current alignment (which crosses two farm properties and would require ongoing crop-damage easements) or redesign to move the main north into county right of way along West 22nd Street. Evan said Amendment 2 would fund additional survey, redesign and relocation work to the 22nd Street alignment and gave council the option to approve the amendment or continue negotiating easements with property owners.
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