11 - Easement Connecting MLK Drive and 3rd Street N.E.Item No. 11
TO: Mayor & City Council
FROM: John Godwin, City Manager
SUBJECT: EASEMENT CONNECTOR
DATE: November 5, 2018
BACKGROUND: The city owns a strip of vacant property along the south side of MLK Drive,
north of Santa Fe. In addition, the city owns a small empty strip that connects MLK and 3rd Street
NE. This 0.24 acre strip (approximately 60' x 180') must have been acquired at one time for a
driveway, or more likely a road connector that was never built.
STATUS OF ISSUE: A new business that is proposed to open on unused property owned by
HWH, generally bounded by 3rd, 1St NE, and East Hickory, seeks to use this small connector strip
for more efficient egress and ingress to and from MLK. If approved, the city will convey an
easement for use of this strip for vehicular traffic. The city will retain ownership and a right to use
the property for any and all purposes required, provided said use does not interfere with the purpose
for which the easement was granted. We will require the requestor to supply metes and bounds to
be inserted into a formal easement document to be filed with the county, and also to pay an
easement fee.
BUDGET: The contiguous owner will pay $1,200 to the city.
RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the city manager to execute the ingress/egress easement.
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