SUBJECT:
Title
An Ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of Erie Granting a Utility Easement to Public Service Company of Colorado and Approving the Associated Easement Agreement
Department
DEPARTMENT: Public Works
Presenter
PRESENTER(S): David Pasic, Public Works Director
Chad Schroeder, Development Engineering Supervisor
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Fiscal
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Policy
POLICY ISSUES:
Whether to grant easements to Xcel Energy to install electrical lines and equipment on Town property to serve the Town Center development.
Recommendation
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the Ordinance
Body
SUMMARY/KEY POINTS
• Town Council approval is required for land transactions on Town-owned properties.
• Approving the easement will allow Xcel Energy to schedule installation of the electrical lines and equipment, which is required to provide the electrical capacity to the Town Center developments.
• The Town Center properties do not currently have enough electrical capacity to serve all the planned developments for Town Center.
BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
Public Service Company of Colorado (Xcel Energy) is the electric provider for the Town Center properties in Boulder County. There currently is not enough electrical capacity to power the full build out of Town Center. An electrical feeder line needs to be installed from the Xcel Energy substation north of Old Town on the east side of County Line Road to Town Center. The feeder line route goes through Old Town and requires four easements on Town-owned properties to install the electrical lines and equipment.
Three of the easements are in the Linear Open Space and adjacent to east side of High Street. The other easement is in Erie Commons Filing 5, 2nd Amendment, Town-owned Tract C.
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attachments
ATTACHMENT(S):
1. Ordinance
2. Easement Agreement