SUBJECT: CONSENT
Title
A Resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Erie Authorizing Negotiations, Purchase, and if Necessary, the Exercise of the Town's Powers of Eminent Domain to Acquire a Fee Interest in Certain Real Property for a Public Water Pipeline and a Public Trail
Body
DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PRESENTER/PREPARER: Todd Fessenden, Public Works Director
Wendi Palmer, Civil Engineer
FISCAL INFORMATION:
Cost as Recommended: NA
Balance Available: NA
Budget Line Item Number: NA
New Appropriation Required: NA
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Approve the Resolution and authorize Town Staff to negotiate the property purchase.
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
The Town of Erie's 2013 Water Master Plan identifies the need for a Zone 3, 30-inch and 24-inch transmission waterline from the Water Treatment Plant to the Zone 3 Water Storage Tank Site. At the March 13, 2018 Board of Trustees meeting the Board awarded the design of the Zone 3 Waterline Extension Phase 2.
The preferred alignment of the waterline line leaves the Water Treatment Plant as a 30-inch line, that would run south in 119th Street ROW on the eastern edge, and then turn east as a 24-inch line until connecting to the Zone 3 Water Line Storage Tanks. This alignment passes through Boulder County Open Space and aligns with a planned trail connection between County Line Road and 119th Street.
This alignment requires securing a 30-foot easement or acquiring land from Boulder County to place the 24-inch line and 10-foot trail along the northern boundary of the Boulder County Open Space. The transmission water line is needed to meet the existing and future demand for water supply to the Town's 1.5-MG and 4-MG water storage tanks that supply water to the Zone 3 and Zone 4B water pressures zones.
Town Staff has been working with Boulder County to acquire property for the Zone 3 Waterline Extension, and a public trail. The first step was to obtain approval fro...
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