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1h. Lyman Boulevard Improvement Project 06-03: Approve Utility Easement on Lyman Boulevard for Minnesota Valley Electric Co. CITY OF CHANHASSEN 7700 Market Boulevard PO Box 147 Chanhassen, MN 55317 Administration Phone: 952.227.1100 Fax: 952.227.1110 Building Inspections Phone: 952.227.1180 Fax: 952.227.1190 Engineering Phone: 952.227.1160 Fax 952.227.1170 Finance Phone: 952.227.1140 Fax: 952.227.1110 Park & Recreation Phone: 952.227.1120 Fax: 952.227.1110 Recreation Center 2310 Coulter Boulevard Phone: 952.227.1400 Fax: 952.227.1404 Planning & Natural Resources Phone 952.227.1130 Fax: 952.227.1110 Public Works 1591 Park Road Phone: 952.227.1300 Fax: 952.227.1310 Senior Center Phone: 952.227.1125 Fax: 952.227.1110 Web Site www.cLchanhassen.mn.us iL - MEMORANDUM TO: Todd Gerhardt, City Manager ~. Paul Oehme, P.E., Dir. of Public Works/City Eogineer ~ FROM: DATE: July 28, 2008 tJ~' SUBJ: Lyman Boulevard Improvement Project 06-03: Approve Utility Easement on Lyman Boulevard for Minnesota Valley Electric Co. PROPOSED MOTION "Approve Utility Easement on Lyman Boulevard for Minnesota Valley Electric Co." City Council approval requires a simple majority vote of the City Council present. BACKGROUND In conjunction with the Lyman Boulevard Reconstruction and widening project, all the private utilities in the corridor will need to be relocated. The section of Lyman Boulevard from Audubon Road south (CSAH 15) to Audubon Road north has many buried utilities including fiber optic and two high voltage underground transmission lines. This section of Lyman Boulevard on the north side will also have a 10' wide trail and a concrete box pedestrian underpass. In order to relocate these utilities in a safe location with proper separation, the Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative (MVEC) would like to move their underground utility on City of Chanhassen land outside the right-of-way and into a separate utility easement. The easement is proposed to be 10' wide and adjacent to the County right-of-way. Staff has reviewed the easement information and recommends approval. Attachments G:\ENGIPUBLIC'-ZOO6 Projects\06-03 Lyman Imp (Powers to TIl4I)\bkgd 072808 MVEC easement apprl.doc The City of Chanhassen . A growing community with clean lakes, quality schools, a chanming downtown, thriving businesses, winding trails, and beautiful parks. A great place to live, work, and play. RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENT KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the City of Chanhassen (hereafter called "Owner") for a good and valuable consideration, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby grant unto MINNESOTA VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE an incorporated cooperative association organized under the laws of the State of Minnesota (hereafter called "Cooperative") and to its successors or assigns, a non-exclusive easement for the purposes hereafter provided upon the lands of the Owner situated in the County of Carver State of Minnesota, and more particularly described as follows: a strip of land ten feet in width located in the East 825 feet of the West 1425Feet of the Northeast Quarter of Section 22, Range 23E, Township 116N North of and adjacent to the road right of way, Carver County, Minnesota. to place, construct, operate, repair, maintain, relocate and replace thereon and in or upon all streets, roads or highways abutting said lands an electric distribution line or system and to cut and trim trees and shrubbery to the extent necessary to keep them clear of said electric line or system and to cut down from time to time all dead, weak, leaning or dangerous trees that are tall enough to strike the wires in falling. The Cooperative shall also be entitled to use this easement to excavate for, place, construct, operate and maintain underground conduit, and/or cable lines for distributing electric power, including all wires, cable, handholes, manholes, transformer enclosures, concrete pads, connection boxes, ground connections, attachments, equipment, accessories and appurtenances desirable in connection therewith, under, upon and across the lands of Owner above described. The Cooperative shall have the right to inspect, rebuild, remove, repair, improve and make such changes, alternations, substitutions and additions in and to its facilities as it may from time to time deem advisable, including the right to increase or decrease the number of conduits, wires, cables, handholes, manholes, connection boxes, transformers and transformer enclosures. The Cooperative shall at all times have the right to keep the easement clear of all buildings, structures, fences, trees, shrubbery, undergrowth, roots and other obstructions that may interfere with or endanger its facilities and equipment. For the purpose of constructing, inspecting, maintaining or operating its facilities, the Cooperative shall have the right of ingress to and egress from the easement over the lands of Owner adjacent to the easement and lying between public or private roads and the easement, such right to be exercised in such manner as shall occasion the least practicable damage and inconvenience to Owner. Location Number: 4-22 WO Number: 20080154 The Owners covenant that the owners of all of the above described lands and that the said lands are free and clear of encumbrances and liens of whatsoever character except those held by the following person: IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owners have hereunto set their hands this day of ,2008. In the presence of: Witness City of Chanhassen City of Chanhassen Witness State of Minnesota County of On this day of , 2008, before me a notary public within and for said County, & personally appeared to me known to be the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged they executed the same as their free act and deed. Notary Public, County, MN My Commission expires This instrument was drafted by: MINNESOTA VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE 125 MINNESOTA VALLEY ELECTRIC DRIVE JORDAN, MINNESOTA 55352 ---------- ------------ --------.....:\'~ \ I I I I I