2016.03.14 Council Agenda Item 02
Summary
Order to authorize the Town Manager to accept an easement for underground utilities on property owned by Heidi G. Almy and Douglas C. Schnapp and located at 19 Depot Road, such easement associated with the construction of the Mill Creek Pump Station and Ancillary Force Mains in the Town of Falmouth.
A public comment period will be included. (3 minutes).
ACTION: Council action is anticipated.
Description
The Town of Falmouth will be constructing a new pump station at Mill Creek and ancillary force mains. The Town desires to construct, finance and operate this part of the collection system through a cooperative agreement with the Portland Water District (PWD). An easement is necessary on subject property, a residence on Depot Road, so that the Town can locate the force main between Depot Road and Route 88, running along Mussel Cove Road. This easement will be held in escrow until other actions are taken by the Town Council at its March 28, 2016 meeting.
The order and easement are attached. The order identifies the Town Attorney as being party to agreement embedded within the order. This is necessary for the Town Attorney to hold the easement in escrow.
There are several other actions that need to be considered by the Council so that construction can commence later this spring. Those actions include the following:
March 14 – approve a cooperative agreement with the Portland Water District.
March 28 – reject an easement from the Mussel Cove Home Owners Association (HOA) that is intended for bicycle and pedestrian access from the residential subdivision to private commercial property located on US Route One. The HOA has negotiated a tentative agreement with the Town to accept another easement on condition that this easement is rejected.
March 28 – accept an easement from the end of Mussel Cove Road to the property line of Heidi Almy and Douglas Schnapp where the Town previously accepted an easement. This easement will allow for the placement of utilities and future bicycle and pedestrian connectivity.
March 28 – accept Mussel Cove Road as a public street.
March 28 – order to appropriate $1,000,000 from unassigned sewer enterprise fund balance to reduce the amount needed through bond financing via the PWD March 14 agreement.
