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<br />REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM <br /> <br />Appropriation <br /> <br />Agenda Date Requested: Man:X/ <br />Requested By: DOU2 Kneuppe~~ <br />Department: Plannin2 <br /> <br />Source of Funds: <br /> <br />N/A <br /> <br />Account Number: <br /> <br />N/A <br /> <br />Amount Budgeted: N/A <br /> <br />Report: _Resolution: _Ordinance:...x... <br /> <br />Amount Requested: <br /> <br />Exhibits: <br />1. Ordinance wi Exhibit "A" <br />2. Special Warranty Deed from PPG <br />3. Overall Land Swap Exhibit <br />4. Letter Agreement between PPG and City <br /> <br />Budgeted Item: _YES ...,LNO <br /> <br />SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION <br />Plans are underway for the reconstruction ofFairmont Parkway from Bay Area Boulevard to State <br />Highway 146. Harris County Engineering Department has contracted with TSC Engineering for <br />design of the project, which includes improvements to portions of South 16th Street's intersection <br />with Fairmont Parkway. Currently, insufficient right-of-way exists to accommodate the County's <br />plans; therefore, additional land must be acquired. <br /> <br />The City has entered into negotiations with PPG to acquire specific tracts as defined by the County <br />for the required right-of-way. As a result of negotiations, PPG has agreed to deed approximately <br />36,241 square feet of its property to the City (see Exhibit No.1) in return for the closing of <br />approximately 32,760 square feet of existing rights-of-way to PPG (see Exhibit No.3). <br /> <br />Recommendation <br />Staff recommends closing, vacating, and abandoning the alleys in Blocks 861,868 and 897, Town <br />of La Porte and the easternmost 226' of West "f' Street between Blocks 868 & 897 in return for <br />additional rights-of-way along South 16th Street from PPG to facilitate the Fairmont Parkway <br />Improvement Project. Additionally, Staff recommends that Council authorize the City Manager to <br />execute the "Letter Agreement" requested by PPG as presented in Exhibit NO.4. <br /> <br />Action Required bv Council: <br />Consider approval of an ordinance to close, vacate, and abandon the alleys in Blocks 861, 868, & <br />897, Town of La Porte and the easternmost 226' of the West "I" Street Right-of-Way between <br />Blocks 868 & 897, Town of La Porte. Additionally, consider authorizing the City Manager to <br />execute the attached "Letter Agreement" as requested by PPG. <br /> <br />Approved for Citv Council A2enda <br /> <br />~~T.~ <br /> <br />Robert T. Herrera, City Manager <br /> <br />~.\~.o). <br />Date <br />