12-09-19 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM Appropriation Agenda Date Requested: December 9, 2019 Source of Funds: N/A Requested By: Corby D. Alexander, City Mgr. Department: Administration Account Number: N/A Amount Budgeted: N/A Report Resolution Ordinance Amount Requested: N/A Exhibits: Pipeline Easement Agreements, appraisal, Budgeted Item: Yes No and Area Map SUMMARY HSC Pipeline Partnership, LLC has ap easement and springing temporary workspace easement for construction of an ethylene pipeline. The proposed pipeline easement will be located within two existing CenterPoint Energy (formerly Houston Lighting & Power Company) electrical transmission line easements and parallel multiple existing pipeline easements. The subject property is located between the Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way and the City- owned tracts measuring 8.072 acres and 18.378 acres, respectively. The subject rd property is located on the southeast corner of N. C Street and N. 23 Street and measures a total of 26.45 acres (see Area Map). The proposed acquisition has a centerline length of 1,075.51 feet and a width of 16 inches, and contains a total of 0.034 acre (1,486 sf) of land. The temporary workspace is adjacent to the east and west sides of the permanent easement, has a width of approximately 70 feet on the east side and 30 feet on the west side, and contains a total of 1.76 acres of land (76,666 sf) according to the survey exhibit. The area of extra temporary workspace contains 0.12 acres (5,227 sf). Additionally, a temporary access road is needed, and has a width of 15 feet and a length of 1,075.67 feet, and contains 16,135 sf. The company has provided an appraisal report and offered the City a total compensation of $65,147 for the subject easement. The compensation amount is based on the before and after technique. In this technique, total compensation due to the owner arises from two sources: the actual compensation (both land and