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• • Page Two La Porte Area Water Authority Minutes for April 12, 18886. 6. Waterline easement from Height Savings to serve the City of Shoreacres was discussed. Steve Gillett and John Armstrong went over the sections of the offered easement that they felt could cause operational and/or legal problems to the Authority. Steve said that any references in the easement concerning the Authority furnishing water to Heights Savings" property should be deleted. The Authority will furnish water to the City of Shoreacres only from this easement. Additionally, restrictions placed on the Authority"s use of the easement was not acceptable and should be changed. Retained rights by Heights Savings should be cut to surface use only. John Joerns stated that this was an informational item only. No action is required from the Board at this time. Negotiations are continuing with Heights Savings on this easement. 7. Payment of $300.00 permit fee to Southern Pacific Transportation Company for permits to bore under their tracks was discussed. John Joerns stated this was usual practice and recommended payment. Motion was made by Rick Matthews to pay the $300.00 permit fee as recommended by staff. Seconded by Mike Wadsworth. Motion was unanimous. 8. Dale Conger discussed progress of final design. He stated that he should be able to begin bringing plan sheets for Board review in the near future. He requested a letter authorizing Espey Huston to begin the additional aerial and ground survey required by the change in the route of the BayMUD line. This was authorized in the March 15, 1988 meeting; but, they had not received written authorization to do this. Steve Gillett stated he would get a letter to them. Steve stated that the meeting with CWA was productive. A possible hinderance to acquiring the right-of-way could be the fact that they were told all right-of-way requests must go through the City of Houston Right-Of-Way and Legal Departments. He stated this could possibly cause some slowdown in acquiring the right-of-way. Jerry Bramlett asked for approximate cost of right-of-way. John Joerns stated that Sam Dixon had sent a letter earlier stating a cost of approximately $40,000. Approval of the easement has been entered into the minutes of the CWA Board meeting. Total cost has yet to be determined. Problem of pipe material was discussed. Dale stated that a lower class of PVC pipe may have to be specified due to unavailability of C-900 PVC pipe in larger sizes. This would have to be done or PVC pipe would have to be eliminated in the sizes above 12rr,