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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM <br />Appropriation <br />Agenda Date Requested: March 12, 2012 <br />______N/A___________ <br />Source of Funds: <br />Tim Tietjens <br />Requested By: <br />Account Number:______N/A__________ <br />Department: Planning <br />Amount Budgeted: _____N/A___________ <br />Report: _X__Resolution: ____Ordinance: __ <br />Amount Requested: ____N/A__________ <br />Budgeted Item: YES XNO <br />Exhibits: <br />1.Pipeline Permit Application <br />2.Pipeline Permit #PT-11-37000003 <br />3.Area Map <br />4.Pipeline Transportation Ordinance <br />SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION <br />DCP Sand Hills Pipeline, LLChas filed application with the City to constructa20”Natural Gas <br />Liquids (NGL)pipelinethrough La Porte. Right-of-Waycrossings will occuratFairmont <br />Parkway,Spencer Highway,Underwood Road,and State Highway 225(see Exhibit 3). Staff has <br />reviewed the company’s application and construction plans toensure that there are no conflicts <br />with existing public infrastructure. <br />DCP Sand Hills Pipeline, LLC’sapplicationmeets all requirements of the Pipeline Transportation <br />Ordinance(see Exhibit 4) and the company has submitted all required documentation and fees per <br />the ordinance.Based on its review of the application, Staff anticipates no conflicts with existing <br />and proposed public utilities, roads ordrainage ways. <br />Beginning with this pipeline application,Staff has implementedan enhanced Pipeline Permit <br />Application Form,which requires the applicant to provide contact information for the project’s <br />contractor. Additionally, the Pipeline Permit has been revisedto include City Staff’s participation <br />in the project’s pre-construction meeting. These updateswillallow for improvedcommunication <br />between the Cityand the pipeline contractor throughout the project’sconstruction phase. <br />Conditional to this permitarethe following stipulations: <br />1.Provide contact name, phone number, and address of pipeline contractor to City of La <br />Porte Planning Department at (281) 470-5059. <br />2.Provide notification of and invitation to City of La Porte for pre-construction meeting no <br />less than 48 hours prior to commencement of construction. <br />3.Post copies of this Permit at all public right-of-way crossings. <br />4.Per Sec. 102-235, Item (k) of La Porte’s Code of Ordinances (Ord. 2004-2755): “the <br />Permittee shall, at any time in the future, where such pipeline or portion thereof crosses <br />or is laid within, under or across any street, road or utility right-of-way, drainage way or <br />public way existing or projected at the time the permit is issued, reposition such pipeline <br /> <br />