REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
May 14, 2015
FROM: THOMAS C. ESQUEDA, Director
Department of Public Utilities
BY: MICHAEL CARBAJAL, Division Manager
Department of Public Utilities - Water Division
SUBJECT
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CONTINUED HEARING to consider a resolution of public use and necessity for acquisition of permanent utility easements and/or temporary construction easements from the following APNs: 581-030-02s owned by Rodric H. and Kimberly K. Lichti; 580-040-07 owned by Earleen Lesher; and 580-040-08 owned by Earleen Lesher as to an undivided 72% and the estate of Velda D. Lesher as to an undivided 28%; and 581-020-05s owned by Lilli Herold and Linda E. Cheney, as trustees of the "Lilli Herold Living Trust" (Continued to May 21, 2015 at 1:30 p.m.)
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Conduct a public hearing to consider a resolution of public use and necessity for acquisition of permanent utility easements (PE) and/or temporary construction easements (TCE) as described above.
2. Adopt the attached Resolution which states that the public use and necessity require the permanent utility easements and/or temporary construction easements, and authorizes eminent domain action as provided by the California Code of Civil Procedure.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Department of Public Utilities, Water Division, is finalizing the design of the Friant-Kern Raw Water Pipeline to deliver raw water from the Friant-Kern Canal to the Northeast Surface Water Treatment Facility (NESWTF). The proposed alignment traverses private property in the most direct manner possible resulting in lower project costs and minimal impacts to the least number of property owners. With bidding scheduled to begin in Summer 2015, and negotiations between these property owners at a stand-still, acquisition of easements by condemnation is now necessary.
Some acquisitions have already been made from surrounding property owners t...
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