SUBJECT: Request for the abandonment and sale of Millport Street, from Belmore Street to Bingle Road, located within the Rosslyn Addition, out of the Joseph Box Survey. Parcels SY14-109 and SY14-133
RECOMMENDATION: (Summary) It is recommended City Council approve a motion authorizing the abandonment and sale of Millport Street, from Belmore Street to Bingle Road, located within the Rosslyn Addition, out of the Joseph Box Survey. Parcels SY14-109 and SY14-133
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: David Brewer, Brewer Escalante, 13430 Northwest Freeway Suite 350, Houston, Texas, 77040, on behalf of F.L. Tucker, Ltd. (Kurt M. Hanson, Vice President) and Crown Business Park, Inc. (M.J. Iqbal, Owner) requested the abandonment and sale of Millport Street, from Belmore Street to Bingle Road, located within the Rosslyn Addition, out of the Joseph Box Survey. The applicants plan to utilize the subject street to expand the Mustang Cat headquarters.
This is Part One of a two-step process in which the applicant will first receive a City Council authorized motion acknowledging the concept of the subject request. Upon the applicant satisfactorily completing all transaction requirements including those enumerated below, the Department of Public Works and Engineering will forward a subsequent recommendation to City Council requesting passage of an ordinance effecting the sale. The Joint Referral Committee reviewed and approved this request. Therefore, it is recommended:
1. The City abandon and sell Millport Street, from Belmore Street to Bingle Road, located within the Rosslyn Addition, out of the Joseph Box Survey;
2. The applicants be required to furnish the Department of Public Works and Engineering with a durable, reproducible (Mylar) survey plat and field notes of the affected property;
3. The applicants be required to provide letters of no objection from each of the privately owned utility companies for the street being abandoned;
4. The applicants be required to: (a) remove all public traffic signs and poles and return them to the City of Houston Traffic Operations Division, and (b) eliminate the public street appearance at the intersection of Millport Street and Bingle Road;
5. The applicants be required to: (a) cut, plug, and abandon the existing 8-inch sanitary sewer line in Millport Street, from the 15-inch sanitary sewer line in Bingle west to its terminus, or convert the line to private service, (b) cut, plug, and abandon the existing 8-inch water line located in Millport Street, from the 12-inch water line in Bingle Road west to its terminus, (c) convert the existing 24-inch and 30-inch storm sewer lines located in Millport Street to private service, (d) relocate the two storm sewer inlets located in Millport Street to Bingle Road, (e) pay the depreciated value of the public utilities that are to be abandoned, and (f) complete all of the foregoing items at no cost to the City and under the proper permits obtained through the Office of the City Engineer and separate from any other project permits;
6. The applicants be required to prepare drawings that show all public utilities (storm sewer, sanitary sewer, and water) that are to be abandoned, relocated, and/or constructed as part of this abandonment request and submit the drawings to the Office of the City Engineer for plan review and approval. A copy of the Motion shall be attached to the plan set when it is submitted for plan review;
7. The Legal Department be authorized to prepare the necessary transaction documents; and
8. Inasmuch as the value of the City’s property interest is not expected to exceed $1,000,000.00, that the value be established by an independent appraiser appointed by the Director of Public Works and Engineering.
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Jun Chang, P.E., D.WRE
Marta Crinejo
Eric Dargan
David Feldman
Terry A. Garrison
Daniel Menendez, P.E.
Patrick Walsh, P.E.
Jeffrey Weatherford, P.E., PTOE