ORD 2019-0351

ORDINANCE finding and determining that public convenience and necessity no longer require the continued use of a variable width utility easement, from Lawrence Street to Nicholson Street, located in Block 92 of Houston Heights, situated in the J. Austin Survey, Abstract No. 1, Harris County, Texas; abandoning the easement to 19th Street Property, LLC, the underlying fee owner in consideration of its conveyance to the City of a 15-foot-wide sanitary sewer easement, and other good and valuable consideration - DISTRICT C - COHEN

SUBJECT: Ordinance authorizing the abandonment and sale of a variable width utility easement, from Lawrence Street to Nicholson Street, in exchange for conveyance to the City of a 15-foot wide sanitary sewer easement, all located within Block 92, of the Houston Heights Addition, out of the John Austin Survey, A-1.  Parcel SY18-027 and DY18-025

RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended City Council approve an ordinance authorizing the abandonment and sale of a variable width utility easement, from Lawrence Street to Nicholson Street, in exchange for conveyance to the City of a 15 foot-wide sanitary sewer easement, all located within Block 92 of the Houston Heights Addition, out of the John Austin Survey, A-1.

SPECIFIC EXPLANATION:

19^th Street Property, LLC, the underlying fee property owner, requested the abandonment and sale of a variable width utility easement, from Lawrence Street to Nicholson Street, located within Block 92 of the Houston Heights Addition, out of the John Austin Survey, A-1. The applicant plans to incorporate the subject utility easement into the property to develop a 160-unit senior living facility and 255 multi-family units.  The Joint Referral Committee reviewed and approved the request subject to the conveyance to the City of a 15-foot wide sanitary sewer easement. 19^th Street Property, LLC has complied with the transaction requirements and has accepted the City's offer.

The City will abandon and sell to 19^th Street Property, LLC:

 In exchange, 19th Street Property, LLC will convey to the City:

Inasmuch as the value of the sanitary sewer easement being conveyed to the City is greater than the value of the utility easement being abandoned and sold, it is recommended City Council approve an ordinance authorizing the abandonment and sale of a variable width utility easement, from Lawrence Street to Nicholson Street, in exchange for conveyance to the City of a 15-foot wide sanitary sewer easement, all located within Block 92, of the Houston Heights Addition, out of the John Austin Survey, A-1. 

Carol Ellinger Haddock, P.E.

Director

Houston Public Works

Marjorie L. Cox

Assistant Director - Real Estate Services

Phone: (832) 395-3130