SUBJECT: Conveyance of a 10 foot-wide easement for gas line purposes, and a 60 foot-wide by 40 foot-wide surface site easement (±2400 square-feet), all located within a ±245 acre tract known as the Northeast Water Purification Plant, located at 12550 Water Works Way, Humble, Texas 77396 out of the Victor Blanco Five League Grant Survey, A-2, to Houston Pipe Line Company, LP. Parcels SY23-024A and SY23-024B
RECOMMENDATION: (Summary) It is recommended City Council approve an ordinance authorizing the conveyance of a 10 foot-wide easement for gas line purposes, and a 60 foot-wide by 40 foot-wide surface site easement (±2400 square-feet), all located within a ±245 acre tract known as the Northeast Water Purification Plant, located at 12550 Water Works Way, Humble, Texas 77396, out of the Victor Blanco Five League Grant Survey, A-2, to Houston Pipe Line Company, LP.
Parcels SY23-024A and SY23-024B
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: Houston Pipe Line Company, LP, requested the 10 foot-wide easement for gas line purposes, and a 60 foot-wide by 40 foot-wide surface site easement (±2400 square-feet), all located within a ±245 acre tract known as the Northeast Water Purification Plant, located at 12550 Water Works Way, Humble, Texas 77396, out of the Victor Blanco Five League Grant Survey, A-2. Houston Pipe Line Company, LP is requesting to acquire the easements in preparation of installing a 6-inch gas line to accommodate the Northeast Water Purification Plant. The natural gas is for the Northeast Water Purification Plant generators that will power the plant in the event of an emergency. The area to be fenced will be the metering station (surface easement) and the area will be labeled for safety purposes. The proposed easement will run south along the 120-inch water line and then north 5.25 feet into the area between the north 84-inch and the south 120-inch existing water lines, and terminate into the 60 foot-wide by 40 foot-wide surface site easement. Houston Water has reviewed and approved the request.
Therefore, It is recommended City Council approve an ordinance authorizing the conveyance of a 10 foot-wide easement for gas line purposes, and a 60 foot-wide by 40 foot-wide surface site easement (±2400 square-feet), all located within a ±245 acre tract known as the Northeast Water Purification Plant, located at 12550 Water Works Way, Humble, Texas 77396, out of the Victor Blanco Five League Grant Survey, A-2, to Houston Pipe Line Company, LP.
Fiscal Note: There is no impact to the fiscal budget or no additional spending authority. Therefore, no fiscal Note is required as stated in the Financial Policies.
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Carol Ellinger Haddock, P.E., Director
Houston Public Works