TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Karen M. McDonald, City Attorney
FROM: Kecia N. Parker, NCCP, Real Estate Manager
DATE: September 26, 2022
RE:
Title
Authorization of Condemnation of Easements on the Properties Needed for North Street Drainage Project
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)|109|
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
Executive Summary:
On April 25, 2002, Council appropriated $5,072,005 of anticipated state and federal funding for the North Street Drainage Project. There are twenty-four easements (some temporary and some permanent) required to complete the project as designed. To date staff has acquired seventeen of the easements from the property owners. The contractor will soon be ready to begin the project, but staff has easements to acquire on seven remaining properties. Staff is requesting authority to begin the condemnation process in order to start the notice period and reduce any potential of project delay.
Background:
The City of Fayetteville is constructing a stormwater infrastructure improvement project along North Street, Ingram Street, and Sewell Street, in the Greenwood Homes neighborhood, to increase the capacity and capability to provide drainage to the area, and an appropriate level of flood protection. The proposed improvements will increase the capacity of the local storm drainage system and allow it to meet the City's 10-year level of service for closed systems, and the 25-year level of service for open channel flow. The project will eliminate flooding within the City's rights of way for the designed level of service and mitigate flood damage to five residential structures. Scope of the project consist of removal of the existing, failing, undersized storm sewer system and replacing with approximately 45 linear feet of 15" reinforced concrete pipe, 225 linear feet of 24" reinforced concrete pipe, 55 linear feet of 30" reinforced concrete pipe, ...
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