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Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request by the North Texas Municipal Water District ("NTMWD") for a Grant by the City of McKinney for Water Easements Primarily Under and Across Public Land Owned by the City that is Designated as Parkland, Which Parkland is Generally Located along Bloomdale Road mostly East of County Road 943 and West of Hardin Boulevard, for the Construction and Installation of a Water Main and a future water main for the Mutual Benefit of NTMWD and the Public and Accompanying Ordinance
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COUNCIL GOAL: Operational Excellence
(2E. Continuously provide a high level of customer service to our citizens)
MEETING DATE: April 19, 2022
DEPARTMENT: Development Services/Engineering
CONTACT: Michael Hebert, PE, Assistant Director of Engineering
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Approval of the attached ordinance and find that there is no feasible and prudent alternative to NTMWD's use of such City-owned parkland to extend the required waterline and to place an additional line in the future.
* Find that NTMWD's project includes all reasonable planning to minimize harm to the land, as a park, resulting from such use or taking.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* The North Texas Municipal Water District has requested that the City allow it to use portions of City designated parkland as permanent 80+/- foot wide water easements totaling approximately 10.6 acres for the construction and installation of a 72 inch water main as shown on the attached location map and a future water main.
* The easements may still be utilized by the city as parking or other flat-work items such as trails. The section of Erwin Park where the easement is located currently contains a mountain bike trail, and this use will not be affected after construction of the waterline.
* An easement will also be needed at the northeast corner of the Bloomdale and Hardin intersection on a very small city-owned property that is not parkland.
* In this area the propose...
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