Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Legal Department

 

TO:

Toni Ramirez Wheeler, Director

 

FROM:

R. Scott Wagner, Management Analyst

 

CC:

Dave Wagner, Director – Dept. of Utilities

Philip Ciesielski, Assistant Director of Utilities

 

Date:

August 9, 2011

 

RE:

Utilities Project: 23rd Street Bridge Relocations – Property Acquisition

 

 

Department of Utilities – Project UT1003CS

The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is in the process of property acquisition for the replacement of the 23rd Street/K10 bridge located between Haskell and Learnard. KDOT anticipates completing design and bidding the project for construction starting in 2012. Utility relocations need to be completed before the KDOT bridge project work begins.

 

The City maintains four (4) existing sanitary sewer interceptor lines and forcemains constructed at various times and ranging in diameter from 27” to 12” which cross 23rd Street under the existing bridge span (map attached). These lines are in conflict with the design and the construction area of the new bridge and require relocation prior to KDOT’s construction of the new bridge.  The project design has consolidated existing multiple pipe crossings into a minimum number of crossings with appropriate influent and distribution structures upstream and downstream of the bridge crossing.

 

In addition to the sanitary sewer lines there is also approximately 2,500 linear feet of 8” & 12” diameter watermain within the area of the bridge project requiring relocation.

 

Various permanent and temporary easements are required for the project.  Project appraisals and offer letters were just received and sent during the last week of July/first week of August.  However, in order to meet the KDOT deadlines, utilities staff is recommending initiation of eminent domain proceedings to ensure the property interests are obtained in a timely manner.

 

Action Requested: 

Adopt Resolution No. 6930 finding it in the public interest to condemn the required property interests and preparation of a survey for Utilities Project No. UT1003CS (23rd Street bridge utilities relocations).