File #: O-039-19    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 1/7/2019 In control: Law Department
On agenda: 1/22/2019 Final action: 2/5/2019
Title: Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an Easement Agreement with Generations Pipeline, LLC for the grant of an easement for installation, operation, and maintenance of a 16-inch subsurface gas pipeline across a portion of city-owned real estate known as the Collins Park Water Treatment Plant, 3040 York Street, Toledo, Ohio, for purposes of providing natural gas service for the Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc. HBI Production Project; authorizing the Mayor to execute needed instruments and agreements in connection with such easement grant; authorizing the Mayor to accept and deposit funds as reimbursement for City incurred expenses associated with the pipeline installation into the Water Operating Fund from Generations Pipeline, LLC in consideration of the easement grant; and declaring an emergency.
Attachments: 1. Exhibit A, 2. Exhibit A, easement, 3. Audio: Agenda Review 1/15/2019, 4. Audio: Council Meeting 1/22/19, 5. Audio: City Council 2/5/2019
Label
Generations Pipeline Easement
Collins Park Water Treatment Plant
Andrew McClure (x3058)/Paul F. Syring - Law (x1020)
Revised

Title
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an Easement Agreement with Generations Pipeline, LLC for the grant of an easement for installation, operation, and maintenance of a 16-inch subsurface gas pipeline across a portion of city-owned real estate known as the Collins Park Water Treatment Plant, 3040 York Street, Toledo, Ohio, for purposes of providing natural gas service for the Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc. HBI Production Project; authorizing the Mayor to execute needed instruments and agreements in connection with such easement grant; authorizing the Mayor to accept and deposit funds as reimbursement for City incurred expenses associated with the pipeline installation into the Water Operating Fund from Generations Pipeline, LLC in consideration of the easement grant; and declaring an emergency.

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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The City of Toledo is the fee owner of certain real estate known as the Collins Park Water Treatment Plant located at 3040 York Street, Toledo, Ohio. Generations Pipeline, LLC is in the process of constructing a 16-inch subsurface natural gas pipeline for the purpose of providing natural gas service to the Ironville site. The Ironville site is the location of the construction and operation of Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc. HBI Production Project. The HBI Production Project located in near proximity of the Collins Park Water Treatment Plant will provide economic development, job creation, and an enhanced tax base for the City of Toledo. Generations Pipeline, LLC has requested a subsurface utility easement from the City of Toledo in order to implement the objectives of this Project. Generations Pipeline, LLC has agreed to reimburse the City, as consideration for the easement grant, the associated City incurred costs. The easement grant will encumber a portion of the northwest perimeter of the Col...

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