Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a perpetual, non-exclusive levee easement for Sieck Drainage District #32 in connection with LCP, Geotechnical MR_6.

Sieck Drainage District #32 is operated by the City of Council Bluffs, and levee improvements within the drainage district are necessary to meet levee safety requirements.  Levee Certification Project, Geotechnical MR_6 constructs the improvements within the proposed easement area.

The perpetual, non-exclusive easement allows Sieck Drainage District #32 to construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain, replace, or remove levee improvements including other reasonably necessary equipment, in, under, and on the surface of the ground, together with the right of ingress and egress to and from the same, and all the rights and privileges incident and necessary for the enjoyment of this easement.

The proposed easement is located within City-owned parcels, both north and south of Richard Downing Avenue, immediately south of the former Western Historic Trails Center.  The easement is adjacent to the existing levee ROW, and contains 897,616 square feet, or approximately 20.6 acres.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requires dedicated levee easements for the improvements, similar to the existing levee ROW in the area.

Approval of this resolution to grant the levee easement to Sieck Drainage District #32.