Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute an easement and right-of-way grant across Mosquito Creek Drainage District #22 in connection with an underground pipeline installation by Buckeye Pipe Line Transportation LLC.

Drainage District #22 for Mosquito Creek is operated by the City of Council Bluffs. 

An easement is required for construction and operation of a new petroleum pipeline.  Due to the condition of the existing pipe that crosses Mosquito Creek, a replacement pipe must be installed on a new alignment located outside the existing easement.  The old easement will be released when the new one is granted.

The benefits to the Drainage District as a result of the project include:

• The existing 300’ wide easement will be released and replaced by a 50’wide easement.

• The existing 1930’s pipeline that is currently exposed within the creek bank will be removed, eliminating the risk of a leak.

• The new pipe will be horizontally directionally drilled underneath Mosquito Creek.

The new permanent easement and right-of-way is 50 feet in width, centered on the pipeline.  It is located in the Northeast Quarter of Section 18, Township 74 North, Range 43 West of the 5^th P.M., Pottawattamie County, Iowa.  The easement encompasses 18,748 square feet.

The permanent easement allows for the construction, installation, operation, maintenance, reconstruction, replacement, and abandonment of a pipeline or pipelines and all appurtenances thereto, including markers, valves, and cathodic protection equipment, over, under, upon, through, and across the right-of-way for the transportation of gases, liquids, solids, or any combination thereof, together with the right to enter upon said right-of-way to maintain the pipeline(s).

Approval of this resolution.