AGENDA MEMORANDUM

Meeting Date:           July 24, 2006

From:                          Darel W. Craine, Assistant Director, Environmental Services Dept.

Subject:                      Ordinance Accepting a Utility Easement from St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church

Staff Recommendation:

Staff recommends approval of the Ordinance accepting this utility easement granted by St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church of Leesburg for property on Lake Street.

Analysis:

This easement as described in Exhibit “A” will provide access for all City of Leesburg utilities for installation and maintenance.

Options:

1.  Approve the Ordinance, or

2.  Such alternative action as the Commission may deem appropriate

Fiscal Impact: 

Funding in the amount of $1.00 is available for this purpose as described below.

Submission Date and Time:    7/21/2006 4:26 PM____

Department: _Environmental Services___ Prepared by:  _Marj Allman___________                      Attachments:         Yes__x__   No ______ Advertised:   ____Not Required ______ Dates:   __________________________                      Attorney Review :       Yes_x__  No ____ _________________________________            Revised 6/10/04

Reviewed by: Dept. Head ________ Finance  Dept. __________________                                    Deputy C.M. ___________________                                          Submitted by: City Manager ___________________

Account No. _044-4021-535-4920__ Project No. ___447018___________ WF No. ______________________ Budget  ______________________ Available _____________________

ORDINANCE NO. _________

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LEESBURG, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING A UTILITY EASEMENT FROM TRUSTEES OF ST. PAUL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF LEESBURG, AS GRANTOR, TO THE CITY OF LEESBURG, AS GRANTEE, PERTAINING TO LAND LOCATED IN SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 19 SOUTH, RANGE 24 EAST, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF LEESBURG, FLORIDA, that:

Section 1.

The City of Leesburg, Florida, does hereby accept from the Trustees of St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church of Leesburg, a Utility Easement dated May 10, 2006, and recorded in Official Records Book 3162, Page 2335, Public Records of Lake County, Florida, conveying certain real property located in Section 25, Township 19 South, Range 24 East, Lake County, Florida, and more particularly described in said Utility Easement, to the City of Leesburg. 

Section 2.   

If any portion of this ordinance is declared invalid or unenforceable, then to the extent it is possible to do so without destroying the overall intent and effect of this ordinance, the portion deemed invalid or unenforceable shall be severed herefrom and the remainder of this ordinance shall continue in full force and effect as if it were enacted without including the portion found to be invalid or unenforceable. 

Section 3.

This ordinance shall become effective upon its passage and adoption according to law. 

PASSED AND ADOPTED at the regular meeting of the City Commission of the City of Leesburg, Florida, held on the ______ day of ______________, 2006. 

THE CITY OF LEESBURG

By:______________________________________                           Mayor

ATTEST:

_______________________________________

City Clerk

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