AGENDA MEMORANDUM

Meeting Date:           May 14, 2007

From: Paul Kalv

Subject:                      Ordinance accepting the Utility Easement from Lakeland Land Company

Staff Recommendation:

Staff recommends approval of the ordinance accepting the utility easement from Lakeland Land Company.

Analysis:

Lakeland Land Company, a Florida Corporation, is granting the utility easement to the City of Leesburg for utility facilities for a 15 feet easement along Perkins Street.

Options:

1.  Accept the utility easement or; 

2.  Such alternative action as the Commission may deem appropriate

Fiscal Impact: 

None

Submission Date and Time:    5/11/2007 1:48 PM____

Department: ___Electric_____________ Prepared by:  __Connie Lambert_______                      Attachments:         Yes_X_   No _____ Advertised:   ____Not Required __X__ Dates:   __________________________                      Attorney Review :       Yes_X_  No ____ _________________________________            Revised 6/10/04

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

Account No. _________________ Project No. ___________________ WF No. ______________________ Budget  ______________________ Available _____________________

ORDINANCE NO.  _______________

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LEESBURG, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE UTILITY EASEMENT FROM LAKELAND LAND COMPANY, AS GRANTOR, TO THE CITY OF LEESBURG, AS GRANTEE, PERTAINING TO LAND LOCATED IN SECTION 23, 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 Lakeland Land Company the Utility Easement dated March 1, 2007, and recorded in Official Records book 3403, Page 237, Public Records of Lake county, Florida, conveying certain real property located in Section 23, 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 adopting 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 _May_____, 2007.

                                                                                    THE CITY OF LEESBURG

                                                                                    ______________________________                                                                                    Mayor

ATTEST:

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City Clerk