AGENDA MEMORANDUM

Meeting Date:           May 14, 2007

From:                          Paul Kalv, Electric Director

Subject:                      Ordinance accepting a Utility Easement from St. Johns River Water Management District

Staff Recommendation:

Staff recommends approval of the ordinance accepting a utility easement from St. Johns River Water Management District.

Analysis:

St. Johns River Water Management District is granting a utility easement to the City of Leesburg for underground utilities off Sleepy Hollow Road adjacent to the St. Johns River Management Property in Section 20, Township 19 south, Range 25 east, in order to provide power to Dr. Coe’s property.

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 PM5/9/2007 1:50 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 ST JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, AS GRANTOR, TO THE CITY OF LEESBURG, AS GRANTEE, PERTAINING TO LAND LOCATED IN SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 19 SOUTH, RANGE 25 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 St. Johns River Water Management District a Utility Easement dated August 8, 2006, and recorded in Official Records Book 3238, Page 1032 Public Records of Lake County, Florida, conveying certain real property located in Section 20, Township 19 South, Range 25 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 ____May________, 2007.

                                                                        THE CITY OF LEESBURG

                                                            By: __________________________________________

                                                                        Mayor

ATTEST:

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City Clerk