AGENDA MEMORANDUM

Meeting Date:           August 27, 2007

From:                          Paul Kalv, Electric Director   

Subject:                      Ordinance accepting a Utility Easement from Valley Plaza, LLC, A Florida Limited Liability Company.

Staff Recommendation:

Staff recommends approval of the ordinance accepting a utility easement from Valley Plaza, LLC.

Analysis:

Valley Plaza, LLC is granting a utility easement to the City of Leesburg for improvement of underground or above ground utilities, including but not limited to water, sewer, reuse water, natural gas, electricity, and fiber optic cable.

Options:

1.  Accept the utility easement or:

2.  Such alternative action as the Commission may deem appropriate

Fiscal Impact: 

None

Submission Date and Time:    8/24/2007 5:26 PM____

Department: _Electric________________ Prepared by:  _Sabrina Hubbell________                     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 A UTILITY EASEMENT FROM VALLEY PLAZA, LLC, AS GRANTOR, TO THE CITY OF LEESBURG, AS GRANTEE, PERTAINING TO LAND LOCATED IN SECTION 5, 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 Valley Plaza, LLC, a Utility Easement dated July 11, 2007, and recorded in Official Records Book 3475, Page 436, Public Records of Lake County, Florida, conveying certain real property located in Section 5, 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 ______________, 2007. 

THE CITY OF LEESBURG

By:____________________________________                                                                                           Mayor

ATTEST:

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City Clerk