AGENDA MEMORANDUM

Meeting Date:           May 27, 2008

From:                          Paul Kalv, Electric Director   

Subject:                      Ordinance accepting the Utility Easement from Edward and Leigh Skehan

Staff Recommendation:

Staff recommends approval of the ordinance accepting the utility easement from Edward and Leigh Skehan along Caballo Road

Analysis:

Edward and Leigh Skehan are granting the utility easement to the City of Leesburg for the purpose of construction, installation, repair, maintenance, replacement and improvement of underground or above ground utilities, including but not limited to water, sewer, reuse water, natural gas, electricity, cable television, fiber optics and telecommunication.

Options:

1.  Accept the utility easement or:

2.  Such alternative action as the Commission may deem appropriate

Fiscal Impact: 

None

Submission Date and Time:    5/22/2008 11:49 AM____

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. ______EFS________                                          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 EDWARD J. SKEHAN, JR., AND LEIGH S. SKEHAN, AS GRANTOR, TO THE CITY OF LEESBURG, AS GRANTEE, PERTAINING TO LAND LOCATED IN SECTION 33, 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 Edward J. Skehan, Jr., and Leigh S. Skehan, the Utility Easement dated October 25, 2007, and recorded in Official Records Book 3536, Pages 43–46, Public Records of Lake County, Florida, conveying certain real property located in Section 33, 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 ______________, 2008. 

THE CITY OF LEESBURG

By:____________________________________

            Mayor

ATTEST:

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City Clerk