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#24-27 - Granting a 10 Foot Wide and 237.25 Foot Long Public Utility Easement to Copper Valley Telecom, Across City of Valdez-Owned Block 2, North Mineral Creek Subdivision
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SUBMITTED BY: Paul Nylund - Senior Planner/GIS Technician
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Approve Resolution #24-27 Granting a 10-foot wide and 237.25 foot long public utility easement to Copper Valley Telecom across City of Valdez owned Block 2, North Mineral Creek Subdivision.
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The City of Valdez Community Development Department received an application for an utility easement from Copper Valley Telecom (CVT). The requested easement is 10'wide and 237.25 feet long, and traverses City of Valdez(COV) owned property within the Barney Meyring Park Strip, just north of Pioneer Drive, as shown in the attached Exhibit #1. This easement will link two already existing easements and establish an easement for conduit which is already in place. This existing conduit is 11/2" inches in diameter and buried between 2" and 3" deep.
This authorization is consistent with VMC Section 13.5. Public Utility Franchises. "The city may grant a franchise to any person for the use of the streets, alleys, bridges, easements and other public places of the city for the furnishing of any public utility service to the city and its inhabitants."
The City has the authority to establish an easement as stated by VMC 16.24.070 Dedication-Utility Easements which states: "The platting authority may require the dedication of utility easements when a utility company or the city demonstrates a specific need for them."
The land on which this proposed easement would be located is classified as "New Townsite Neighborhood" in the 2021 Valdez Comprehensive Plan revision. The establishment of this easement, and the resulting installation of a fiber optic line could have impacts on the future development of this...
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