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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: David Fine, Economic Development Specialist
SUBJECT: Authorize the City Manager to sign Public Access and Street Lighting
Easements Procured for the Bozeman Midtown Urban Renewal District’s Street Lighting and Sidewalk Project
MEETING DATE: April 11, 2016
AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Consent RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the City Manager to sign public access and street lighting
easements procured for the Bozeman Midtown Urban Renewal District’s Street Lighting and
Sidewalk Project.
BACKGROUND:
The Bozeman Midtown Urban Renewal District (Midtown District) (formerly the North
Seventh Urban Renewal District) is working on a project to enhance the safety and aesthetics of
the North 7th Avenue corridor by installing setback sidewalks buffered by boulevard, and
decorative luminaries. The existing right-of-way along the corridor will not accommodate a sidewalk setback, so the district has been acquiring public access and lighting easements from
property owners on a voluntary basis for one dollar ($1.00) and for other valuable consideration.
The district is obtaining easements for the 3rd and 4th phases of the project between Peach St. /
Durston Rd. and Main St. The Midtown Board will seek additional funding for design and
construction of these phases in its Fiscal Year 2017 work plan and budget. UNRESOLVED ISSUES:
Right-of-way exists to install the underground wiring for street lights that may be
installed in the future, but there is inadequate existing right- of way for a setback sidewalk. As a result, there may be temporary gaps in the installation of decorative luminaries, as the District
works to obtain easements from property owners that have not yet been willing to provide
easements. The principal obstacle to obtaining the remaining easements has been the requirement
that property owners maintain grass or landscaping in the proposed boulevard strip.
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ALTERNATIVES: As determined by the Commission.
FISCAL EFFECTS:
The easements each require one dollar ($1.00) of consideration.
Attachments:
1. Richard. G. Spott easement
2. Human Resource Development Council of Dist. IX, Inc. easement
3. Burton K. Gibson & Kathleen M. Gibson easement
4. Dennis and Lowell W. Springer easement
5. William M. and Jeannine Albee easement
6. BCE LLC easement
7. MKM Enterprises easement
8. Eckroth Plaza LLC easement (Requires previous commission approval of a Memorandum of
Understanding clarifying the scope of the lighting and sidewalk project.)
Report prepared on March 24, 2016
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