SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Accept a Sovereignty Submerged Lands Easement from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Public Lands across Clearwater Harbor and the Intracoastal Waterway for the maintenance of a subaqueous potable water main and force main as part of Memorial Causeway Subaqueous Pipelines Project and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
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SUMMARY:
The Memorial Causeway Subaqueous Pipelines Project (14-0041-UT) installed a 24-inch replacement sanitary sewer force main across Clearwater Harbor from Bayway Blvd. to State Road 60 and a 20-inch water main across the Intracoastal Waterway from the Memorial Causeway to Drew Street.
City Council accepted a 25-ft. Submerged Lands easement from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), Bureau of Public Lands on August 17, 2017 for the construction, installation, and maintenance of the proposed subaqueous mains, but the FDEP never fully executed the original easement. This revised 25-ft. submerged lands easement is based on the “as built” location of the subaqueous sanitary sewer force main across Clearwater Harbor from Bayway Blvd. to State Road 60, which slightly altered the legal description of the original easement location. All other items in this revised easement remain unchanged. Accepting this easement authorizes the City of Clearwater to maintain its subaqueous force mains across Clearwater Harbor Sovereignty Submerged Lands.
Staff recommends acceptance of the easement.