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HomeMy WebLinkAbout795-OB DATE: January 23, 2012 TO: Planning Commission FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager SUBJECT: Consider a request for an abandonment of a portion of a utility easement FILE: 795-OB STAFF REPORT The Planning Manager recommends approval subject to the following condition: 1. A new water line easement will need to be dedicated and the existing 8" water main will need to be relocated at BISD=s expense. The Beaumont Independent School District has applied for the abandonment of a portion of a utility easement along the north side of the existing sport field house. The abandonment of the easement will allow construction of expanded field house facilities. Construction of the field house was begun when it was determined that the building would be over the water line and easement No active public utilities have been found on site or identified within this segment of the easement. According to BISD=s civil engineer, the only option available for expansion is to extend the field house to the north. Draft plans have been submitted to the City showing the location of the easement. This item was sent to all interested parties. Water Utilities has no objections to the requested abandonment. However, Water Utilities will require BISD to pay for the relocation of the water main and the dedication of a new easement. In addition, City workers will make taps at the contractor=s expense. LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ORDINANCE PURPOSES Commencing at a 3/8" iron rod found in the south right-of-way line of Manion Drive for the northwest corner of the said 100.00 acre tract from which an aluminum disk found in the north right-of-way line of Phelan Boulevard bears South 0009'19" West 2859.55 feet (called South 0009'19" West); THENCE South 0009'19" West along the west line of the said 100.00 acre tract a distance of 1334.02 feet to a point from which an aluminum disk found for the northwest corner of a called 1.194 acre tract conveyed to Jefferson County Drainage District No. 6 as recorded in Clerk=s File No. 2002027331 of the Official Public Records of Jefferson County, Texas bears South 0009'19" West 1475.56 feet (called South 0009'19" West); THENCE South 8950'46" East a distance of 990.39 feet to an angle point of a called 0.264 acre tract for an exclusive city water line easement to the City of Beaumont as recorded in Clerk=s File No. 2011026464 of the Official Public Records of Jefferson County, Texas; THENCE South 8949'17" East along a north line of the said 0.264 acre tract a distance of 79.96 feet (called South 8724'24" East) to a point for the northwest corner of the said 0.0325 acre tract and the POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE South 8949'17" East continuing along the said north line of the 0.264 acre tract a distance of 131.43 feet (called South 8724'24" East) to a point for the northeast corner of the said 0.264 acre tract; THENCE South 4455'30" East along the east line of the said 0.0325 acre tract a distance of 14.17 feet to a point in an interior line of the said 0.264 acre tract for the southeast corner of the said 0.0325 acre tract; THENCE North 8949'17" West along the said interior line of the 0.264 acre tract and the south line of the said 0.0325 acre tract a distance of 141.43 feet (called North 8724'24" West) to a point for the southwest corner of the said 0.0325 acre tract; THENCE North 4504'30" East along the west line of the said 0.0325 acre tract a distance of 14.12 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 0.0324 acres of land, more or less. GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES APPLICANT: Robert Zinglemann for Beaumont Independent School District PROPERTY OWNER: Beaumont Independent School District LOCATION: Westbrook High School, 8750 Phelan EXISTING ZONING: RS (Residential Single Family Dwelling) District PROPERTY SIZE: 0.0325 acres, more or less EXISTING LAND USES: High School FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: A X - Areas determined to be outside 500-year floodplain SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING: NORTH: High school RS (Residential Single Family) Dwelling EAST: High school RS SOUTH: High school RS WEST: High school RS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Neighborhood Growth Unit STREETS: Phelan Boulevard - Major Arterial with a 105' wide right-of-way and an undetermined pavement width DRAINAGE: Open ditch WATER: 8" water main SANITARY SEWER SERVICE: N/A PROPERTY OWNERS Beaumont Independent School District