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DATE: February 21,
2011
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Consider a request for the abandonment of a utility easement
between Avenue E and Avenue F
FILE: 775-OB
STAFF REPORT
The Planning Manager recommends approval subject to the following
condition:
1. Any utilities within the proposed abandonment will have
to be moved at BISD=s expense.
Robert Zingelmann, Director of Business and Finance for BISD,
has applied for the abandonment of a utility easement between
Avenue E and Avenue F.
In April, 1997, City Council approved the abandonment of Milam
Street, between Avenues E and F subject to the retention of
a 60' x 300' general utility and drainage easement. The current
abandonment request is being made to allow for the construction
of expanded cafeteria facilities on the site to accommodate
the growing needs of Fletcher Elementary School.
The school, originally built for approximately 300 students,
currently accommodates over 750 children. The existing
cafeteria is grossly undersized causing hardships for both staff
and students. At this time, lunch begins at 11:00 a.m. and
stretches to 1:30 p.m. with a short period of time for each
student to eat. The plan is to add additional kitchen capacity
and dining area so that the children can be fed in a prompt
and orderly manner.
The easement runs directly through the school campus and is
roughly adjacent to the existing cafeteria building. The only
option available to BISD is to add a 54' extension to the existing
building. The utility and drainage facilities that required
the need for the utility and drainage easement have either been
abandoned or will be moved.
This item was sent to all interested parties. Entergy has an
existing electrical pole line within the easement. Entergy
will not object to the abandonment as long as the line is moved
at BISD=s expense.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ORDINANCE PURPOSES
That certain 0.4135 acre tract for the abandonment of a 60'
wide general utility and drainage easement described in
Ordinance No. 97-20 as recorded in Clerk=s File No. 9711305 of
the Official Public Records of Jefferson County, Texas, and
being between Block 20 and 21 of Blanchette Addition, a plat
recorded in Volume 1, Page 25 of the Map Records of Jefferson
County, Texas, said 0.4135 acres being more particularly
described by metes and bounds as follows:
NOTE: The Basis of Bearings is the southeasterly line of Block
20 and the northwesterly line of the said 60' wide easement
being assumed North 4113'00" East.
COMMENCING at a 2" iron rod found at the intersection of the
northwesterly right-of-way line of Milam Street and the
southwesterly right-of-way line of Avenue F for the east corner
of Block 25 of said Blanchette Addition;
THENCE North 4113'00" East a distance of 60.00 feet to a point
at the
intersecti
on of the
said
northweste
rly
right-of-w
ay line of
Milam
Street and
the
northeaste
rly
right-of-w
ay line of
Avenue F
for the
south
corner of
said Block
20, the
west
corner of
the said
60' wide
easement
and the
said
0.4312
acre
tract, and
being the
POINT OF
BEGINNING;
THENCE North 4113'00" East along the southeasterly line of
said Block 20 and the northwesterly line of the said 60' wide
easement and the said 0.4132 acre tract a distance of 300.00
feet (called 300.00 feet) to a point at the intersection of
the said northwesterly right-of-way line of Milam Street and
the southwesterly right-of-way of Avenue E for the east corner
of said Block 20 and the north corner of the said 60' wide
easement and the said 0.4312 acre tract from which a 2" iron
rod found at the intersection of the said northwesterly
right-of-way line of Milam Street and the northeasterly
right-of-way line of Avenue E for the south corner of Block
5 of said Blanchette Addition bears North 4113'00" East 60.86
feet.
THENCE South 4847'00" East along the northeast line of the
said 60' wide easement and the said 0.4132 acre tract a distance
of 60.00 feet (called 60.00 feet) to a point at the intersection
of the southeasterly right-of-way line of Milam Street and the
said southwesterly right-of-way line of Avenue E for the north
corner of said Block 21 and the east corner of the said 60'
wide easement of the said 0.4132 acre tract;
THENCE South 4113'00" West along the northwesterly line of
said Block 21 and the southeasterly line of the said 60' wide
easement and the said 0.4132 acre tract a distance of 300.00
feet (called 300.00 feet) to a point at the intersection of
the southeasterly right-of-way line of Milam Street and the
said northeasterly right-of-way line of Avenue F for the west
corner of said Block 21 and the south corner of the said 60'
wide easement and the said 0.4132 acre tract from which a 3/4"
iron pipe found at the intersection of the said southeasterly
right-of-way line of Milam Street and the said southwesterly
right-of-way line of Avenue F for the north corner of Block
24 of said Blanchette Addition bears South 4110'46" West 60.18
feet;
LEGAL DESCRIPTION continued
THENCE North 4847'00" West along the southwesterly line of
the said 60' wide easement and the said 0.4132 acre tract a
distance of 60.00 feet (called 60.00 feet) to the POINT OF
BEGINNING and containing 0.4135 acres of land, more or less.
GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT: Robert Zingelmann
PROPERTY OWNER: BISD
LOCATION: Between Avenues E and F
EXISTING ZONING: RS (Residential Single
Family Dwelling) District
PROPERTY SIZE: 0.4135 acres, more or less
EXISTING LAND USES: Drainage and utility easement
FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: A X @ - Areas determined to be
outside 500-year floodplain
SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING:
NORTH: Residential, vacant RS ( Residential Single Family
Dwelling) District
EAST: School RS
SOUTH: Residential RS
WEST: School RS
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Conservation and
Revitalization
STREETS: N/A
DRAINAGE: N/A
WATER: N/A
SANITARY SEWER
SERVICE: N/A