Title
Authorizing dedication of a utility easement across a portion of the Lowertown Ballpark site.
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul ("City") is the fee owner of real property located at 310 Fifth Street East, which is the site of the new Lowertown Ballpark currently under construction; and
WHEREAS, as part of the ballpark project, various public and private utilities must relocate their facilities from within East Fifth Street to another location that provides connections between facilities in Lowertown and facilities easterly of the ballpark site; and
WHEREAS, the City, through its departments of Parks & Recreation and Public Works, and in coordination with its ballpark contractor, Ryan Companies, has identified a location across the southerly edge of its ballpark site ("Utility Duct Bank") to accommodate the relocated utilities; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to designate and declare an easement within the Utility Duct Bank area to establish easement rights for said utilities ("Declaration of Utility Easement"), in a form and content substantially as set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul hereby authorizes the proper city officials to execute said Declaration of Utility Easement, and to record said document with the Ramsey County Registrar of Titles and/or Recorder's Office.