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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR25-65429 RESOLUTION NO. R25-654 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, RATIFYING THE DECLARATION OF AN UNDERGROUND UTILITY EASEMENT. WHEREAS, the City Council for the City of Plainview, Texas, as a home -rule municipality and pursuant to the constitution and laws of the State of Texas, has the authority to declare and grant easements burdening City -owned property; and WHEREAS, the City of Plainview, Texas, (the "City") owns 93.42-acre tract described in Volume 310, Page 595, Deed Records of Hale County, Texas, situated in Section 28, Block JK2, Abstract 2180, G.C. & S.F. R.R. Co. Survey, Hale County, Texas (the "City Property"); and WHEREAS, as part of the Chick-fil-a Project, the City previously approved a final plat for Lot 1 of the CFA Addition, an addition to the City of Plainview, Hale County, Texas (the "CFA Property"), said plat recorded as Document Number 2024-002569 in the Official Public Records of Hale County, Texas; and WHEREAS, the City Property borders the CFA Property along the south side of the CFA Property; and WHEREAS, it is necessary for the City, as part of the Chick-fil-a Project, to declare a 20-foot underground utility easement across the City Property, with specific authority and rights outlined in the easement attached to this Resolution and incorporated herein as though set forth fully herein (the "Easement"). NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE City Council of the City of Plainview, Texas, that: SECTION 1: The findings and recitals outlined above are found to be true and correct and are hereby adopted and approved. SECTION 2: It is in the City's best interest to declare an underground utility easement across the City Property, a form of said Easement is attached as Exhibit A to this Resolution. SECTION 3: The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to enter into and execute any such documents as necessary to affect and certify the grant of the Easement. PASSED AND APPROVED this 28th day of January 2025. Evan Weiss, Mayor Pro Tern ATTEST: Belinda Hinojosa, City Secretary 30 FYN1RIT A After Recording Return To: Clt\ of Plainview 202 W. 5" St. Plainview, Texas 79072 NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY RIGHTS: IF YOU ARE A NATURAL PERSON, YOU MAY REMOVE OR STRIKE ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FROM ANY INSTRUMENT THAT TRANSFERS AN INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY BEFORE IT IS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS: YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER. DECLARATION OF UNDERGROUND UTILITY EASEMENT Effective Date: January 16, 2025 Grantor: City of Plainview, Texas Grantor's Mailing Address: 202 W. 51h Street Plainview, Hale County Texas 79072 Grantee: The public, as limited below Consideration: Ten and No/100 Dollars ($10.00) and other valuable consideration to the undersigned paid by the Grantee, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged. Easement Property: A 20-foot-wide tract of land described in the attached Survey Exhibit incorporated herein as though set forth fully herein. Grant of Easement and Purpose: Grantor, for the Consideration stated and subject to the Reservations and Exceptions hereinafter made and with the restrictions and upon the covenants below stated, does grant, sell, and convey unto the Grantee, its successors and assigns, a permanent and perpetual easement ("Easement") over, on, and across the Easement Property, with the right of ingress and egress for constructing, installing, maintaining, altering, replacing, repairing, relocating and operating utilities which include, without limitation, water, stormwater, sewer, gas, telecommunication and electric distribution/transmission utilities as Grantee shall determine in its sole and absolute discretion in, on, along and across the Easement Property. Reservations from and Exceptions to Conveyance and Warranty: None Terms and Conditions: General: The following terms and conditions apply to the Easement granted by this agreement: 31 Character of Easement. The Easement is appurtenant to and runs with Grantor's property where the Easement Property is located, whether or not the Easement is referenced or described in any conveyance of all or such portion of the Grantor's property. The Easement is nonexclusive and irrevocable. The Easement is only for use by entities which provide services to the public at large, examples of which are set forth below. Duration of Easement. The duration of the Easement is perpetual. Reservation of Rights. Grantor reserves for Grantor and Grantor's successors and assigns the right to continue to use and enjoy the surface of the Easement Property for all purposes that do not interfere with or interrupt the use or enjoyment of the Easement by Grantee. Underground Utility Easement: Grantee shall have the right (and shall have the right to authorize and assign Grantee's rights to utility companies and businesses) to construct, install, maintain, alter, replace, repair, relocate and operate utilities which include, without limitation, water, stormwater, sewer, gas, telecommunication and electric distribution/transmission utilities within the Easement Property. For illustration purposes and without limiting the general authority to use the Easement Property for utility purposes, these rights include: Electric Utilities. Constructing, excavating, installing, maintaining, altering, replacing, repairing, relocating and operating a variable number of conductors, wires, communication cables, insulators, crossarms, service lines, and all other necessary and desirable appurtenances and devices attached to, supported from, and a part of the necessary structures consisting of a variable number of wood, steel, other metal, or other substance members of poles, props, guys, and anchors used for the distribution, transmission and provision of electric utility service. Natural Gas Utilities. Constructing, excavating, installing, maintaining, altering, replacing, repairing, relocating and operating pipelines for conveying gas, necessary and proper valves and other appliances and fittings, and devices for controlling electrolysis for use in connection with such pipelines, and any such other necessary and desirable appurtenances for the distribution, transmission and provision of gas utility service. Telecommunication Utilities. Constructing, excavating, installing, maintaining, altering, replacing, repairing, relocating and operating wires, communication cables, insulators, pipelines, service lines, and all other necessary and desirable appurtenances and devices used for the transmission and provision of telecommunications service. Water, Stormwater, Sewer Utilities. Constructing, excavating, installing, maintaining, altering, replacing, repairing, relocating and operating distribution and collections lines, pipelines necessary for conveying or collecting water, stormwater or sewage, necessary and proper valves and other appliances and fittings, access ways and any other necessary and desirable appurtenances for the distribution, collection, transmission and provision water, stormwater, sewer utility service. General. Grantee and Grantee's successors and assigns (including any utility company operating under this Easement) including its employees, agents, contractors shall have the right (1) of ingress and egress over Grantor's adjacent lands which are contiguous to the Easement Property; (2) the reasonable right from time to time to remove any and all paving, undergrowth, trees, brush or other vegetation or other obstructions that might endanger or interfere with Grantee's facilities or use of the Easement Property; and (3) the rights to abandon -in -place any and all lines, distribution lines, pipelines, service lines and associated appurtenances, such that Grantee shall have no obligation or liability to 32 Grantor, or their successors or assigns, to move or remove any such abandoned lines or appurtenances. Pre-existing Improvements/Fences and Access by Grantor. For all improvements and fences existing prior to the Effective Date of this Easement located within the Easement Property (Pre -Existing Improvements), Grantee and Grantee's successors and assigns (including any utility company operating under this Easement) including its employees, agents, and contractors shall be responsible for the repair or replacement of Pre -Existing Improvements damaged by the installation, construction, maintenance or repair of utilities within the Easement. Grantee and Grantee's successors and assigns (including any utility company operating under this Easement) including its employees, agents, and contractors shall be responsible for any damages to the Grantor's property adjacent to but not within the Easement Property directly attributable to the installation, construction, maintenance or repair of utilities within the Easement Property. Grantee and Grantee's successors and assigns (including any utility company operating under this Easement) shall provide Grantor access to Grantor's property or properties during the installation, construction, maintenance or repair of utilities within the Easement Property. All utilities shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations. When the context requires, singular nouns and pronouns include the plural. This instrument was prepared based on information furnished by the parties and no independent title search has been made. To have and to hold the Easement forever or until such time as Grantee may abandon the Easement. Grantor binds Grantor and Grantor's successors and assigns to warrant and forever defend the title to the Easement in Grantee and Grantee's successors and assigns against every person whomsoever lawfully claiming or to claim the Easement or any part thereof, except as to the Reservations from and Exception to Conveyance and Warranty. GRANTOR: CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS Evan Weiss, Mayor Pro Tern STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF HALE This instrument was acknowledged before me on the 28th day of January, 2025, by Evan Weiss, Mayor Pro Tern of the City of Plainview, Texas on behalf of the City of Plainview. Notary Public, State of Texas o' o / 4°O • Qfi� �oh~ POINT OF / l r' Lot o \ BEGINNING 14,g \ S 69'2B'l1" E \ 20.00' 10' TV Easement Vol. 586, Pg. 373 w Mo .. IO' SPS Easement Vol. 513, Pg. 11 6929'n�_ Unplatted v W ` f 93.42 40.00 Running Water Draw Regional Park City of Plainview Vol. 310, Pg. 595 L OGDD N \ S 20'30'55" W� 20,00' lR M S E • - Found 1/2 Inch Iron Rod SCALE: 1" = 50' — Plat Limits 0 25• 50' 100' — Lot Line — — — Adjoiner Lot Line — Easement Line — As Described Exhibit SPS — Southwestern Public Service CCFN —County Clerk File No. Underground Utility Easemen N — Northing No Plainview, Hale County, Texas E thin — Total t 0.10 Acres December 31, 202 VOL. — Volume PG. — Page CENTERLINE ENGINEERING & CONSULTING, LA ei12 uPano Av,,,� «k rams 1Y42* 3 CE/VTEf?L//VE CENTERLINE ENGINEERING & CONSULTING, tL C. 8312 Up/and Avenue, Lubbock, Texas 79424 _____________________ E/VG//VEER//VG 6r (806) 470-8686 TBPE Reg. No. F-1671J CONSUL T//VG, L L C TBPLS Reg. No. 10194378 BEING a 20.00 feet wide Underground Utility Easement located on that certain 93.42 acre tract, as described in Volume 310, Page 595, Deed Records of Hale County, Texas, situated in Section 28, Block JK2, Abstract 2180, G.C. & S.F. R.R. Co. Survey, Hale County, Texas, and said Underground Utility Easement being further described by metes and bounds as follows: BEGINNING at a 1/2 Inch Iron Rod Found for the most Northerly Northeast Corner of this tract, same being the Southeast Comer of Lot 1, CFA Addition, as shown on the map or plat thereof recorded in County Clerk File No. 2024002569, Official Public Records of Hale County, Texas; THENCE South 20°30'18" West - 82.88 feet along the Northwest line of a 20.00 feet wide Travel and Utility Easement, as recorded in Volume 737, Page 625, Deed Records of Hale County, Texas, to a Point for a Comer; THENCE South 69°29'05" East - 120.00 feet to a Point for the most Easterly Northeast Corner of this tract; THENCE South 20°30'55" West - 20.00 feet to a Point for the Southeast Corner of this tract; THENCE North 69°29'05" West - 140.00 feet to a Point for the Southwest Corner of this tract; THENCE North 20'30' 18" East - 102.88 feet to a Point in the Southwest line of said Lot 1 for the Northwest Comer of this tract; THENCE South 69'28'11" East - 20.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 0.10 acres (4457 Sq.Ft.) of land, more or less. Certificate I do here by certify that this plat is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief and in my professional opinion; that it was prepared from a survey made on the ground under my supervision on this the 3rd day of January, 2025; that no visible above ground encroachments exist other than shown. .�� OF TF� 1Q G\S�7E,�• 9� # � `... ;fir ustin W. Cantwell, RPLS 6331 � STIN-CAN WELL ' ���JUSTIN CANTWELL ...: ................. :.. ��, ,331 ey.;L