Title
Approval of a Sanitary Sewer Pump Station Easement from Providence Health & Services
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve the easement from Providence Health & Services and authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary document.
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve an easement over property owned by Providence Health & Services to improve the existing sanitary sewer pump station located on Ensign Road, north of Martin Way.
Staff Contact:
Ladd F. Cluff, PLS, City Surveyor, Public Works Engineering, 360.753.8389
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item.
Background and Analysis:
Wastewater pump stations are facilities designed to move wastewater from lower to higher elevations. Pump Stations rely on electricity to operate the pumps. Backup power generators are a critical part of a sewer pump station to ensure that pumps have the power necessary to run, avoiding pump failure and the risk of spills and the associated environmental health impacts.
The Ensign Road sewer pump station is within an easement on private property. The generator at the pump station needs to be upgraded. The upgrade requires the need for additional easement area.
Staff approached Providence Health & Services to discuss acquiring the necessary easement over their property for the pump station upgrade. Providence Health & Services was more than willing to work with staff. The pump station provides service to Providence Health & Services and they appreciate the critical need of the upgrades. Providence Health & Services agreed to grant the easement for mutual benefit.
Neighborhood/Community Interests (if known):
The pump station upgrade will provide improved reliability for customers and helps minimize the possibility of spills due to power failure.
Options:
1. Approve the Sewer Pump Station Easement with Providence Health & Services and authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary document. This allows the pump station upgrade project to move forward as planned.
2. Do not approve the easement. The pump station will not be upgraded.
Financial Impact:
Providence Health & Services is granting the easement as mutual benefit. There is no cost to the project budget.
Attachments:
Sanitary Pump Station Easement
Vicinity Map