Memorandum

City of Lawrence

City Attorney's Office

TO:	David L. Corliss, City Manager
	Toni Ramirez Wheeler, City Attorney
CC:	Chuck Soules, Director of Public Works
	Mark Thiel, Assistant Director of Public Works
FROM:	Randall F. Larkin, Senior Assistant City Attorney
DATE:	March 18, 2014
RE:	Southern Star Right of Way Agreement

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As the result of the South Lawrence Trafficway, Southern Star, which delivers natural gas to retailers in the area, must relocate portions of its pipeline. To complete that relocation, Southern Star wishes to cross under the City's rights of way at South Ousdahl Road and South Michigan Street in the vicinity of 33rd Street. Because the relocation is necessitated by the completion of the South Lawrence Trafficway and because the completion of that highway will greatly benefit the City, it is KDOT's recommendation as well as City Staff's that said use of the City's rights of way be permitted as an accommodation to Southern Star without requiring the payment of any fee or rent. Southern Star has agreed to install its pipelines in certain locations and at certain depths, to move its pipelines at its cost if such becomes necessary during the completion or improvement of either Ousdahl or Michigan Street, and to execute a Right of Way License Agreement governing its use of the City's rights of way. City Staff prepared the License Agreement and approves it.

Action Requested: Staff requests the City Commission to authorize the City Manager to execute a License Agreement with Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc., allowing it to use the City Rights of Way at South Ousdahl Road and South Michigan Street in the vicinity of 33rd Street for the placement of its pipeline for the transmission of natural gas, all in accordance with the terms of that License Agreement, if appropriate.