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File #: 23-1864    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 12/12/2023 In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/14/2023 Final action: 2/1/2024
Enactment date: 1/25/2024 Enactment #: 216527
Title: Requesting approval of a grant of easement and maintenance agreement for US Union Square D2.1 Owner LLC for 10 Prospect Street and Somerville Avenue.
Indexes: Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury, Infrastructure-Engineering, Law
Code sections: Property/Land Transaction -
Attachments: 1. 10 Prospect Sidewalk Easement

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval of a grant of easement and maintenance agreement for US Union Square D2.1 Owner LLC for 10 Prospect Street and Somerville Avenue.

 

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Official Text

To the Honorable City Council:

 

  I respectfully request that this Honorable City Council consider and approve the attached Easement and Maintenance Agreement from US Union Square D2.1 Owner LLC, (“the Property Owner “) to the City of Somerville for the following:

 

1)                     for a sidewalk easement for pedestrian right of way access of no less than five (5) feet wide, 24 hours a day seven days a week along the frontage of 10 Prospect Street and along the south east side of Somerville Avenue as shown on the Easement Plan; and

 

2)                     consider and approve a grant of easements from the City to the Property Owner for exercising the Property Owner maintenance obligations including, but not limited to, the installation, maintenance and replacement of directional wayfinding and Property signage, utilities serving the Property, seasonal decorations, other facilities and improvements subject to all required City permits and, also subject to all required City permits, for special events and activities and the usage of the same for individual tenants of the Property.

 

Appropriate staff will be available to answer any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this matter.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 Katjana Ballantyne, Mayor