Agenda Information Sheet
DEPARTMENT: Denton Municipal Electric
CM/ ACM: Howard Martin
Date: August 16, 2016
SUBJECT
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Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton ("City") determining the public use, need, and necessity for the acquisition of (1) fee simple title to the surface estate, including a waiver of surface use as to the mineral estate, of a 38.889 acre tract described and depicted in Exhibit "A" and (2) six electric utility and communication easements described in Exhibit "B" (0.800 acres shown as "Electric Easement No. 1" in Exhibit "B" and 0.046 acres shown as "Electric Easement No. 2" in Exhibit "B"), Exhibit "C" (0.919 acres), Exhibit "D" (0.642 acres shown as "Electric Easement No. 1" in Exhibit "D" and 4.636 046 acres shown as "Electric Easement No. 2" in Exhibit "D"), and Exhibit "E" (0.040 acres), with each and every property interest described above being located in the Mary Austin Survey, Abstract No. 4, City and County of Denton, Texas, and each and every property interest described above being collectively referred to hereafter as "Property Interests"; authorizing the City to acquire the property interests by either agreement or through the use of the power of eminent domain; authorizing the use of the power of eminent domain to acquire the property interests if an agreement cannot be reached; authorizing the expenditure of funds; makings findings; providing a savings clause; and providing an effective date. [Brinker SS and TL]
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BACKGROUND
The Denton Municipal Electric (DME) Capital Improvement Plan includes a project to reconstruct its electric transmission system. Its current capacity is inadequate for expected future load. The need for a substation in the vicinity of the above described area in the City of Denton, Texas has been identified and shared with closely impacted landowner representatives.
DME has had meetings to discuss the siting of the proposed substation and transmission routes with landowner rep...
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