AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: Engineering Services
ACM: Jon Fortune
DATE: March 7, 2017
SUBJECT
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Consider adoption of an ordinance releasing, abandoning and vacating a 2.249 acre public drainage easement granted to the City of Denton, Texas, by Teasley Commons, Ltd. on August 5, 2004 and recorded as Instrument No. 2004-111117, Real Property Records, Denton County, Texas, situated in the C. Poulallier Survey, Abstract No. 1006, Denton County, Texas, and located within the 3200 block of Teasley Lane. [Minor Plat, Teasley Commons, Lots 5 & 6 Block A]
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BACKGROUND
On January 30, 2017 the property owner, CDI Sundown LLC, Ltd., made a formal request for the City to abandon and vacate a 2.249 acre public drainage easement to remove that easement encumbrance so that Lots 5 and 6 Block A, Teasley Commons Addition can be developed.
The subject easement was conveyed to the City in 2004 for the development of Lot 2, Teasley Commons Addition, also known as the South Denton DATCU branch location. The drainage easement was to provide an interim storm water detention solution so that the DATCU lot could be developed ahead of an overall permanent drainage solution for the remainder of the development. The Owner has recently submitted plans for a permanent drainage solution which are currently under review. The ordinance is styled so that the release of the subject drainage easement is contingent upon the approval and acceptance by the City of the drainage improvements and the recordation of the final plat dedicating the land rights necessary to accommodate the permanent drainage solution.
The subject abandonment request was reviewed by The Development Review Committee, and staff recommends the approval provided the following conditions have been met: (1) upon the construction, completion, and acceptance by the City of the planned permanent drainage infrastructure required for the overall Teasley Commons Addition; and (2) upon the dedication of new drai...
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