City Council - Action Request Form
Date:
March 14, 2017
To:
The City Manager
From:
Gregory M. Turner, Assistant City Manager
Council Action Requested:
Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into an Agreement with Sixth & Green, LLC and Authorizing Acceptance of Temporary Construction and Permanent Drainage Easements, as part of the Spring Park Infrastructure Improvement Project.
Summary of Information:
The City of Winston-Salem owns and maintains Spring Park and the segment of West End Boulevard between N. Broad Street and W. Seventh Street. Steep topography and stormwater runoff from the street have contributed to the failure of the embankment that supports the road near the 300 block of West End Boulevard. In addition, a large sinkhole has developed just outside the right-of-way of West End Boulevard, on property owned by Sixth & Green, LLC ("Sixth & Green"), located at 841 W. Sixth Street. Upon investigation, it was determined that the drainage system from Sixth Street thru West End Boulevard , and into Spring Park, is in need of replacement. Accordingly, designs for a drainage project to replace the piping and to address slope repair and stabilization were begun.
Representation from Sixth & Green contacted the City Attorney's Office, seeking to include repair of their privately-owned drainage system in the overall project. Approval of the attached resolution would allow the City Manager to enter into an agreement with Sixth & Green, on terms satisfactory to the City Attorney's Office, for the performance of the drainage repairs on Sixth & Green's property. The City would undertake the drainage repairs on said property, as a part of the Spring Park Infrastructure Improvement Project, in exchange for the payment by Sixth & Green of $95,000 toward the cost of that portion of the work on Sixth & Green's property, and the execution by Sixth & Green of a release and indemnity, releasing and indemnifying the City against liability related to the repair....
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