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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL OCTOBER 23, 2002 Fahey asked where another line would go if one were to be constructed. McDonell estimated that any additional lines would go to the south of the existing lines given the way the easement is laid out. McDonell also estimated that, at the most, two additional lines could be placed in the easement. McDonell reviewed his next diagram showing the lines at the area of where proposed Preserve Court and Preserve Trail intersect. He noted that the pipes are approximately 4 to 5 feet deep. Again, using a 2 to 1 slope, the area of disturbance would not encroach onto the Palmen property. The third diagram showed the pipe at the western edge of the plat, and again the area of disturbance should it be necessary to make repairs would not encroach into the paved street area. McDonell reported that Williams has no plans to expand, and currently are offering easements for the use of their pipes. Scalze noted that the western edge of the plat is the area of contention and that the Williams easement does extend onto the Palmen property in this location. She noted that staff's recommendation is that the road right-of--way not encroach onto the Williams Pipeline easement. McDonell reported that there is only a slight chance that the road would ever be disturbed due to Williams Pipeline. Fahey noted that the City has no idea of what the likelihood of this would be. He noted that Williams is offering the use of the easement to companies such as World Com, and suggested there may be additional opportunities for disruption within the easement. McDonell pointed out that Williams Pipeline owns the easement and is not interested in letting it go. They have never released any easement and have no intentions of doing so. However, based on the past 50 years and Williams' current methods of operation, McDonell felt that the chances were very slight that the road would ever be disturbed. Scalze pointed out that the City has made two requests for information about the spills that have occurred in this area of the pipeline. Scalze stated that the City has no way of knowing whether or not there was still contamination in this area and whether that contamination would have to be dug up. McDonell reported that they have worked with the Office of Pipeline Safety and Williams Pipeline, and neither have any issues with this development. Fahey pointed out that Williams may say the development is fine, but they are also reserving their right to dig up the road if they need to at no cost to them. Fahey also pointed out the potential that more lines will be added in this easement.