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e ., e Public Works EASEMENT USE AND RESTORATION POLICY Purpose In order to maintain the City facilities, it is important that that the City is consistent in how it uses and restores the easement areas once maintenance activities have been completed The purpose of this policy is to define consistent restoration action in cases where the City must utilize its easement rights to maintain its infrastructure. Policy The City and/or its authorized agents will use City-owned easements to maintain City-owned infrastructure and facilities. The City and/or its authorized agents will make every effort to contact and notify the affected property owner a minimum of thirty (30) days prior to the City utilizing easements to maintain City-owned infrastructure. It must be noted that is the targeted and preferred time period; there will be occasions when this is not possible due to emergencies or circumstances beyond the City's control. The City and/or its authorized agents will remove any and all obstacles to allow proper access and maintenance activities. These items will be removed with reasonable care and NOT REPLACED. Examples include, but are not limited to: trees, shrubs, landscaping, sheds, fences, playground equipment, and gardens. If the property owner wishes to retain possession of these items, they will be removed from the easement area and placed at the easement boundary. The City and/or its authorized agents will re-vegetate disturbed areas. In areas where maintained, cultured sod exists, the City will re-sod those areas. In areas that lack maintained cultured sod, the City will seed those areas with an appropriate seed mixture. The City will be responsible for the viability of the sodded areas for a period of thirty (30) days from installation; after that it will be the property owner's responsibility. For seeded areas, the City will be responsible until which time the area has been re-vegetated. As this is a policy. the City Council reserves the right to deviate from this policy if it is in th~ best inter~_:~ of ~e ~ ~.6. ~ ?l/22/0S' City Administrator Date I , Effective Date: June 13, 2005 Revision Date: