Title
Consent to Use Agreement with Salt River Project for City Improvements on Baseline Road from South Mountain Freeway to 57th Avenue (Ordinance S-46034)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a Consent to Use Agreement with Salt River Project (SRP) to allow the installation of sidewalk, driveways and roadway improvements on Baseline Road from South Mountain Freeway to 57th Avenue. Further request the City Council to grant an exception pursuant to Phoenix City Code 42-20 to authorize indemnification and assumption of liability provisions that otherwise would be prohibited by Phoenix City Code 42-18.
Report
Summary
SRP currently has a 98-foot wide electrical easement along the south side of Baseline Road for existing electrical facilities. The Baseline Road: South Mountain Freeway to 57th Avenue street improvement project is a street widening project that will include roadway improvements such as pavement, curb and gutter, sidewalk, streetlights, traffic signals, water facilities and transit facilities within SRP's existing electrical easement. In the Consent to Use Agreement, SRP will consent to City use and occupancy of certain areas within the existing SRP easement for the proposed improvements.
Financial Impact
This action has no financial impact to the City.
Location
Baseline Road, South Mountain Freeway to 57th Avenue
Council District: 8
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Street Transportation Department.